Who Won the 1984 NBA Championship?

The 1984 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s 1983–84 season, and the culmination of the season’s playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeated the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to two.

The Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics in the 1984 NBA Finals. The Lakers won the series 4-2. This was the Lakers’ first NBA championship in franchise history. The Lakers were led by Finals MVP Magic Johnson, who averaged 22.5 points, 12.8 assists, and 8.3 rebounds per game.

The team’s history

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their home arena is Staples Center.

The Lakers began life as the Minneapolis Lakers, a National Basketball League (NBL) team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded by businessman George Mikan in 1947, the Lakers were one of three NBL teams that joined the Basketball Association of America to form the NBA when the leagues merged in 1949. The Lakers won five NBA championships before relocating to Los Angeles after the 1960–61 season. As of 2019, they have won 17 league championships, accounting for 32% of all NBA Finals appearances and 29% of all NBA championships since 1948; they have also made 40% of all Finals since 1980.

The team’s star players

In the early 1980s, the Lakers were led by head coach Pat Riley and star players Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, and Bob McAdoo. The team made the NBA Finals three times in a row, winning twice in 1982 and 1983. In 1984, they met the Boston Celtics in the Finals for the first time since 1974. The Lakers won the series 4–2 to win their ninth NBA championship.

The Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics won the 1984 NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 in the Finals. The Celtics were led by head coach Bill Fitch and stars Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish. The Lakers were led by head coach Pat Riley and stars Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and James Worthy.

The team’s history

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 2019, they have won 21 conference championships, including 19 Eastern Conference titles and 18 division championships. They have played in 39 NBA Finals series, winning 32.

The Celtics have a storied rivalry with the Los Angeles Lakers, who have won 16 NBA championships. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest rivalries in sports history. The franchise has played the Lakers a record 12 times in The Finals, winning nine times overall. Eight of those battles took place between 1959 and 1969 when the two teams faced each other four times in six seasons, with Boston winning seven consecutive times until Los Angeles finally broke through and won their first championship since moving from Minneapolis during that stretch.

The team’s star players

The Boston Celtics won the 1984 NBA Championship, and the team’s star players were Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish. Other members of the team included Danny Ainge, M.L. Carr, Cedric Maxwell, Gerald Henderson, Rick Robey, and Bill Walton. The Celtics were coached by Bill Fitch.

The 1984 NBA Championship

The 1984 NBA Championship was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s 1983–84 season, and the conclusion of the season’s playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeated the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to two.

The series

The 1984 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1983–84 NBA season. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeated the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to three, to win the franchise’s 16th NBA title. The 1984 NBA Finals were widely considered one of the most exciting and classic Finals of all-time.

The final game

The 1984 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s 1983–84 season, and the culmination of the season’s playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeated the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to three, in a best-of-seven series. Larry Bird was named the Finals MVP.

The 1984 Finals were seminal in several respects. In his first year with the Lakers, Magic Johnson filled in at center for an injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Game 6, famously “starting a fast break” with a long pass to Byron Scott for a game-winning layup that put the Lakers ahead by one point. The iconic “floor” shot by Celtics player Gerald Henderson in Game 2 is believed by some to have been partially responsible for the eventual rule change prohibiting offensive players from taking more than two steps with the ball while inside the three-point arc.