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Jones</a></td> <td>4</td> </tr><tr class="vcard" style=""> <td class="fn org" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1985–86 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a></td> <td class="agent"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Bill Fitch</a></td> <td>2</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">May 26 – June 8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a><br />(Boston Celtics)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Celtics:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> (1998)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a> (2010)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a> (1999)<br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a> (2003)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a> (1993)<br /><b>Rockets:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> (2008)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> (2012) <br /><b>Coaches:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Bill Fitch</a> (2019)<br />K.C. Jones (1989, player)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> (2020)<br /><b>Officials:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Evans_(basketball)" title="Hugh Evans (basketball)">Hugh Evans</a> (2022)<br /><a href="/wiki/Darell_Garretson" title="Darell Garretson">Darell Garretson</a> (2016)<br /><a href="/wiki/Earl_Strom" title="Earl Strom">Earl Strom</a> (1995)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Eastern finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1985–86 Boston Celtics season">Celtics</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1985–86 Milwaukee Bucks season">Bucks</a>, 4–0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Western finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1985–86 Houston Rockets season">Rockets</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season">Lakers</a>, 4–1</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA finals">NBA finals</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1986 NBA Finals</b> was the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">championship series</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>'s (NBA) <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1985–86 season</a>, and the culmination of the <a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NBA Playoffs">season's playoffs</a>. It pitted the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1985–86 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1985–86 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a>, in a rematch of the <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981 NBA Finals</a> (though only <a href="/wiki/Allen_Leavell" title="Allen Leavell">Allen Leavell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reid_(basketball)" title="Robert Reid (basketball)">Robert Reid</a> remained from the Rockets' 1981 team). It was the second and last NBA Championship Series of the 1980s not to feature the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>, who were eliminated by the Rockets on both occasions. </p><p>The heavily favored<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Celtics defeated the Rockets four games to two to win their then-record 16th NBA championship. The championship would be the Celtics' last until <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008</a>. <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> was named the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">Finals MVP</a>. </p><p>On another note, this series marked the first time the "NBA Finals" branding was officially used, as they dropped the "NBA World Championship Series" branding which had been in use since the beginning of the league, though it had been unofficially called the "NBA Finals" for years. </p><p>Until the <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011</a> series, this was the last time the NBA Finals had started before June. Since game three, all NBA Finals games have been played in June. Starting with <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">the following year</a>, the NBA Finals would be held exclusively in the month of June. It was also the last NBA Finals series to schedule a game on a Monday until <a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_Finals" title="1999 NBA Finals">1999</a> and also the last NBA Finals game to be played on <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day" title="Memorial Day">Memorial Day</a>. Until the <a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a> series, it was the last to conclude before June 10. </p><p><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS Sports</a> used <a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Tom Heinsohn</a> as the play-by-play man and color commentator respectively. Meanwhile, <a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a> was the host and <a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pat O'Brien (television)">Pat O'Brien</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Rockets</a>' sideline) and <a href="/wiki/Lesley_Visser" title="Lesley Visser">Lesley Visser</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Celtics</a>' sideline) were the <a href="/wiki/Sideline_reporter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sideline reporter">sideline reporters</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boston_Celtics">Boston Celtics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Boston Celtics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1985–86 Boston Celtics season">1985–86 Boston Celtics season</a></div> <p>The Celtics made the <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985 NBA Finals</a>, but lost in six games to the <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a>. The series exposed some of Boston's weaknesses, such as the lack of bench scoring, which was exploited after <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a> moved to the starting lineup with <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Maxwell" title="Cedric Maxwell">Cedric Maxwell</a> bothered by knee injuries. In addition, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> played through an elbow injury, which severely affected his shooting. In the offseason, president <a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">Red Auerbach</a> decided to tweak the roster, trading Maxwell to the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1985–86 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a> for oft-injured center <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a>. He also made a trade with the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1985–86 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a>, acquiring <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sichting" title="Jerry Sichting">Jerry Sichting</a> for <a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a>. These moves would pave the way for the Celtics' greatest season yet. </p><p>Entering the 1985–86 season, the Celtics surged to a league-best 67–15 record, powered by an NBA record 40 victories at home. Their incomparable home record alone (since tied by the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2015–16 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season" title="2015–16 NBA season">2015–2016</a> regular season) put the Celtics in the conversation among the NBA's greatest teams in a single season.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the playoffs, Boston needed just three games to defeat the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1985–86 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a> in the first round, despite a playoff record 63 points by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> in Game 2.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When asked about Jordan's performance in Boston's 135-131 2OT victory, Boston's coach <a href="/wiki/K._C._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="K. C. Jones">K. C. Jones</a> said, "I don't have a word for today."<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In retrospect, this game is considered to be a classic clash of the NBA's (arguably) greatest player, Jordan, and the NBA's (arguably) greatest team, Bird's 1985–86 Celtics.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second round, Boston eliminated the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1985–86 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a> in five games, with the clinching Game 5 a no-doubter as Boston outscored Atlanta 36–6 in the third quarter in route to a 132–99 victory. Then in the conference finals, Boston swept the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1985–86 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a> in four games, a direct reversal of their second round meeting in the <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1983 NBA Playoffs">1983 NBA Playoffs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Houston_Rockets">Houston Rockets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Houston Rockets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1985–86 Houston Rockets season">1985–86 Houston Rockets season</a></div> <p>Following their previous Finals appearance in <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a>, the Rockets entered a brief rebuilding period. Long-time Rockets <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">Calvin Murphy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> retired, while <a href="/wiki/Mike_Dunleavy,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Dunleavy, Sr.">Mike Dunleavy, Sr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Willoughby" title="Bill Willoughby">Bill Willoughby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Henderson_(basketball)" title="Tom Henderson (basketball)">Tom Henderson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Paultz" title="Billy Paultz">Billy Paultz</a> moved on to different teams. But the biggest move came during the 1982 offseason, when the Rockets traded <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> to the <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a> champions <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a>. The loss of Malone sent the Rockets to a league-worst 14–68 record in the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1982–83 Houston Rockets season">1982–83 season</a>, after which the Rockets were awarded the top pick of the <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_draft" title="1983 NBA draft">1983 NBA draft</a> and selected <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a>. </p><p>After a 29-win season in <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1983–84 Houston Rockets season">1984</a>, the Rockets were once again rewarded with the top pick in the <a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_draft" title="1984 NBA draft">1984 NBA draft</a>. They selected another center in <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a>, and paired alongside Sampson, they were dubbed as the "Twin Towers". Houston also added some valuable role players to complement the duo and holdovers <a href="/wiki/Allen_Leavell" title="Allen Leavell">Allen Leavell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reid_(basketball)" title="Robert Reid (basketball)">Robert Reid</a>, acquiring <a href="/wiki/Rodney_McCray_(basketball)" title="Rodney McCray (basketball)">Rodney McCray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Lloyd" title="Lewis Lloyd">Lewis Lloyd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Craig_Ehlo" title="Craig Ehlo">Craig Ehlo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Wiggins" title="Mitchell Wiggins">Mitchell Wiggins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Petersen" title="Jim Petersen">Jim Petersen</a>. </p><p>Under third-year head coach <a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Bill Fitch</a> (the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1980–81 Boston Celtics season">1980–81 Celtics</a> championship team), the Rockets posted a 51–31 record and won the <a href="/wiki/Midwest_Division_(NBA)" title="Midwest Division (NBA)">Midwest Division</a> title. In the first round, they swept the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="1985–86 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a>, then eliminated the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1985–86 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a> in six games during the second round. In the conference finals, they were matched up against the defending champion <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a>, and after losing Game 1, the Rockets stunned the Lakers by winning the final four games, highlighted by a series-clinching buzzer beater by Sampson in Game 5. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road_to_the_Finals">Road to the Finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Road to the Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NBA Playoffs">1986 NBA Playoffs</a></div> <table 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title="1985–86 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td> <td>32</td> <td>50</td> <td>.390</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1985–86 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle SuperSonics</a></td> <td>31</td> <td>51</td> <td>.378</td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1985–86 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>52</td> <td>.366</td> <td>32 </td></tr></tbody></table>2nd seed in the West, 5th best league record </td> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">Regular season</a> </th> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="width:35em;font-size:95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5%" rowspan="2"># </th> <th colspan="5" style="text-align:center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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width="35%">Team </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games won"> W </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games lost"> L </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage"> PCT </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games behind"> GB </abbr> </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"> <th>1 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>z</b>-<a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1985–86 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a></td> <td>67</td> <td>15</td> <td>.817</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>y</b>-<a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1985–86 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>25</td> <td>.695</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1985–86 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td>54</td> <td>28</td> <td>.659</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1985–86 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>32</td> <td>.610</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1985–86 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>46</td> <td>36</td> <td>.561</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1985–86 Washington Bullets season">Washington Bullets</a></td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>.476</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1985–86 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey Nets</a></td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>.476</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1985–86 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>52</td> <td>.366</td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1985–86 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td> <td>29</td> <td>53</td> <td>.354</td> <td>38 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1985–86 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>56</td> <td>.317</td> <td>41 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1985–86 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a></td> <td>23</td> <td>59</td> <td>.280</td> <td>44 </td></tr></tbody></table>1st seed in the East, best league record </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (7) <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="1985–86 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a>, 3–0 </td> <th colspan="2">First Round </th> <td>Defeated the (8) <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1985–86 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a>, 3–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (3) <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1985–86 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a>, 4–2 </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Semifinals </th> <td>Defeated the (4) <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1985–86 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a>, 4–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (1) <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a>, 4–1 </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Finals </th> <td>Defeated the (2) <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1985–86 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a>, 4–0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season_series">Regular season series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Regular season series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> won both games in the regular season series: </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 11, 1986</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 116, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> 104 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 24, 1986</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> 107, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 114 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Finals">The Finals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>–led Celtics defeated the Rockets again 4 games to 2 in the 1986 NBA Finals. The Celtics won the first two games at the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>, where they had gone 40–1 during the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">regular season</a>. The Rockets had been almost as good at home during the regular season, and they defeated the Celtics 106–104 in game three. Game 4 was a tense battle at the <a href="/wiki/Compaq_Center_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="Compaq Center (Houston)">Summit</a>, which the Celtics won 106–103, with <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a> coming off the bench for a tired <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a> to score a crucial basket. The infamous fifth game featured the signature moment of the series, when 7'4" <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> ignited a brawl with <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sichting" title="Jerry Sichting">Jerry Sichting</a>, a player 15 inches (380 mm) shorter than Sampson, leading to his<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Whose ejection? (June 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> ejection. While <a href="/wiki/Jim_Petersen" title="Jim Petersen">Jim Petersen</a> led the Rockets to a decisive victory, Sampson's actions motivated the Celtics to end the series in six.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Bird dismantled the young Rockets in game 6; the raucous Garden crowd booed every time Sampson touched the ball. The Celtics eliminated the Rockets 114–97 in a game that wasn't as close as the score would indicate.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (June 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>With backup forward <a href="/wiki/Scott_Wedman" title="Scott Wedman">Scott Wedman</a> sidelined due to a wrist injury, Bird got very little rest during the six-game series, logging 269 out of a possible 288 minutes of floor time.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bird was named the Finals' MVP for that year, averaging 24 points, 9.7 rebounds, 9.7 assists, and 2.7 steals per game for the series. The Celtics' victory capped off a 29-year period that had seen them win 16 championships and it was their last championship until <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_summary">Series summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Series summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Road team</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Home team </th></tr> <tr> <td>Game 1</td> <td>May 26</td> <td>Houston Rockets</td> <td>100–112 (0–1)</td> <td><b>Boston Celtics</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 2</td> <td>May 29</td> <td>Houston Rockets</td> <td>95–117 (0–2)</td> <td><b>Boston Celtics</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 3</td> <td>June 1</td> <td>Boston Celtics</td> <td>104–106 (2–1)</td> <td><b>Houston Rockets</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 4</td> <td>June 3</td> <td><b>Boston Celtics</b></td> <td>106–103 (3–1)</td> <td>Houston Rockets </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 5</td> <td>June 5</td> <td>Boston Celtics</td> <td>96–111 (3–2)</td> <td><b>Houston Rockets</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 6</td> <td>June 8</td> <td>Houston Rockets</td> <td>97–114 (2–4)</td> <td><b>Boston Celtics</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_1">Game 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Game 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 26<br /><small> 3:00 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> 100, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 112 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 28–<b>34</b>, <b>31</b>–27, 17–<b>30</b>, <b>24</b>–21</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a> 33<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reid_(basketball)" title="Robert Reid (basketball)">Robert Reid</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">McHale</a> 21 each<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> 13</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston leads the series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 14,890<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 14 Jack Madden</li> <li>No. 4 Ed T. Rush</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The "Twin Towers" Ralph Sampson and Akeem Olajuwon were saddled with foul trouble for much of the game. Sampson got three quick fouls just 4:45 into the game and scored only two points; Olajuwon picked up five fouls despite scoring 33, 25 of which came in the first half. The backcourt tandem of Dennis Johnson and Danny Ainge provided the third quarter spurt for the Celtics, combining for 22 points, while Boston held Houston to just 17 points in an expected victory. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_2">Game 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Game 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 29<br /><small> 9:00 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> 95, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 117 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 30–<b>31</b>, 20–<b>29</b>, 19–<b>34</b>, <b>26</b>–23</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rodney_McCray_(basketball)" title="Rodney McCray (basketball)">McCray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reid_(basketball)" title="Robert Reid (basketball)">Reid</a> 5 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> 31<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> 8<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston leads the series, 2–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 14,890<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 20 Jess Kersey</li> <li>No. 25 Hugh Evans</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The third quarter again proved decisive for the Celtics, outscoring the Rockets 34–19 in the quarter. Sampson and Olajuwon combined for 32 points in the first half, but only seven in the second. Larry Bird paced the Celtics with 31 points on 12-for-19 shooting, while Kevin McHale added 25 in another Boston rout. It was Boston's 40th consecutive victory at home, regular season and playoffs combined. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_3">Game 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Game 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 1<br /><small> 3:30 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 104, <b><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></b> 106 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 29–<b>33</b>, <b>30</b>–29, <b>25</b>–18, 20–<b>26</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a> 28<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> 15<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> 11</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> 24<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> 22<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reid_(basketball)" title="Robert Reid (basketball)">Robert Reid</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston leads the series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 16,016<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 17 Joe Crawford</li> <li>No. 11 Jake O'Donnell</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Rockets rallied from eight points down in the fourth quarter before escaping to a much-needed two-point win at home, despite another third quarter meltdown. Sampson and Olajuwon combined for 47 points and 30 rebounds, Robert Reid added 20, while reserve guard <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Wiggins" title="Mitchell Wiggins">Mitchell Wiggins</a> tipped in off an Olajuwon miss late in the fourth to put the Rockets ahead for good. The Celtics only managed one more shot in their final two possessions, a missed 5-footer by Robert Parish. Kevin McHale and Larry Bird both scored 28 points in the loss, but Bird was held to 3-for-12 shooting in the second half due to Reid's defense. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_4">Game 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Game 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 3<br /><small> 9:00 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 106, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> 103 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 30–30, 33–<b>34</b>, <b>23</b>–21, <b>20</b>–18</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a> 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a> 15<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston leads the series, 3–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 16,016<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 10 Darell Garretson</li> <li>No. 12 Earl Strom</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Larry Bird's three-pointer with 2:26 remaining gave Boston the lead for good, while holding the Rockets to just one basket in the final four minutes, keyed by Kevin McHale forcing three turnovers on Houston's final three possessions. Robert Parish scored 22 while hauling 15 rebounds. Dennis Johnson also added 22, while Bird scored 21 and dished out 10 assists. Ralph Sampson led the Rockets with 25 points, while Akeem Olajuwon, Robert Reid and <a href="/wiki/Rodney_McCray_(basketball)" title="Rodney McCray (basketball)">Rodney McCray</a> added 21, 19 and 17 respectively. The Rockets suffered their first home loss of the 1986 playoffs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_5">Game 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Game 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 5<br /><small> 9:00 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 96, <b><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></b> 111 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>28</b>–26, 19–<b>32</b>, 18–<b>28</b>, <b>31</b>–25</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a> 33<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Ainge" title="Danny Ainge">Danny Ainge</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a> 32<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reid_(basketball)" title="Robert Reid (basketball)">Robert Reid</a> 17</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston leads the series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 16,016<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 25 Hugh Evans</li> <li>No. 14 Jack Madden</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The game was highlighted by Ralph Sampson's ejection early in the second quarter. With 9:40 remaining in the second, Sampson threw punches at the Celtics' reserve guard <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sichting" title="Jerry Sichting">Jerry Sichting</a>, 16 inches shorter than Sampson, leading to his ejection while the benches were cleared. The Rockets were leading 34–33 at the time of the brawl, and would lead by as many as 25 points in the second half to score a lopsided victory. Akeem Olajuwon scored 32 points while blocking 8 shots. Though Kevin McHale scored 33, Larry Bird was held to only 17 points, ultimately leading to one of the worst losses suffered by the Celtics that season. </p><p>As of 2023, this remained the last NBA Finals game to be played by the Celtics in a state other than <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> or <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. The next time the Celtics played an NBA Finals game outside those two states also occurred in Texas, during <a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_Finals" title="2024 NBA Finals">Game Three of the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_6">Game 6</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Game 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 8<br /><small> 1:00 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> 97, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 114 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>29</b>, 15–<b>26</b>, 23–<b>27</b>, <b>36</b>–32</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rodney_McCray_(basketball)" title="Rodney McCray (basketball)">McCray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reid_(basketball)" title="Robert Reid (basketball)">Reid</a> 5 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> 29<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> 12</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston wins the series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 14,890<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 11 Jake O'Donnell</li> <li>No. 10 Darrell Garretson</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Larry Bird recorded a triple-double of 29 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists to pace a lopsided Boston win that clinched their 16th NBA championship. Kevin McHale added 29 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks. Olajuwon paced the Rockets with 21 points and 10 rebounds, but Ralph Sampson was held to only eight points on 4-for-12 shooting, visibly distracted by an angry Boston Garden crowd in the aftermath of Game 5. The Celtics led by as much as 30 in the fourth to put away the Rockets. </p><p>Following the conclusion of the 1986 NBA Finals, a video documentary of the 1985–86 NBA season, known as "Sweet Sixteen", was released. David Perry was the narrator after <a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a> narrated the last three NBA season documentaries. </p><p>This would be the city of Boston's last professional sports championship until 2002 when the <a href="/wiki/2001_New_England_Patriots_season" title="2001 New England Patriots season">New England Patriots</a> won <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVI" title="Super Bowl XXXVI">Super Bowl XXXVI</a>. Had the <a href="/wiki/1985_New_England_Patriots_season" title="1985 New England Patriots season">1985 Patriots</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1986_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1986 Boston Red Sox season">1986 Boston Red Sox</a> won <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">Super Bowl XX</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1986_World_Series" title="1986 World Series">1986 World Series</a>, respectively (the Patriots lost 46–10 to the <a href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1985 Chicago Bears season">Chicago Bears</a>, while the Red Sox lost in seven games to the <a href="/wiki/1986_New_York_Mets_season" title="1986 New York Mets season">New York Mets</a>), it would have given Boston three different professional sports championships in the same calendar year. In 2007–08, the city came very close to achieving this, as the <a href="/wiki/2007_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2007 Boston Red Sox season">2007 Red Sox</a> and <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2007–08 Boston Celtics season">2007–08 Celtics</a> won titles, but the <a href="/wiki/2007_New_England_Patriots_season" title="2007 New England Patriots season">2007 Patriots</a> lost <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLII" title="Super Bowl XLII">Super Bowl XLII</a> to the <a href="/wiki/2007_New_York_Giants_season" title="2007 New York Giants season">New York Giants</a>. A Houston–Boston World Series was also a possibility; however, the Mets defeated the <a href="/wiki/1986_Houston_Astros_season" title="1986 Houston Astros season">Houston Astros</a> in six games of the <a href="/wiki/1986_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1986 National League Championship Series">1986 National League Championship Series</a>. In 2018–19, the <a href="/wiki/2018_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2018 Boston Red Sox season">2018 Red Sox</a> won the <a href="/wiki/2018_World_Series" title="2018 World Series">2018 World Series</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/2018_New_England_Patriots_season" title="2018 New England Patriots season">2018 Patriots</a> won <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LIII" title="Super Bowl LIII">Super Bowl LIII</a>, giving Boston two different professional sports championships within a year, while the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Boston_Bruins_season" title="2018–19 Boston Bruins season">2018–19 Boston Bruins</a> reached the <a href="/wiki/2019_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2019 Stanley Cup Finals">2019 Stanley Cup Finals</a>, but lost to the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_St._Louis_Blues_season" title="2018–19 St. Louis Blues season">St. Louis Blues</a> in seven games. </p><p>The closing song following Game 6 was "Whatever We Imagine" by <a href="/wiki/James_Ingram" title="James Ingram">James Ingram</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_statistics">Player statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Player statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="min-width:40em; white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minute_(basketball)" title="Minute (basketball)">Minutes</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free-throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a> per game </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Boston Celtics</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Boston Celtics statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Ainge, Danny"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Ainge" title="Danny Ainge">Danny Ainge</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>35.5</td> <td>.556</td> <td><b>.500</b></td> <td>.824</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>14.5 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Bird, Larry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>44.8</b></td> <td>.482</td> <td>.368</td> <td>.939</td> <td><b>9.7</b></td> <td><b>9.5</b></td> <td><b>2.7</b></td> <td>0.3</td> <td>24.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Carlisle, Rick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Carlisle" title="Rick Carlisle">Rick Carlisle</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.7</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Dennis"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>42.8</td> <td>.420</td> <td>.286</td> <td>.821</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>5.3</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Kite, Greg"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Kite" title="Greg Kite">Greg Kite</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>5.0</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="McHale, Kevin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>40.2</td> <td>.573</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.804</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>0.8</td> <td><b>2.5</b></td> <td><b>25.8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Parish, Robert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>31.8</td> <td>.418</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.500</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>12.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Sichting, Jerry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sichting" title="Jerry Sichting">Jerry Sichting</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>14.2</td> <td>.450</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Thirdkill, David"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Thirdkill" title="David Thirdkill">David Thirdkill</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>.200</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.500</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Vincent, Sam"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Vincent" title="Sam Vincent">Sam Vincent</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>.182</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Walton, Bill"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>19.5</td> <td>.622</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.500</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>8.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Wedman, Scott"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Wedman" title="Scott Wedman">Scott Wedman</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Houston Rockets</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Houston Rockets statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Ehlo, Craig"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Ehlo" title="Craig Ehlo">Craig Ehlo</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>.714</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.667</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Harris, Steve"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Harris_(basketball)" title="Steve Harris (basketball)">Steve Harris</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>.417</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.400</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Leavell, Allen"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Allen_Leavell" title="Allen Leavell">Allen Leavell</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>12.0</td> <td>.382</td> <td><b>.500</b></td> <td>.800</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>5.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Lloyd, Lewis"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Lloyd" title="Lewis Lloyd">Lewis Lloyd</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>22.3</td> <td>.380</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.800</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>7.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="McCray, Rodney"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rodney_McCray_(basketball)" title="Rodney McCray (basketball)">Rodney McCray</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>39.5</td> <td>.588</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.706</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>15.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="McDowell, Hank"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hank_McDowell" title="Hank McDowell">Hank McDowell</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>.667</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.667</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Olajuwon, Akeem"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>40.2</b></td> <td>.479</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.667</td> <td><b>11.8</b></td> <td>1.8</td> <td><b>2.3</b></td> <td><b>3.2</b></td> <td><b>24.7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Petersen, Jim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Petersen" title="Jim Petersen">Jim Petersen</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>22.7</td> <td>.311</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.750</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>5.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Reid, Robert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Reid_(basketball)" title="Robert Reid (basketball)">Robert Reid</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>40.2</b></td> <td>.420</td> <td>.125</td> <td><b>.917</b></td> <td>4.3</td> <td><b>8.7</b></td> <td>1.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>14.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Sampson, Ralph"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>32.2</td> <td>.438</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.731</td> <td>9.5</td> <td>3.3</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>14.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Waiters, Granville"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Granville_Waiters" title="Granville Waiters">Granville Waiters</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.8</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Wiggins, Mitchell"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Wiggins" title="Mitchell Wiggins">Mitchell Wiggins</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>22.2</td> <td>.451</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.667</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>8.3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_rosters">Team rosters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Team rosters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boston_Celtics_2">Boston Celtics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Boston Celtics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color: #008348 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BB9753, inset -2px -2px 0 #BB9753; !important;; text-align: center;"><b>1985–86 Boston Celtics roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #BB9753 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #008348, inset -2px -2px 0 #008348; !important;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #BB9753 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #008348, inset -2px -2px 0 #008348; !important;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001440000000000000♠">44</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Ainge" title="Danny Ainge">Ainge, Danny</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000193040000000000♠"></span>6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">175 lb (79 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1959–03–17 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">BYU</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001330000000000000♠">33</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird, Larry</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">220 lb (100 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1956–12–07 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_State_University" title="Indiana State University">Indiana State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001340000000000000♠">34</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Carlisle" title="Rick Carlisle">Carlisle, Rick</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1959–10–27 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">Virginia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Johnson, Dennis</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000193040000000000♠"></span>6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">185 lb (84 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1954–09–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University" title="Pepperdine University">Pepperdine</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001500000000000000♠">50</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Kite" title="Greg Kite">Kite, Greg</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000210820000000000♠"></span>6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">250 lb (113 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1961–08–05 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">BYU</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward-center" title="Forward-center">F/C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠">32</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">McHale, Kevin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000208279999999999♠"></span>6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1957–12–19 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">Minnesota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">00</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Parish, Robert</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000213360000000000♠"></span>7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1953–08–30 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Centenary_College_of_Louisiana" title="Centenary College of Louisiana">Centenary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001120000000000000♠">12</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sichting" title="Jerry Sichting">Sichting, Jerry</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000185420000000000♠"></span>6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">168 lb (76 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1956–11–29 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Purdue_University" title="Purdue University">Purdue</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001450000000000000♠">45</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/David_Thirdkill" title="David Thirdkill">Thirdkill, David</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">195 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1960–04–12 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bradley_University" title="Bradley University">Bradley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠">11</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Vincent_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Vincent (basketball)">Vincent, Sam</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000187960000000000♠"></span>6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">185 lb (84 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–05–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton, Bill</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000210820000000000♠"></span>6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">235 lb (107 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1952–11–05 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Wedman" title="Scott Wedman">Wedman, Scott</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1952–07–29 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Colorado_Boulder" title="University of Colorado Boulder">Colorado</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001350000000000000♠">35</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sly_Williams" title="Sly Williams">Williams, Sly</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1958–01–26 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Rhode_Island" title="University of Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K.C._Jones" title="K.C. Jones">K.C. Jones</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Badger" title="Ed Badger">Ed Badger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Chris Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rodgers_(basketball)" title="Jimmy Rodgers (basketball)">Jimmy Rodgers</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Houston_Rockets_2">Houston Rockets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Houston Rockets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color:#CE1141; color:#FFFFFF; text-align: center;"><b>1985–86 Houston Rockets roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #FDB927; color: #000000;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #FDB927; color: #000000;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">SG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Ehlo" title="Craig Ehlo">Ehlo, Craig</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">200 lb (91 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1961–08–11 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Washington_State_University" title="Washington State University">Washington State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">SG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001200000000000000♠">20</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Harris_(basketball)" title="Steve Harris (basketball)">Harris, Steve</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">195 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–10–15 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tulsa" title="University of Tulsa">Tulsa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">PG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001300000000000000♠">30</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Allen_Leavell" title="Allen Leavell">Leavell, Allen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000185420000000000♠"></span>6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">170 lb (77 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1957–05–27 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_University" title="Oklahoma City University">Oklahoma City</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠">32</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Lloyd" title="Lewis Lloyd">Lloyd, Lewis</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">205 lb (93 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1959–02–22 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Drake_University" title="Drake University">Drake</a> </td></tr> 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href="/wiki/Rodney_McCray_(basketball)" title="Rodney McCray (basketball)">McCray, Rodney</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">220 lb (100 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1961–08–29 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisville" title="University of Louisville">Louisville</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward-center" title="Forward-center">F/C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hank_McDowell" title="Hank McDowell">McDowell, Hank</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1959–11–13 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Memphis" title="University of Memphis">Memphis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001340000000000000♠">34</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Akeem_Olajuwon" class="mw-redirect" title="Akeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon, Akeem</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000213360000000000♠"></span>7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">255 lb (116 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–01–21 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">Houston</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5.5 !"><a 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Brown">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satch_Sanders" title="Satch Sanders">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Macauley" title="Ed Macauley">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ramsey_(basketball)" title="Frank Ramsey (basketball)">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Jones_(basketball,_born_1933)" title="Sam Jones (basketball, born 1933)">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._C._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="K. 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Jones">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedric_Maxwell" title="Cedric Maxwell">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Lewis" title="Reggie Lewis">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Loscutoff" title="Jim Loscutoff">LOSCY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Most" title="Johnny Most">MIC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #BB9753 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #008348, inset -2px -2px 0 #008348; !important;;;width:1%">NBA championships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1957_NBA_Finals" title="1957 NBA Finals">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_Finals" title="1959 NBA Finals">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_Finals" title="1960 NBA Finals">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_Finals" title="1961 NBA Finals">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_Finals" title="1962 NBA Finals">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_NBA_Finals" title="1963 NBA Finals">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_NBA_Finals" title="1964 NBA Finals">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_Finals" title="1965 NBA Finals">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_Finals" title="1966 NBA Finals">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_Finals" title="1968 NBA Finals">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_Finals" title="1974 NBA Finals">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals" title="1976 NBA Finals">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_Finals" title="2024 NBA Finals">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #BB9753 !important; 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bender" title="Gary Bender">Gary Bender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Brant" title="Tim Brant">Tim Brant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Costas" title="Bob Costas">Bob Costas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Criqui" title="Don Criqui">Don Criqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Doucette" title="Eddie Doucette">Eddie Doucette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Glieber" title="Frank Glieber">Frank Glieber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gumbel" title="Greg Gumbel">Greg Gumbel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Kelly (sportscaster)">Jim Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Lundquist" title="Verne Lundquist">Verne Lundquist</a></li> <li><a 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title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Elgin Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="James Brown (sportscaster)">James Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Dischinger" title="Terry Dischinger">Terry Dischinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Erickson" title="Keith Erickson">Keith Erickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Tom Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">Gus Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Sonny Jurgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Lantz" title="Stu Lantz">Stu Lantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loughery" title="Kevin Loughery">Kevin Loughery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_McGlocklin" title="Jon McGlocklin">Jon McGlocklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Motta" title="Dick Motta">Dick Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Mullins_(basketball)" title="Jeff Mullins (basketball)">Jeff Mullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Packer" title="Billy Packer">Billy Packer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Raftery" title="Bill Raftery">Bill Raftery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Ramsey" title="Cal Ramsey">Cal Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendy_Rudolph" title="Mendy Rudolph">Mendy Rudolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">Cazzie Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Shackelford" title="Lynn Shackelford">Lynn Shackelford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Steele" title="Larry Steele">Larry Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlsie_Cantey" title="Charlsie Cantey">Charlsie Cantey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Chastain" title="Jane Chastain">Jane Chastain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irv_Cross" title="Irv Cross">Irv Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gray (sportscaster)">Jim Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Hill" title="Sonny Hill">Sonny Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Jiggetts" title="Dan Jiggetts">Dan Jiggetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Joyce" title="Andrea Joyce">Andrea Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(radio_and_television_personality)" title="Pat O'Brien (radio and television personality)">Pat O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Visser" title="Lesley Visser">Lesley Visser</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NBA Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_Finals" title="1974 NBA Finals">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals" title="1976 NBA Finals">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Finals" title="1978 NBA Finals">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals" title="1979 NBA Finals">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">All-Star Game</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1974 NBA All-Star Game">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1975 NBA All-Star Game">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1976 NBA All-Star Game">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1977 NBA All-Star Game">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1978 NBA All-Star Game">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1979 NBA All-Star Game">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1980 NBA All-Star Game">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1981 NBA All-Star Game">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1982 NBA All-Star Game">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1983 NBA All-Star Game">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1984 NBA All-Star Game">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1985 NBA All-Star Game">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1986 NBA All-Star Game">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1988 NBA All-Star Game">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons#1979.E2.80.931994:_The_Bad_Boys_era" title="Detroit Pistons">The Bad Boys</a>" <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Jordan_Rules" title="Jordan Rules">Jordan Rules</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals#Game_5" title="1976 NBA Finals">The Greatest Game Ever Played</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Shot" title="The Shot">The Shot</a>" </li></ul></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Rivalries" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Cavaliers_rivalry" title="Bulls–Cavaliers rivalry">Bulls–Cavaliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Bulls–Pistons rivalry">Bulls–Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Celtics–Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Celtics–Pistons rivalry">Celtics–Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Lakers–Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">76ers–Celtics rivalry</a></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NBA_on_ABC" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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style="width:1%">Related<br />programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Countdown" title="NBA Countdown">NBA Countdown</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Access_with_Ahmad_Rashad" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad">NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Inside_Stuff" title="NBA Inside Stuff">NBA Inside Stuff</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Saturday_Primetime" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Saturday Primetime">NBA Saturday Primetime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Sunday_Showcase" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Sunday Showcase">NBA Sunday Showcase</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WNBA_on_ABC" title="WNBA on ABC">WNBA on ABC</a></i></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a 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draft">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_draft" title="2005 NBA draft">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_draft" title="2006 NBA draft">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_draft" title="2007 NBA draft">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_draft" title="2008 NBA draft">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_draft" title="2009 NBA draft">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_draft" title="2010 NBA draft">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_draft" title="2011 NBA draft">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_draft" title="2012 NBA draft">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_draft" title="2013 NBA draft">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_draft" title="2014 NBA draft">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_draft" title="2015 NBA draft">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_draft" title="2016 NBA draft">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_draft" title="2017 NBA draft">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_draft" title="2018 NBA draft">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_draft" title="2019 NBA draft">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_draft" title="2020 NBA draft">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_draft" title="2021 NBA draft">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_draft" title="2022 NBA draft">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_draft" title="2023 NBA draft">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_draft" title="2024 NBA draft">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-NBA<br />programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_ABC" title="College Basketball on ABC">College Basketball on ABC</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ABC_Olympic_broadcasts" title="ABC Olympic broadcasts">Olympics on ABC</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related<br />articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_on_television" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association on television">NBA on TV</a> (<a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings" title="NBA Finals television ratings">NBA Finals TV ratings</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1960s" title="NBA on television in the 1960s">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1970s" title="NBA on television in the 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="NBA on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2010s" title="NBA on television in the 2010s">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2020s" title="NBA on television in the 2020s">2020s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_ABC_commentators" title="List of NBA on ABC commentators">Key figures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of NBA All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_ESPN_commentators" title="List of NBA on ESPN commentators">ESPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of NBA Finals broadcasters">NBA Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA All-Star Game broadcasters">WNBA All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA Finals broadcasters">WNBA Finals</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Breen" title="Mike Breen">Mike Breen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Durham" title="Jim Durham">Jim Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flemming" title="Bill Flemming">Bill Flemming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Forte" title="Chet Forte">Chet Forte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gordon (sportscaster)">Jim Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howard" title="Chuck Howard">Chuck Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Nessler" title="Brad Nessler">Brad Nessler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Pasch" title="Dave Pasch">Dave Pasch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Ruocco" title="Ryan Ruocco">Ryan Ruocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Schenkel" title="Chris Schenkel">Chris Schenkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Anthony" title="Greg Anthony">Greg Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Bob Cousy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Elliott" title="Sean Elliott">Sean Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Legler" title="Tim Legler">Tim Legler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson" title="Mark Jackson">Mark Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Kerr" title="Johnny Kerr">Johnny Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Majerle" title="Dan Majerle">Dan Majerle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Jack Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">JJ Redick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Rivers" title="Doc Rivers">Doc Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tolbert" title="Tom Tolbert">Tom Tolbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Jack Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy" title="Jeff Van Gundy">Jeff Van Gundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline<br />reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Aldridge" title="David Aldridge">David Aldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malika_Andrews" title="Malika Andrews">Malika Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cosell" title="Howard Cosell">Howard Cosell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Cox" title="Heather Cox">Heather Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Diles" title="Dave Diles">Dave Diles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Gutierrez" title="Israel Gutierrez">Israel Gutierrez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassidy_Hubbarth" title="Cassidy Hubbarth">Cassidy Hubbarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Masekela" class="mw-redirect" title="Sal Masekela">Sal Masekela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rinaldi" title="Tom Rinaldi">Tom Rinaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Sager" title="Craig Sager">Craig Sager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Salters" title="Lisa Salters">Lisa Salters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Sedano" title="Jorge Sedano">Jorge Sedano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Tafoya" title="Michele Tafoya">Michele Tafoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wolff" title="Bob Wolff">Bob Wolff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio<br />hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malika_Andrews" title="Malika Andrews">Malika Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Beadle" title="Michelle Beadle">Michelle Beadle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Greenberg" title="Mike Greenberg">Mike Greenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Nichols_(journalist)" title="Rachel Nichols (journalist)">Rachel Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Patrick_(sportscaster)" title="Dan Patrick (sportscaster)">Dan Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sage_Steele" title="Sage Steele">Sage Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Taylor_(sportscaster)" title="Maria Taylor (sportscaster)">Maria Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio<br />analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Barry" title="Jon Barry">Jon Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Broussard" title="Chris Broussard">Chris Broussard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_Johnson" title="Avery Johnson">Avery Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">George Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Myers" title="Bob Myers">Bob Myers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike" title="Chiney Ogwumike">Chiney Ogwumike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Perkins" title="Kendrick Perkins">Kendrick Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Rose" title="Jalen Rose">Jalen Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott" title="Byron Scott">Byron Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Simmons" title="Bill Simmons">Bill Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Smith" title="Stephen A. Smith">Stephen A. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilbon" title="Michael Wilbon">Michael Wilbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Williams_(basketball)" title="Jay Williams (basketball)">Jay Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Wojnarowski" title="Adrian Wojnarowski">Adrian Wojnarowski</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a><br />announcers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Barnett" title="Dave Barnett">Dave Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Chick Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Manfra" title="Fred Manfra">Fred Manfra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Earl Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Most" title="Johnny Most">Johnny Most</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Dick Vitale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_Finals" title="1965 NBA Finals">1965</a> (Games 1, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_Finals" title="1966 NBA Finals">1966</a> (Games 1, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967</a> (Games 2, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_Finals" title="1968 NBA Finals">1968</a> (Games 1, 4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969</a> (Games 3, 5-7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_Finals" title="1970 NBA Finals">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_Finals" title="1973 NBA Finals">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_Finals" title="2004 NBA Finals">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_Finals" title="2005 NBA Finals">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals" title="2006 NBA Finals">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Finals" title="2007 NBA Finals">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_Finals" title="2012 NBA Finals">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_Finals" title="2013 NBA Finals">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_Finals" title="2014 NBA Finals">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_Finals" title="2019 NBA Finals">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Finals" title="2020 NBA Finals">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_Finals" title="2021 NBA Finals">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_Finals" title="2022 NBA Finals">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_Finals" title="2023 NBA Finals">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_Finals" title="2024 NBA Finals">2024</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a>'s<br />coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals" title="WNBA Finals">WNBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_WNBA_Finals" title="2003 WNBA Finals">2003</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_WNBA_Finals" title="2005 WNBA Finals">2005</a> (Game 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_WNBA_Finals" title="2010 WNBA Finals">2010</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_WNBA_Finals" title="2014 WNBA Finals">2014</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_Finals" title="2015 WNBA Finals">2015</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_WNBA_Finals" title="2016 WNBA Finals">2016</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_Finals" title="2017 WNBA Finals">2017</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_WNBA_Finals" title="2018 WNBA Finals">2018</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_WNBA_Finals" title="2019 WNBA Finals">2019</a> (Game 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_WNBA_Finals" title="2020 WNBA Finals">2020</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_WNBA_Finals" title="2021 WNBA Finals">2021</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_WNBA_Finals" title="2022 WNBA Finals">2022</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_WNBA_Finals" title="2023 WNBA Finals">2023</a> (Games 1, 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_WNBA_Finals" title="2024 WNBA Finals">2024</a> (Game 2)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1968 NBA All-Star Game">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1969 NBA All-Star Game">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1970 NBA All-Star Game">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1971 NBA All-Star Game">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1972 NBA All-Star Game">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1973 NBA All-Star Game">1973</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a>'s<br />coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1985 NBA All-Star Game">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1986 NBA All-Star Game">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1988 NBA All-Star Game">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="WNBA All-Star Game">WNBA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2003 WNBA All-Star Game">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2005 WNBA All-Star Game">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2007 WNBA All-Star Game">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2009 WNBA All-Star Game">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2011 WNBA All-Star Game">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2013 WNBA All-Star Game">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2015 WNBA All-Star Game">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2017 WNBA All-Star Game">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2018 WNBA All-Star Game">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2019 WNBA All-Star Game">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2022 WNBA All-Star Game">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2023 WNBA All-Star Game">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2024 WNBA All-Star Game">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman#Broadcasting_career" title="Jack Twyman"><i>"I think we see Willis coming out!"</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Block_(basketball)" title="The Block (basketball)">"The Block (2016)"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a> </li></ul></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaq%E2%80%93Kobe_feud" title="Shaq–Kobe feud">Bryant–O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Lakers–Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Celtics–Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry" title="Cavaliers–Warriors 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