![]() ![]() What did their path to the final look like?: The Lakers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets en route to the Finals. Rajon Rondo came off the bench and stepped up for the Lakeshow, adding 19 points of his own. Anthony Davis put the “two” in one-two punch, notching a double-double and pouring in 19 points.He’s now second all-time on the list of multi-time winners, only behind Michael Jordan’s six. Unsurprisingly, LeBron was named Finals MVP, marking the fourth time he’s received the honor.True to his royal title, King James also posted his 11th career NBA finals triple-double. Wow! Tell me more: LeBron James led all scorers with 28 points in Game 6, earning his fourth career NBA title with his third team. I get that.” - Philadelphia coach Doc Rivers, when asked about his future with the 76ers and amid a stretch where three big-name coaches who had recently been (or won) the NBA Finals - Monty Williams in Phoenix, Mike Budenholzer in Milwaukee and Nick Nurse in Toronto - all recently got fired.The GIST: The bubble champions have been crowned! With a lop-sided 106–93 Game 6 victory, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat to earn their record-tying 17th (!!!) franchise NBA championship. And Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was still Celtics interim coach Joe Mazzulla for the most recent Miami-Boston meeting he didn’t get the interim tag removed until February.īut for the record, though it means nothing, the Lakers and Nuggets went 2-2 against each other this season, as did the Celtics and Heat. Kevin Love - now a Heat starter - was still in Cleveland when Miami and Boston last squared off. Miami’s Jimmy Butler hasn’t played against Boston since Dec. And the leading scorer for the Lakers in their most recent game against Denver was Russell Westbrook, who finished his season with the Los Angeles Clippers. The Lakers used 18 different players against Denver this season eight of them no longer play for the Lakers. addresses fans at open practiceĬonsider: The only player to start for the Lakers in all four games against Denver this season was Patrick Beverley - who got traded to Orlando in February and ended up in Chicago. Golden State Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy Jr. The most recent Celtics-Heat game was Jan. The Lakers and Nuggets haven’t faced off since Jan. The regular season doesn’t mean much of anything when trying to figure out what’s going to happen in these conference finals matchups. Then came Durant to break their record, and then Curry, and now Tatum. Atlanta’s Dominique Wilkins tied him with a 47-point game against the Celtics on May 22, 1988. Kevin Durant - then of Brooklyn - had 48 in an overtime loss to Milwaukee in the East semifinals on June 19, 2021.īoston’s Sam Jones scored 47 against Cincinnati on Apand nobody topped that for nearly 60 years. It was the third time in the last three postseasons that the Game 7 record got broken. Curry scored 50 in Golden State’s Game 7 win over Sacramento on April 30. Golden State’s Stephen Curry had the Game 7 scoring record for about two weeks.īoston’s Jayson Tatum scored 51 points in the Celtics’ easy Game 7 win over Philadelphia on Sunday, the most anyone has ever scored in the ultimate game of a series. Everything after the first round is exclusive to national windows and not available for local telecasts. ![]() ![]() Team broadcasters will no longer air games. The Eastern Conference finals are on TNT. The Western Conference finals are on ESPN. Unlike the first two rounds, there are no extra off days in these conference finals - teams play every other day. ![]() The Lakers-Nuggets series starts Tuesday, the Celtics-Heat series starts Wednesday and the teams just keep alternating days from there. After that, there’s at least eight (and probably more) consecutive nights of basketball. ![]()
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