Who Are In The Nba Finals 2021?
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It’s that time of year again! The NBA Finals are upon us and we’ll be treated to another exciting matchup between two great teams. Who are you rooting for?
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 in the Pacific Division.
Roster
Heading: The Roster
When it comes to winning championships, the Los Angeles Lakers have one of the most stacked rosters in the NBA. They have two MVPs, a defensive player of the year, and multiple all-stars. They also have players who have won Sixth Man of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Rookie of the Year.
The Lakers’ roster is full of all-stars and MVPs
The Los Angeles Lakers have two MVPs on their roster. LeBron James won the award four times with the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers. He also won Finals MVP in each of those championship seasons. Anthony Davis won MVP in 2020 with the Lakers. He was also named Defensive Player of the Year that same season.
All-Stars
In addition to their two MVPs, the Lakers also have six other All-Stars on their roster. Rajon Rondo, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Andre Drummond, Kyle Kuzma, Alex Caruso, and Wesley Matthews are all All-Stars. Rajon Rondo is a former All-Star Game MVP. Andre Drummond was an All-Star in 2012 and 2015 while he was with the Detroit Pistons. Matthews was an All-Star in 2015 with the Dallas Mavericks.
Rookies and Sixth Man of the Year
The Lakers also have two rookies on their roster who were drafted in 2020: Talen Horton-Tucker and Kostas Antetokounmpo. Horton-Tucker was drafted 46th overall and Antetokounmpo was drafted 60th overall. Guards Alex Caruso and Dion Waiters both came off the bench for most of the season but started to see more playing time towards the end of the season and into the playoffs. Waiters was named Sixth Man of the Year in 2020 while he was with Miami Heat
Schedule
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. They play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, having won 17 NBA championships. As of 2020, the Lakers are ranked fourth among all-time wins in the NBA.
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”. Initially a member of the NBL, the Lakers won the 1948 NBL championship before joining the rival Basketball Association of America (BAA), where they would win five of their next six championships. In 1949, led by center George Mikan, who was signed from the Gems after they folded; they won their sixth championship. After struggling financially in early years as a small-market team, they relocated to Los Angeles before
the 1960–61 season. Led by Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, Los Angeles made eight straight trips to
the NBA Finals between 1959 and 1966; however, they failed to win a title during that period despite multiple record-setting performances from Baylor and West.
In 1968, under new head coach Butch van Breda Kolff—procured from back-to-back Finals runners up New York Knicks—Los Angeles finally broke through for their seventh title against Van Breda Kolff’s former employer led by center Willis Reed and forward Walt Frazier. After losing Magic Johnson to retirement in 1991 and trading away James Worthy to save money shortly thereafter due mostly to mounting financial difficulties stemming from team owner Jerry Buss’ expensive divorce settlement at that time; winning became much harder over next several years for Lakers who would not make playoffs again until 1995 while going through head coaching changes nearly every year during that span with Del Harris being only lasting more than two seasons during that time frame; culminating when Shaquille O’Neal signed with Lake Show prior to 1996–97 season which resulted in five consecutive Finals appearances and three consecutive championships between 2000 and 2002 under head coach Phil Jackson marking return to glory days for franchise. Since then, guided by future Hall
of Famers Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol throughout most if not all of 2000s followed by addition of fellow All Stars such as Shaquille O’Neal
Results
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 in the Pacific Division. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, having won 17 NBA championships, their last being in 2010.
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are currently in the NBA Finals and are looking to win their first championship since 2013. The Heat have been one of the most successful teams in the NBA over the past decade, making the playoffs nine times and the Finals three times. This year, they are led by All-Star Jimmy Butler and breakout star Bam Adebayo.
Roster
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. The team owner is Micky Arison, who also owns cruise-ship giant Carnival Corporation.
The Head Coach is Erik Spoelstra and the team captain is Jimmy Butler.
Roster
| Name | Height | Weight | Position | College | NBA Draft | Years with team |
| :—————— – | :— – | :—-: | :———————: | :———--: | :———————————————————--: | ————--:|
| Jimmy Butler | 6’7” | 232lb | Small forward / Shooting guard / Point guard | Marquette | 2011 / Round 1 / Pick 11 th overall pick by the Chicago Bulls 11
| Bam Adebayo | 6’9” | 255lb | Center University of Kentucky 2017 / Round 1 / Pick 14th overall pick by the Miami Heat 5
| Goran Dragic | 6’3” | 190lb || Point guard Slovenia 2008 / Round 2 / Pick 45th overall pick by the San Antonio Spurs 13
| Kendrick Nunn || 6’3” 185lb|| Shooting guard Oakland University 2019 undrafted free agent by the Golden State Warriors 3
Kelly Olynyk || 7’0” 249lb|| Center Gonzaga University 2013 / Round 1 20th overall pick by the Dallas Mavericks 8
Duncan Robinson ||6’8” 206lb|| Power forward University of Michigan 2018 undrafted free agent by the Miami Heat 4
Tyler Herro ||6’5” 199lb || Shooting guard Kentucky 2019/Round 1/Pick 13th overall pick by the Miami Heat 3
Andre Iguodala ||6’6” 215lb||Small forward Arizona 2004/Round 1/Pick 9th overall pickby Philadelphia 76ers 16
Schedule
The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion. The winning team of the series receives the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy.
Results
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.
The franchise began play in the 1988–89 NBA season as an expansion team. After a slow start that saw the team win just 31 games in its first two seasons, the Heat have gone on to make the playoffs 12 times, win seven division titles, and appear in five NBA Finals, in which they have won three championships (in 2006, 2012 and 2013).
As of 2020, the Heat hold the record for having made the NBA Finals in a greater percentage of their seasons than any other team in NBA history.
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are currently in the Eastern Conference of the NBA Finals. The Celtics are one of the most successful teams in NBA history, with a record of 17 NBA championships, 21 conference titles, and 23 division titles.
Roster
The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of the league’s original eight teams, the team played their home games at Boston Arena from 1946 to 1955, followed by the Boston Garden from 1955 to 1995. Currently, the Celtics play their home games at TD Garden, which they share with the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Boston Bruins. The Celtics’ 16 NBA Championships—particularly eight wins in a row from 1959 to 1966—are notable because no other NBA team has won more than three championships in a row since the 1976–77 season when the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors won it for a second consecutive year.
The Celtics have a storied rivalry with the Los Angeles Lakers, who have won 16 NBA championships, second behind the Celtics. The rivalry began when the Lakers moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles. The Celtics have appeared in the NBA Finals an incredible 21 times out of 32 total appearances by Eastern Conference teams; and 10 times out of 19 since 1980 when Magic Johnson and Larry Bird joined forces on the Lakers and Kevin McHale and Robert Parish became pillars of theCeltics’ dynasty respectively.
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The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of the league’s original eight teams, the team play their home games at TD Garden, which they share with the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Boston Bruins. The Celtics are one of the most successful teams in NBA history; as of 2020, they have won 17 NBA championships, tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for the most in NBA history by a franchise.
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The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of the league’s original eight teams, the team played its home games at Boston Garden from 1946 to 1995. It is one of the oldest and most successful basketball franchises in North America.
The Celtics have a storied rivalry with the Los Angeles Lakers, whom they defeated in the 2008 NBA Finals to win their seventeenth NBA championship overall. To date, eleven Celtics players have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; only four other teams (the Lakers, Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers,Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs) have more inductees.
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 plays at the Fiserv Forum.
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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 owners Wedbush Securities owned the team from 1985 to 2005. Herb Kohl was the long-time owner of the Bucks, owning the team from 1985 to 2014. On April 16, 2014, Kohl announced his intention to sell a majority share of the franchise to billionaire hedge fund managers Wes Edens and Marc Lasry. The sale was approved by the NBA Board of Governors on May 15, 2014, and completed on May 16; Kohl remained as a minority owner until his death in 2021.
The Bucks have won one league title (1971), two conference titles (1971 and 1974), and 13 division titles (1971–74, 1976–80, 1981–86, 1987–89, 1990–91; 2001, 2019). They have featured such notable players as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, Bob Lanier, Sam Cassell, Vin Baker Jr., Glenn Robinson III, Ray Allen, Michael Redd Maryla BentilureaDell Curry , Brandon Jennings , Monta Ellis , Khris Middleton , Giannis Antetokounmpo , Eric Bledsoe Brook Lopezand Jrue Holiday .
In 2018 19Antetokounmpoof their players was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) for that year’s regular seasonunanimously . In 2020 21he again repeated this feat Greenein playoffs he was named MVP postseason unanimously for second consecutive time makingthe him first Bucksto do so .
Schedule
The 2021 NBA Finals will be the championship series of the 2020–21 NBA season and the conclusion of the season’s playoffs. The best-of-seven playoff will be contested between the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers and the Eastern Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks, who will each be making their first NBA Finals appearance since 2010. The Lakers will host Games 1 and 2, as well as Games 5 and 7 at Staples Center. The Bucks will host Games 3 and 4 at Fiserv Forum, marking the first time since 1974 that all games in an NBA Finals will be played on one floor.
Results
In the 2021 NBA Finals, the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Miami Heat in six games to win their first NBA championship in franchise history. The Bucks were led by two-time Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, who averaged 28.6 points, 10.3 rebounds and 14.2 assists per game in the series. Other key contributors for Milwaukee included Khris Middleton (22.0 points per game), Brook Lopez (14.6 points per game) and Jrue Holiday (12.0 points per game).
