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North America basketball championship series
The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven
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NBA Finals is the annual championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason. All NBA Finals have
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1999 basketball championship series
The 1999 NBA Finals was the championship round of the shortened 1998–99 NBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference
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North America basketball championship
The 2026 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2025–26 season and conclusion to the season's playoffs.
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2017 basketball championship series
The 2017 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2016–17 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.
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the first NBA Finals Game 7 since 2016. With a league-best regular season record of 68–14, the Thunder held home-court advantage in the Finals. They came
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The 2024 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2023–24 season and conclusion to the season's playoffs.
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2019 basketball championship series
The 2019 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2018–19 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.
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2016 basketball championship series
The 2016 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2015–16 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.
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2007 basketball championship series
The 2007 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2006–07 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.
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2006 basketball championship series
previously appeared in the Finals; and it was the first Finals since 1978 where neither team had previously won an NBA title. The next Finals appearance for both
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2021 basketball championship series
The 2021 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2020–21 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.
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2014 basketball championship series
The 2014 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2013–14 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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The 2022 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2021–22 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.
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2012 basketball championship series
The 2012 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2011–12 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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2018 basketball championship series
two consecutive NBA Finals MVP Awards and also the first and only player in the history of the NBA to have been named two NBA Finals MVP in the first
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1994 basketball championship series
The 1994 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1993–94 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs
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North America basketball championship
first NBA Finals appearance for Denver. The Heat were the second No. 8 seed to reach the Finals, along with the New York Knicks in the 1999 NBA Finals. After
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2013 basketball championship series
The 2013 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2012–13 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs,
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2015 basketball championship series
The 2015 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2014–15 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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2003 basketball championship series
The 2003 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2002–03 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs
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2011 basketball championship series
The 2011 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2010–11 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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1973 basketball championship series
taking the next four games. Knicks center Willis Reed was named as the NBA Finals MVP. The Knicks' next championship win would also be a Game 5 road win
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1998 basketball championship series
NBA championship and sixth Finals MVP award in six full basketball seasons. This would be his final season of winning the NBA championship and Finals
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2005 basketball championship series
The 2005 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2004–05 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs
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2009 basketball championship series
The 2009 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2008–09 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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2004 basketball championship series
The 2004 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2003–04 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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2000 basketball championship series
The 2000 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1999–2000 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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2020 basketball championship series
Danny Green, jointly the third players to win the NBA Finals with three different teams. He won the Finals MVP award in a unanimous 11–0 vote by leading his
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1991 basketball championship series
The 1991 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1990–91 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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2001 basketball championship series
The 2001 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2000–01 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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Eastern and Western championship series of the NBA
The NBA conference finals are the Eastern and Western Conference championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA), a professional basketball
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1996 basketball championship series
The 1996 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1995–96 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs
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1995 basketball championship series
four 50-win teams in a single postseason. It was the second NBA Finals sweep in the 2–3–2 Finals format (after the Detroit Pistons did so against the Los
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2002 basketball championship series
The 2002 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2001–02 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs
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1997 basketball championship series
many Finals appearances, Michael Jordan was named NBA Finals MVP. The Bulls and Jazz won a combined 133 regular season games, the second most in Finals history
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2008 basketball championship series
The 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2007–08 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.
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1970 basketball championship series
NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1970 NBA playoffs, which concluded the 1969–70 National Basketball Association (NBA)
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1989 basketball championship series
The 1989 NBA Finals were the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1988–89 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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1986 basketball championship series
The 1986 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1985–86 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs
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2010 basketball championship series
The 2010 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2009–10 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs,
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1985 basketball championship series
to beat Boston for the first time ever in NBA Finals history. Also for the first time since 1955, the Finals implemented a 2–3–2 format with Games 1 and
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1984 basketball championship series
Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP). The 1984 NBA Finals has been often regarded as one of the greatest finals ever played, and is considered the "peak" of
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1979 basketball championship series
the 2025 NBA Finals, when they were the Oklahoma City Thunder. It is also, to date, the last time the Bullets/Wizards have appeared in the Finals. Both the
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1993 basketball championship series
The 1993 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1992–93 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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National Basketball Association award
National Basketball Association (NBA) annually honors the most valuable players (MVPs) of both of its conference finals. Presented since the 2022 playoffs
NBA conference finals MVP awards
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1983 basketball championship series
the 1989 NBA Finals, were the only two NBA championships of the 1980s not to be won by either the Lakers or the Boston Celtics; every NBA Finals of that
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1972 basketball championship series
first NBA championship since 1954, when the team was still based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 1972 NBA Finals was a rematch of the 1970 NBA Finals that
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1981 basketball championship series
Rockets), was one of the only two NBA Finals of the 1980s not to feature the Lakers. Prior to the season, the NBA moved the Rockets and San Antonio Spurs
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1987 basketball championship series
in the NBA Finals (more than any other Finals matchup). It would be Larry Bird's last Finals appearance, as well as the Celtics' last Finals appearance
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1992 basketball championship series
The 1992 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1991–92 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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1990 basketball championship series
The 1990 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1989–90 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs
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first of the ten NBA Finals played in the 1980s, all of which featured either the Boston Celtics or the Los Angeles Lakers (three Finals featured both teams)
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1988 basketball championship series
The 1988 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1987–88 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs
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National Basketball Association award
since the 1969 NBA Finals. The award is decided by a panel of eleven media members, who cast votes after the conclusion of the Finals. The person with
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player
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1982 basketball championship series
1980 NBA Finals. The Lakers won in six games, as they did in the teams' 1980 Finals matchup, and won their eighth championship. The 1982 NBA Finals documentary
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Professional basketball tournament
York Knicks defeating the San Antonio Spurs in five games at the 2026 NBA Finals. For the second straight season, the defending champions Oklahoma City
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1978 basketball championship series
the Conference finals sent them to their first of back-to-back NBA Finals appearances. The Washington Bullets franchise made the Finals twice before in
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1971 basketball championship series
NBA champion New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals. This was the first NBA Finals played between two expansion teams. The Bucks were the first
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List of television ratings NBA Finals in the United States
for NBA Finals in the United States, based on Nielsen viewing data. The highest rated and most watched NBA Finals series was the 1998 NBA Finals between
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1967 basketball championship series
Division Finals by Philadelphia, the first time since 1958 and the only time in the 1960s that the Boston Celtics did not win the NBA Finals. It matched
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North America basketball championship
Finals debut after sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in four close games in the Western Conference finals to make this the second straight NBA Finals with
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1951 basketball championship series
first NBA finals by defeating the Fort Wayne Pistons in the semifinals and the two-time defending champion Minneapolis Lakers in the division finals while
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Professional basketball tournament
15 and concluded on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets winning the 2023 NBA Finals over the Miami Heat. This year's title was the Nuggets' first one in franchise
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Postseason tournament
Conference champion New York Knicks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. Hakeem Olajuwon was named NBA Finals MVP. This was also the first time that the Boston Celtics
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Elimination tournament in the National Basketball Association
determine the final two playoff seeds. The playoffs culminate with the NBA Finals, where both conference champions from the NBA conference finals play each
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Postseason tournament
Conference champion Detroit Pistons 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. Tim Duncan was named Finals MVP. The Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards ended long
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North American basketball tournament
respectively. The Suns advanced to their first NBA Finals since 1993 after winning the Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Clippers in six games;
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1976 basketball championship series
reached their first NBA Finals. The Boston Celtics were seeking to make up for the lost opportunity they squandered in the 1975 NBA playoffs. That year
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NBA postseason tournament
James was named NBA Finals MVP. The Cavaliers swept their first two series and won the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Raptors
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North American professional basketball league
playoff tournament extends into June, culminating with the NBA Finals championship series. The NBA is a member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized
National Basketball Association
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1975 basketball championship series
went on to cover the next six NBA Finals, five of which while still an active player. The 1975 Finals is also the oldest NBA championship series whose TV
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1969 basketball championship series
the only time in NBA Finals history that the MVP was awarded to a player on the losing team. It also marked the first time in NBA Finals history that a
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Postseason tournament
Tim Duncan was named NBA Finals MVP. The 1999 Playoffs are memorable in part because a #8 seed (the Knicks) made it to the Finals for the first time in
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North American basketball tournament
Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Butler also became the first player (opponent or teammate) to out-score/-rebound/-assist/ LeBron James in a Finals game. With their
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Basketball competition
champion New Jersey Nets 4 games to 0 in the 2002 NBA Finals. Shaquille O'Neal was named NBA Finals MVP for the third straight year. The 2002 playoffs
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Postseason tournament
champion Cleveland Cavaliers in five games in the NBA Finals, their third consecutive meeting in the Finals. It was the fifth title in franchise history for
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Postseason tournament
Conference champion Miami Heat 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Dirk Nowitzki was named NBA Finals MVP. The San Antonio Spurs entered their fourteenth
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Postseason tournament
defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals. Kawhi Leonard was named NBA Finals MVP. The 2014 NBA Playoffs
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Postseason tournament of the NBA
Conference champion Orlando Magic 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals. Kobe Bryant was named NBA Finals MVP. The Portland Trail Blazers made the playoffs for
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Postseason tournament
Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals. Tony Parker was named NBA Finals MVP, making him the second Spur after Tim Duncan and
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Postseason tournament
at the conclusion of the regular season, and ended on June 8 with the NBA Finals. Neither the Golden State Warriors nor the Cleveland Cavaliers finished
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Postseason tournament
Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Andre Iguodala was named NBA Finals MVP. For the first time since 2005–06, all teams from
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Professional basketball tournament to determine the 2019 champion of the NBA
named the NBA Finals MVP, becoming the first player to win the awards while playing for different teams in different conferences. The 2019 Finals is also
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Postseason tournament
Conference champion San Antonio Spurs 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. LeBron James was named NBA Finals MVP for the second straight year. The Miami Heat headed
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broadcast NBA Finals games in the United States and Canada over the years. In addition to the English-language broadcasts, the NBA Finals also have Spanish-language
List of NBA Finals broadcasters
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1959 basketball championship series
Celtics. It was Boston's third trip to the NBA Finals and Minneapolis's sixth. This was the first Finals meeting in the history of the Celtics-Lakers
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1974 basketball championship series
twelfth NBA championship. This was the last time the Celtics won a Game 7 on the road until 2022. The Milwaukee Bucks returned to the NBA Finals after a
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Professional basketball tournament
other in the Finals, the NBA saw its seventh consecutive unique champion, the longest streak in history. Going into the 2025 NBA Finals, many expected
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1958 basketball championship series
the NBA, and the fifth longest championship drought in North American sports. After being defeated by the Celtics in Game 7 of the 1957 NBA Finals, St
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champion Los Angeles Lakers four games to one in the NBA Finals. Chauncey Billups was named NBA Finals MVP. The 2004 playoffs was the first appearance for
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Postseason tournament
champion Oklahoma City Thunder, 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals. LeBron James was named NBA Finals MVP. The Los Angeles Clippers made the playoffs for
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Basketball competition
Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Paul Pierce was named NBA Finals MVP. Thanks to preseason trades for Kevin Garnett and
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1968 basketball championship series
NBA Finals without a Finals MVP named as the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award was introduced the following year. Celtics win series 4–2 1968 NBA
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Postseason tournament
Conference champion Boston Celtics 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. Kobe Bryant was named NBA Finals MVP for the second straight year. For the 2nd time in
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Professional basketball tournament to determine the 2022 champion of the NBA
State Warriors defeating the Boston Celtics in the 2022 NBA Finals and winning their seventh NBA title. The playoffs also returned to its normal April–June
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Postseason tournament
Conference champion Dallas Mavericks 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Dwyane Wade was named NBA Finals MVP. This season was the last time that the Sacramento
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Postseason tournament
Conference champion New Jersey Nets, 4 games to 2, in the NBA Finals. Tim Duncan was named NBA Finals MVP for the second time. The 2003 Playoffs were notable
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Postseason tournament
champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 1. Shaquille O'Neal was named NBA Finals MVP for the second straight year. The Dallas Mavericks made the playoffs
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Postseason tournament
two in the 2000 NBA Finals. Shaquille O'Neal was named NBA Finals MVP for the first time in his career. This was also the first NBA postseason to not
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Girl/Female
Indian
Famous, Good, Pious
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Muslim
Pride, Sense
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Muslim
Famous, Good, Pious
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Noah, NOA means "motion."Â
Female
Hungarian
Pet form of Hungarian Jolán, JOLÃNKA means "violet flower."
Female
Icelandic
Feminine form of Icelandic Jón, JÓNA means "God is gracious."
Female
Spanish
Feminine form of Spanish Fernándo, FERNÃNDA means "ardent for peace."
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English American
Derived from abbreviation of names with '-nia' ending.
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Arabic, French, Japanese, Muslim
Pride; Disdain
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Slovene
Feminine form of Slovene Å tefan, Å TEFÃNIA means "crown."
Female
Portuguese
Feminine form of Galician-Portuguese Antón, possibly ANTÓNIA means "invaluable."Â
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Portuguese
Feminine form of Portuguese HermÃnio, HERMÃNIA means "army man."
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Egyptian
King.
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Arabic, Muslim
Great News
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Indian
Pride, Sense
Female
Greek
(Σουσάννα) Greek name derived from Hebrew shuwshan, SOUSÃNNA means "lily." In the bible, this is the name of a woman who ministered to Christ.Â
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Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek Xenia, XÉNIA means "stranger, foreigner," but sometimes rendered "hospitable (esp. to foreigners)."
Female
Welsh
Welsh form of Irish Gaelic Niamh, NIA means "beauty, brightness." Compare with another form of Nia.
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Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Éanna, ÉNNA means "bird-like."
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Abbot
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Arabic, Finnish
Knot
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Anglo, British, English
Raven's Meadow
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German
Variant spelling of Old High German Liutpold, LEUTPALD means "people-bold."
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Hindu, Indian
Arjun; The Son of Kunti
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Biblical
Creature of God.
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Japanese
(1-æµç¾Ž, 2-絵美) Japanese name EMI means 1) "beautiful blessing" or 2) "beautiful picture."
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Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Sun Light; Lord of Conquerors; He Defeated
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Precious
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English : unexplained.
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n.
A disease; black jaundice. See Mel/na.
n.
The summit of an eminence.
v. t.
To make legal service opon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a witness with a subp/na.
imp. & p. p.
of Nab
n.
A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called niobium.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Nab
n.
A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific gravity 0.97.
n.
The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment.
v. t.
To nab. See Nab, v. t.
n.
The cock of a gunlock.
n. pl.
A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am/ba.
v. t.
To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.
pl.
of Calcaneum
n.
An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element.
n.
The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
a.
Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monobasic acid; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement ba acids or acid atoms; -- said of certain bases; thus, erythrine, C4H6(OH)4, is a tetracid alcohol.
a. & adv.
No, not. See No.
v. i.
To kiss.
n.
One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group; a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight, 137. Symbol, Ba. Its oxide called baryta.