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In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics, Battier recorded his first career playoff double-double in a 93–79 win. In the 2012 NBA Finals, Battier scored 58 points in five games, and won his first NBA Championship. His 11.6 points per game exceeded his 4.8 average in the 2011–12 regular season, and he made 15 ...
The Boston Celtics have won the most championships of any NBA team. Shown are the championship banners hanging in their home arena, TD Garden. The NBA Finals is the championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason.
The Cavaliers reached the NBA Finals for the first time in 2007. [29] On June 4, 2010, it was announced that Ferry and the Cavaliers had come to a mutual agreement to part ways. [30] The Cavaliers went 272–138 during Ferry's tenure. [31] In August 2010, Ferry returned to the Spurs as vice president of basketball operations. [32]
The 1985–86 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The basketball program won its 1000th game in 1974, making Duke only the eighth school in NCAA history to reach that figure. [8] In a turnaround, Coach Bill Foster 's 1978 Blue Devils , who had gone 2–10 in the ACC the previous year, won the conference tournament and went on to the NCAA championship game , where they fell to Kentucky .
Duke however tore through the Midwest Regional, defeating St. John's to join UNLV, Kansas, and rival North Carolina in the Final Four in Indianapolis. Entering the semifinal game against UNLV , the Blue Devils were facing an undefeated and top-ranked Runnin' Rebels squad that boasted a 45-game winning streak and featured National Player of the ...
Spanarkel playing for Duke in 1979. Spanarkel was a First Team Acclaim All American, in addition the First Team All-ACC and the first 2000-point scorer in Duke Blue Devils history. He was named Duke's team MVP for his final three seasons, 1977, 1978, and 1979.