In 2010, the NBA championship went to the Los Angeles Lakers, who defeated the Boston Celtics in a seven game thriller.
No, they are not as of the 2010-2011 NBA season. The Jazz are among the elite in the NBA. They are close record-wise with the defending NBA Champions in the Los Angeles Lakers.
Wilt Chamberline of the Los Angelos Lakers had the record of 50.4 points per game in a single season.
1985. 1985 was the 9th time the Lakers and Celtics had met in the finals.
The Lakers have home court advantage during the 2010 NBA Finals because they had a better regular-season record than the Celtics. Los Angeles was 57-25; Boston was 50-32.
In 2010, the NBA championship went to the Los Angeles Lakers, who defeated the Boston Celtics in a seven game thriller.
Lakers
No, they are not as of the 2010-2011 NBA season. The Jazz are among the elite in the NBA. They are close record-wise with the defending NBA Champions in the Los Angeles Lakers.
It was the CLEVELAND CAVALIERS who had a record of 66-16...to be followed by the Los Angeles Lakers with a record of 65-17
As of the 2009-2010 NBA season, the Lakers are better. The Heat were the 5th seed in the East while the Lakers ended the regular season with the second best record in the league. The Lakers are considered to be title-contenders. AS of the 2010-2011 season, the Heat are easily the better team.
== == == == The Los Angeles (originally Minneapolis)Lakers have played in the most NBA Finals, with 30, winning 15 and losing 15, since the first was held at the end of the 1946-1947 season. As the Minnesota Lakers, their record was 5 wins and 1 loss; as the LA Lakers, their record is 10 wins and 14 losses. The LA Lakers are the current NBA Champions, having won the 2008-2009 season NBA Finals. The Boston Celtics have the second largest number of NBA Finals played, with 20, but with 17 wins, they have won the most NBA Finals.
That would be the Los Angeles Lakers, with a career record of 360-235 (.605 winning percentage).
Chicago Bulls, 1995-96, 73-9.
The Detroit Pistons had their winningest record during the 1988-1989 season when they had an impressive 63-19 record. This record was good enough to secure them the top seed in the Eastern Conference and the first of two consecutive trips to the NBA Finals. In the playoffs the Pistons swept the Knicks and the Bulls before defeating the Lakers 4-0 in the NBA Finals. The Pistons record during the 1988-1989 season was 63-19. They secured the top seed in the Eastern Conference. They went on to win their first NBA Championship sweeping the Lakers 4-0 in the NBA Finals.
Wilt Chamberline of the Los Angelos Lakers had the record of 50.4 points per game in a single season.
2009: Los Angeles Lakers
1985. 1985 was the 9th time the Lakers and Celtics had met in the finals.