Who Won The Nba Championship 2021?
The 2021 NBA Finals are finally here! After a long and grueling regular season, the best two teams in the league have emerged and are ready to battle for the championship. Who will come out on top? Tune in to find out!
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, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, and have won 16 NBA championships, their last being in 2010.
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are the 2021 NBA champions, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in six games. It is the sixth championship in franchise history, and the first since LeBron James left for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014.
The Heat were led by Jimmy Butler, who was named the Finals MVP. Butler averaged 22.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game in the series. Other key contributors for the Heat include Bam Adebayo, Goran Dragic and Duncan Robinson.
This is a huge win for the Heat organization, and Butler is cementing his place as one of the best players in the league.
Milwaukee Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks are an American 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, but on April 16, 2014, a group led by billionaire hedge fund managers Wes Edens and Marc Lasry agreed to purchase a majority interest in the team from Kohl, a sale which was approved by the owners of the NBA and its Board of Governors one month later on May 16. The new owners appointed Jim Cleamons as the franchise’s first head coach.[8][9] The Bucks made their debut in October 1968 when they lost to the Chicago Bulls 134–122.[10]
In 1969, the Bucks hired Leslie Alexander as their general manager; he would spend over 25 years with the organization, eventually serving as president from 1986 to 1989. Alexander drafted future Hall of Famer Bob Lanier with the number one overall pick in 1970; he also acquired Oscar Robertson from Cincinnati that same year for future considerations. Makowski won seven division titles between 1970 and 1977; he also guided the Bucks to their only two NBA Finals appearances in 1974 and 1976; Milwaukee lost both times to Boston despite having home court advantage each time (the 1974 series went to seven games).[17] As a result of heating blows delivered during Game 3 of their 1976 Eastern Conference Finals matchup against Philadelphia (more specifically Darryl Dawkins’ shattering of two backboard supports with his forearm), several players subsequently filed lawsuits against NBA Properties for wrongful death due to negligence on behalf of arena staff who failed to properly attached structural braces designed to prevent such an occurrence.[18][19][20] In 1982, due largely to its inability to secure funding for needed renovations at Milwaukee Arena,[21] owner Legislature transferred its ownership interest in the team and Milwaukee Arena lease agreement over to Wisconsin Professional Sports Corporation (WPSC), a non-profit entity no longer affiliated with any major professional sports league. In order return Palace at Auburn Hills became home court for Detroit Pistons beginning fall 1988 until construction caused them relocate back home ground Buckinghams Palace each December 15 weekend until end 1997–98 season.[22][23]
Thedaq collapse in late 2000 lead potential new ownership groups led George Shinn decline bid be become next controlling owner leaving David Stern no choice but force WPSC dissolve liquidate franchises contents sell off assets public auction conducted June 2001 which former minority investment group Led By Jerry Reinsdorf wonclosed June 5 purchasing operating rights $325 million.[24][25]
