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NBA Finals
- 2022 NBA FinalsThe 2022 NBA Finals concluded on June 16, marking the end of a best-of-seven series between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics.
- 2007 NBA FinalsThe 2007 NBA Finals matched the San Antonio Spurs against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the result left little room for suspense.
- 2003 NBA FinalsThe 2003 NBA Finals opened on the 4th of June in San Antonio with a question that hovered over every tip-off: could a team that many viewers found boring…
- 2006 NBA FinalsIn June 2006, the Dallas Mavericks walked into the NBA Finals as heavy favorites. They had swept through the Western Conference bracket.
- NBA Finals television ratingsNBA Finals television ratings begin with a single entry from 1974. That year, CBS broadcast the Boston Celtics against the Milwaukee Bucks to a 13.5 rating…
- 2013 NBA FinalsThe 2013 NBA Finals came down to a single moment on the night of the 18th of June, 2013. Ray Allen stood in the right corner with 5.2 seconds on the clock…
- 2016 NBA FinalsThe 2016 NBA Finals turned on a secret hidden above a ceiling panel in an Oakland locker room. After Cleveland's Game 5 win, the Cavaliers still trailed…
- 2005 NBA FinalsThe 2005 NBA Finals came down to a single game for the first time in eleven years. Two teams that had defined defensive basketball for three straight seasons…
- 2023 NBA FinalsThe 2023 NBA Finals began on June 1 and concluded on June 12. The Western Conference champion Denver Nuggets defeated the Eastern Conference champion Miami…
- 1999 NBA FinalsOn the 25th of June 1999, exactly two years to the day that Tim Duncan was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs, a young point guard named Avery Johnson hit a…
- 2018 NBA FinalsThe 2018 NBA Finals opened on the 31st of May with the score tied at 107 and fewer than five seconds remaining in Game 1.
- 2008 NBA FinalsThe 2008 NBA Finals opened with one of basketball's strangest sights. Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce was wheeled off the court in Game 1 after falling…
- 2011 NBA FinalsThe 2011 NBA Finals was supposed to be a coronation. Miami's newly assembled trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh had made the Heat heavy…
- 2012 NBA FinalsThe 2012 NBA Finals began on the 12th of June with a question nobody could fully answer: was LeBron James ready to be a champion?
- 2025 NBA FinalsThe 2025 NBA Finals began on June 5 and concluded on June 22. The Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Eastern Conference champion…
- NBA FinalsThe NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association, played since April 1947 when the Philadelphia Warriors beat the…
- 2009 NBA FinalsThe 2009 NBA Finals opened on the 4th of June with a matchup almost nobody predicted. All spring, fans and analysts had been waiting for a showdown between…
- 2017 NBA FinalsThe 2017 NBA Finals matched the Golden State Warriors against the Cleveland Cavaliers for the third consecutive year, closing out the NBA's 2016-17 season.
- 2004 NBA FinalsOn the 6th of June 2004, the Detroit Pistons walked into the Staples Center as 12-point underdogs and walked out with a victory.
- 2010 NBA FinalsThe 2010 NBA Finals came down to a single game on the 17th of June, 2010, with Kobe Bryant shooting 6 for 24 from the field. That is 25 percent.
- 2014 NBA FinalsThe 2014 NBA Finals ended with a margin that left no room for debate. San Antonio outscored Miami by an average of 14.0 points per game across five games…
- 2024 NBA FinalsThe 2024 NBA Finals concluded on June 17 with the Boston Celtics defeating the Dallas Mavericks four games to one. This victory marked the franchise's first…
- 2019 NBA FinalsThe 2019 NBA Finals ended on the 13th of June in Oakland, California, with a final score of 114-110 and a country that had never won an NBA championship…
- 2021 NBA FinalsThe 2021 NBA Finals began on July 6, the second-latest start date in championship history. This delay resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic altering the league…