Who Won The NBA Finals in 2009?
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The Los Angeles Lakers won the 2009 NBA Finals, defeating the Orlando Magic in five games. Kobe Bryant was named the Finals MVP.
The Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in the 2009 NBA Finals, four games to one. The 67th edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship series was played between June 4 and June 15, 2009. The Lakers earned their 15th NBA title, while also winning their first title since 2002. Kobe Bryant was named Most Valuable Player of the finals.
The Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic won the NBA Finals in 2009. The Magic defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in five games. This was the first NBA Finals appearance for the Magic.
The Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2009 NBA Finals, defeating the Orlando Magic four games to two. The Cavaliers became the first team in NBA history to win an NBA championship after trailing in three-straight series. They also became the first team ever to win an NBA Finals game on their home court after trailing in the series.
The Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics, led by Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, won the NBA championship in 2008 by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in six games. The Celtics became the first team in NBA history to win a championship after losing the first two games of the Finals at home.
The San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.
The Spurs began play as an original expansion team in 1967 along with several other teams, and were one of two teams (the other being the Chicago Bulls) to survive the league’s first decade. The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA–NBA merger and are the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship. They have won five championships, making them one of two teams along with the Golden State Warriors to win five championships since the NBA’s inception in 1947.
