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With a Game 7 win, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Celtics, who defeated them in the 2008 NBA Finals, to win their 16th NBA Championship. The Lakers also became the third team under the 2-3-2 format to come back from a 3–2 deficit to win the final two games at home (the other two teams being their 1988 team and the 1994 Houston Rockets .
The series win brought the Lakers' franchise NBA championship total to 16, [26] at the time, second only to the Celtics' 17 championships, at the time. This also marked the 11th title for the team since moving from Minneapolis in 1960 , and it was the franchise's fifth Finals win in eleven seasons. [ 26 ]
The Hornets recorded a playoff-low in points and also a playoff-high 26 turnovers, which led to 41 Nuggets' points. The Nuggets then recorded their first series win since 1994 after a victory in Game 5. Carmelo Anthony scored his career playoff-high with 34 points as the Nuggets cruised to another double-digit win. The average margin of victory ...
Everyone was right to be concerned as the Lakers looked lifeless — the Nuggets were on a roll in a 127-102 win and the Lakers, of all teams, sure weren’t going to be the ones to stop them.
Four-time NBA champion James rose to the occasion, as did Anthony Davies, who had 25 points and 23 rebounds in the 119-108 win in LA. It was the Lakers’ first victory over the Nuggets since ...
Having home court advantage, the Lakers started out as a favorite and did not disappoint their home crowd as they overcame a 20-point deficit in Game 1 and won behind Kobe Bryant's 27 points, 25 of which were scored in the second half. Game 2 was a cruise for the Lakers as they made a 9–0 run before halftime, led all game and built the lead ...
The Nuggets defeated the Lakers 112-105 to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their first-round series, their 11th straight win over LeBron James and Co. No team in NBA playoff history has ever erased ...
Game 7 of the Lakers–Nuggets series ensured a 13th straight postseason with at least one Game 7 played. The last without one was the 1999 NBA playoffs. With their Game 7 win over the Memphis Grizzlies, the Los Angeles Clippers won their first playoff series since 2006.