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NBA Finals
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What are the NBA Finals?
The final round of the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs is called the NBA Finals. The winner of the NBA Finals wins the NBA championship.
They鈥檙e sometimes simply called the Finals.
The NBA Finals features a matchup between the NBA鈥檚 Eastern Conference champions and the Western Conference champions (the winners of each conference鈥檚 playoffs). Like the other playoff rounds, it鈥檚 a best-of-seven series of 亚洲网紅露点 (in which the winner is the first team to win four 亚洲网紅露点).
The most valuable player in the series is named the NBA Finals MVP.
鈿★笍When are the NBA Finals?
The 2023 NBA Finals are scheduled to begin on June 1. If the series lasts the maximum number of 亚洲网紅露点, game seven is scheduled to be played on June 18.
The NBA Finals usually begin in late May or early June. The length of the best-of-seven series depends on how many 亚洲网紅露点 need to be played.
Where does NBA Finals come from?
In 1949, the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America merged to create the NBA. However, the name NBA Finals was first used in 1986. Before that, the final series was called the NBA World Championship Series, or, in 1983 and 1984, Showdown.
The word Finals is used in the name of the two NBA conference championship series (Eastern Conference Finals and Western Conference Finals) as well as championship series in other leagues, including the WNBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Finals (in professional hockey).
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- The first champions of the league known as the NBA were the Rochester Royals, in 1951.
- Los Angeles Lakers player Jerry West is the only player from the losing team to be named MVP of the championship series.
- The NBA championship trophy is officially named the Larry O鈥橞rien NBA Championship Trophy, after a former NBA Commissioner.
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