As of the end of the 2009-10 season, the Los Angeles Lakers lead the league in amount of NBA finals played with 31.
Los Angeles Lakers played 29 times in the NBA Finals while 20 times for the Boston Celtics.
Kilkenny have played in 61 finals and won 35.
The player who has played the most NBA Finals games in history is Bill Russell, with 70 games.
The Montreal Canadiens have twentyfour (24) Stanley Cup victories.
The team with the most finals appearances has competed in the championship game 32 times.
Here are the franchises with the most championships: Boston Celtics: 16 Los Angeles Lakers: 16 Chicago Bulls: 6 San Antonio Spurs: 4
The player to reach the most finals is the Brazilian Cafu 4 times.
The NBA player with the most finals appearances in their career is Bill Russell, who played in 12 NBA Finals with the Boston Celtics.
Yes the played 9 times:1959,1962-63,1965-66,1968-69,1984-85 and 1987 Celtics and Lakers have played 11 times in the NBA Finals. They played in the years listed above as well as in 2008. Celtics won 9 of the 11 meetings including the most recent one in 2008.
Newcastle and Everton have both lost 7 finals.
== == == == 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.
The record for most appearances by a NBA franchise is 30 by the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers (15 wins - 15 losses).