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The finals were a best-of-3 series from 1949 to 1950, a best-of-5 series from 1951 to 1956, and a best-of-7 series since 1957. The conference finals are currently played in a best-of-7 series like the NBA playoffs and Finals. The two series are played in late May each year after the first and second rounds of the Playoffs and before the Finals.
The Eastern Conferenceis one of two conferencesthat make up the National Basketball Association(NBA), the other being the Western Conference. Both conferences consist of 15 teams organized into three divisions. The Eastern Conference comprises the Atlantic, Central, and SoutheastDivisions. The current divisional alignment was adopted at the ...
The 2016 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2015–16 season. The tournament ended with the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers defeating the defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors 4 games to 3 after the Warriors led the series 3 games to 1.
WESTERN CONFERENCE *1. Denver Nuggets (52-27) Clinched No. 1 seed and first-round playoff series vs. No. 8 seed (determined by play-in tournament) 2. Memphis Grizzlies (50-30) Magic number for No ...
Sports. Weather. NBA Playoff Picture: Key games, tiebreakers and everything at stake on the season's final day ... the 4-5 matchup in the Eastern Conference is the last major domino to fall on ...
Follow Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals with Yahoo Sports. ... NBA playoffs: Celtics rout Heat to force Game 6 in Eastern Conference finals. Yahoo Sports Staff. May 25, 2023 at 10:58 PM ...
The 2021 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2020–21 season.With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the NBA for the second consecutive year, the regular season was reduced to 72 games for each team and the start date of the playoffs was moved from its usual time in mid-April to May 22, 2021.
The Heat cruised to a 128-102 win over the Celtics, which gave them a 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals and put them on the cusp of reaching their first NBA Finals since 2020.