NBA Finals

The NBA Finals is the yearly championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion. The winners of these Finals are awarded the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy, which replaced the Walter A. Brown Trophy in 1983.
The series was originally known as the BAA Finals before the 1949–50 year when the Basketball Association of America (BAA) merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) to form the NBA. The competition oversaw additional name changes to NBA World Championship Series from 1950 to 1985, as well as a brief stint as the Showdown, before settling NBA Finals in 1986. [1]
The NBA Finals was originally ordered in a 2–2–1–1–1 structure. Back in 1985, to ease the amount of cross-country travel, it had been changed to a 2–3–2 structure, in which the first two and last two matches of the series have been played in the stadium of the group who earned home-court benefit by getting the better record during the regular season. In 2014, the two –2–1–1–1 format has been revived. The first two matches are played the higher-seeded team’s house, the subsequent two at the house of this lower-seeded team, along with the remaining three are played at each team’s home arena . [2]
A total of 19 franchises have won the NBA Finals, with the Toronto Raptors winning in 2019. The Boston Celtics maintain the record for the many victories, having won the contest 17 times, in addition to the many consecutive titles, winning 8 times from 1959 to 1966. The Los Angeles Lakers have contested the NBA Finals the most times, with 31 appearances. The Eastern Conference has provided the many winners, with 38 wins from 10 franchises; the Western Conference has 32, from 9 franchises.

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