Who Is Going To The Nba Finals 2021?
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It’s time for the NBA Finals 2021! Who is your pick to take home the championship this year?
Eastern Conference
The Eastern Conference Finals will feature the Milwaukee Bucks and the Miami Heat. The Bucks are the top seed in the East and they have been the best team in the conference all season long. The Heat are the fifth seed in the East but they have been playing very well lately and they have a lot of experience in the playoffs.
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks – The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and play at the Fiserv Forum. Former U.S. Senator Herb Kohl was the long-time owner of the team, until he sold it to businessmen Wesley Edens and Marc Lasry in 2014.
The Bucks have won one league title (1971), two conference titles (1971 and 1974), and 13 division titles (1971–74, 1976, 1980–86, 2001, 2019). They have qualified for the playoffs 28 times (35 times if counting each year as one appearance), appearing in three NBA Finals (1971, 1974, and 2019).
Brooklyn Nets
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Barclays Center. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other is the New York Knicks. The Knicks are a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference, while the Nets play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
The franchise was established in 1967 as a charter member of the NBA’s rival league, the American Basketball Association (ABA). They played four seasons in New Jersey as the New Jersey Americans, before relocating to Long Island in 1971 and changing their name to the New York Nets. During this time, they won two ABA championships (in 1974 and 1976). The Nets subsequently joined the NBA in 1976 after the ABA–NBA merger and were placed into the league’s newly formed Atlantic Division.
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division and play at the Wells Fargo Center. Founded in 1946 and originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest teams in the NBA, and one of only eight (out of 23) to survive the league’s first decade.
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Southeast Division. They play their home games at American Airlines Arena, and have won three NBA championships.
Western Conference
The Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers are the two favorites to come out of the Western Conference and make it to the NBA Finals.
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and NHL’s Los Angeles Kings. The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team, the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League (NBL). The new team began playing in Minneapolis, calling themselves the Minneapolis Lakers in honor of Minnesota’s nickname, “Land of 10,000 Lakes”.
The franchise was forced to relocate to Los Angeles in 1960 because Minneapolis ultimately did not have sufficient funding for a professional basketball team at that time. As a result, the Lakers acquired many of the NBA’s top stars over the next several years, earning a reputation as one of basketball’s powerhouse teams during that time period. According to Forbes, the Lakers are also the second-most valuable basketball franchise in terms of share value and net worth.
Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. The Clippers play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with fellow NBA team the Los Angeles Lakers, as well as the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The franchise was founded in 1970 as the Buffalo Braves, one of three expansion teams to join the NBA that year. The Braves moved from Buffalo, New York to San Diego, California in 1978 and became known as the San Diego Clippers. In 1984, The Clippers relocated to Los Angeles. through much of its history, the franchise failed to see significant regular season or playoff success. The Clippers were frequently seen as an example of a perennial loser in American professional sports, drawing unfavorable comparisons to their crosstown rivals, the Lakers. Since 1987, however, the franchise has won five division titlesCallback and made nine appearances in the NBA PlayoffsCallback—including one appearance in the Western Conference Finals—and have managed to win one lone Conference Semifinals series victory against their intrastate rivals, the Sacramento Kings during that time frame despite being perpetually outgunned financially by both teams relative lack thereof compared to other major market teams and drug scandals involving members of ownership and management that have dogged them for decades .
Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the Denver Larks in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association (ABA), but changed its name to Rockets before the first season. It played its home games at the Denver Auditorium Arena from 1967 to 1974. The Rockets won two ABA championships before joining the NBA as part of the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. In 1977, the team relocated to Detroit and became known as the Pistons. In 1987, they returned to Denver and regained their original nickname.
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division. The franchise was founded in 1970, and played its home games in Memorial Coliseum before moving to Moda Center in 1995 (called Rose Garden until 2013). The team has advanced to the NBA Finals three times, winning the NBA championship once in 1977. Their other NBA Finals appearances were in 1990 and 1992.