Who Won The NBA Championship in 2020?
The Los Angeles Lakers won the 2020 NBA Championship, defeating the Miami Heat in six games. This was the Lakers’ record-tying 17th NBA Championship.
Los Angeles Lakers
On October 11, 2020, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat in six games to win the 2020 NBA Finals. This was the Lakers’ first championship since 2010 and their record-tying seventeenth overall. The series was played entirely at Walt Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Miami Heat
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 2020 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2019–20 NBA playoffs, and the conclusion of the 2020–21 NBA season.
In the Finals, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat in six games to win their record-tying 17th NBA championship, their first championship in a decade. LeBron James was named Finals MVP for a record fourth time, tying Michael Jordan’s record.
Toronto Raptors
In 2020, the Toronto Raptors won the NBA championship. They defeated the Golden State Warriors in six games. This was the first time that a Canadian team had won the NBA championship.
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, the Warriors relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962 and took the city’s name, before changing its geographic moniker to Golden State in 1971. They play their home games at the Chase Center.
The Warriors won the NBA championship in 2015, 2017, and 2018.
