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After alternating wins with the Lakers, the Celtics won Game 7 and the series with a score of 111–102. This was the last NBA Finals to use the 2–2–1–1–1 format until 2014 . The following year , the NBA Finals format was changed to 2–3–2 after Red Auerbach complained about the constant travelling during the Finals.
The format of the finals from 1984 to 2013 used the 2–3–2 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on their home court in games one, two, six and seven). [131] In the past, there have been several other formats used in the playoffs.
It was the first NBA Finals meeting between the Celtics and Lakers since 1969; they met 7 times in the Finals from 1959 to 1969, with Boston coming out on top each year. Going into the 1984 playoffs, the Lakers had already won 2 titles in the 1980s and the Celtics 1, making the revival of the Celtics–Lakers rivalry arguably inevitable and ...
It was previously in a 2–3–2 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on its home court in games 1, 2, 6, and 7) during 1949, 1953–1955, and 1985–2013, [9] [10] in a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 format in 1956 and 1971, [11] [12] and in a 1–2–2–1–1 format in 1975 and 1978.
On this day, point guard Gerald Henderson stole the ball to secure a critical Game 2 win vs. the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1984 NBA Finals.
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First away team to win game 7 of the NBA Finals since 1978. The Cavaliers also became the first team in the four major men's professional sports leagues to come back from 3–1 down in a championship round since the 1985 Kansas City Royals and first team ever to do so in the NBA Finals. First major professional sports championship in Cleveland ...
The series: The Heat won Games 1, 3 and 5 and the Knicks countered by winning Games 2, 4 and 6.. Game 7: Mourning made Ewing, in his 15th season, look creaky while scoring 14 first-quarter points.