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The 2009 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2008–09 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.A best-of-seven playoff series starting on June 4 and concluding on June 14, 2009, it was contested between the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, and the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic. [1]
The Magic shot an NBA Finals single-game record 75% in the first half, and a record 62.5% for the entire game. [8] The Magic had lost their first six NBA Finals games (four in 1995 and two in 2009). June 14: The Magic's season ended, having lost the NBA Finals in five games to the Lakers.
The 2009 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2008–09 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals .
The NBA Finals begin Thursday, 50 years after the Celtics and Bucks squared off in a seven-game showdown for all the marbles. ... Robertson averaged 12.1 points and 8.3 assists per game in the ...
The Lakers were the defending champions, having beaten the Orlando Magic 4–1 in the 2009 NBA Finals. This was the first NBA Finals to go the full seven games since 2005, and only the fourth since the NBA switched the Finals to a 2–3–2 format in 1985. [a] The Lakers won Game 1 102–89, led by Kobe Bryant's 30-point performance.
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.
Primarily playing as a reserve power forward, he averaged 20 minutes per game, with 10.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game that season for the Bulls. [ 2 ] Prior to the 1973–74 NBA season , Heard and Kevin Kunnert were traded from the Bulls to the Buffalo Braves for John Hummer , a 1974 NBA draft 2nd round pick and a 1975 NBA draft 2nd round ...
The NBA Finals was initially structured in a 2–2–1–1–1 format. [4] In 1985, to ease the amount of cross-country travel, it was changed to a 2–3–2 format, in which the first two and last two games of the series were played at the arena of the team who earned home-court advantage by having the better record during the regular season.