Who Won the NBA Championship in 2008?
The Boston Celtics won the NBA Championship in 2008.
The Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers were the 2008 NBA champions. They defeated the Boston Celtics in six games, giving head coach Phil Jackson his 10th title (and tying him with Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most ever). Kobe Bryant was named Finals MVP for the second consecutive year.
The Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics won the NBA Championship in 2008. The Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 in the best-of-seven series. The Celtics were led by Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen.
The Orlando Magic
Under the leadership of All-Star center Dwight Howard, the Orlando Magic enjoyed a breakout season in 2007-2008. The team won 52 games and captured its first Southeast Division title. In the playoffs, the Magic defeated the Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers to reach the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. In the Finals, they faced the Los Angeles Lakers, who were appearing in their ninth straight NBA Finals. The Lakers were heavily favored to win, but the Magic put up a brave fight and ultimately emerged victorious in a closely contested series. It was a historic moment for the Orlando Magic organization, and fans remember it fondly to this day.
The Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers, also known as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The team began play as an expansion team in 1970, along with the Portland Trail Blazers and Buffalo Braves. Home games were first held at Cleveland Arena from 1970 to 1974, followed by the Richfield Coliseum from 1974 to 1994. Since 1994, the Cavs have played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland, which they shared with the arena’s former tenant, the Cleveland Barons, of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 2001 to 2006. The Cavaliers opened their inaugural season losing their first 15 games and struggled in their early years, placing no better than sixth place in the Eastern Conference during their first five seasons. The team won their first Central Division title in 1976, which also marked their first playoff appearance in franchise history, where they advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavaliers have made 22 playoff appearances since then: 16 times winning at least one series and six other times playing in conference semifinals without moving on; this makes them one of only four current NBA teams that have made it to 20 straight postseasons (the San Antonio Spurs and Boston Celtics being two teams that are currently on longer streaks).
In 1983–84 and 1984–85 under head coach Bernie Bickerstaff, led by league MVPs Austin Carr and Mark Price respectively along with all-star forwards Larry Nance andWorld B. Free , Wally Szczerbiak , Drew Gooden , Anderson Varejão , Shaquille O’Neal , LeBron James , and Zydrunas Ilgauskas , head coach Mike Brown , while under general manager Danny Ferry
The Cavaliers advanced to four NBA Finals between 2007 and 2010 to face off against the San Antonio Spurs winning once in 2007 but losing each subsequent appearance against them until 2016 when they finally broke through defeating them 4-3 behind Finals MVP LeBron James . Afterwards reaching back-to-back NBA Finals for 2017 & 2018 which resulted in losses both times against Kevin Durant -led Golden State Warriors . Offseason trades for All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard & veteran guard Danny Green for guard George Hill , forward Kyle Korver & draft picks helped lead Toronto Raptors to best regular season record 63-19 for 2019 before beating Milwaukee Bucks 4-2 en route to 1st ever NBA Championship & Leonard’s 2nd Finals MVP trophy .
