With the NBA Finals ending Monday with the Boston Celtics winning their record 18th championship, it seems appropriate to have the NBA be the theme of this week’s Tuesday Trivia.
That will not be one of the questions, however.
The answers are below.
If you have any ideas on what you’d like to see as a theme for Tuesday trivia, let me know. Contact me at sportsdr44@hotmail.com.
Questions
1: Who has scored the most points in NBA Finals history?
2: What player has won the most NBA championships?
3: Boston had a streak of eight consecutive NBA championships. What team won the title and ended their streak in the 1966-67 season?
4: Who was the first player to win two NBA Finals MVP awards?
5: What player has won the most NBA Finals MVP awards?
6: Who has coached the most NBA championship teams?
7: What rookie point guard started Game 6 of the 1982 Finals at center and led his team to a win to close out the series?
8: Which was the first former ABA franchise to win an NBA title?
9: Who is the only winner of the Finals MVP award to have not started every game in the series?
10: Who holds the record for most points in an NBA Finals game?
Answers
1: Jerry West scored 1,679 points in NBA Finals games, all with the Los Angeles Lakers. He averaged 30.5 points in 55 games.
2: Bill Russell holds the record for most NBA rings, winning 11 in his 13-year career with the Boston Celtics.
3: The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the San Francisco Warriors 4-2 in the 1967 Finals. Philadelphia had won 4-1 over Boston in the Eastern Division finals. Wilt Chamberlain won his first NBA championship that year, averaging 29.1 rebounds, 21.7 points and 9.0 assists in 15 games.
4: Willis Reed was the NBA Finals MVP in 1970 and again in 1973. He played for the New York Knicks both times and played against the same team, the Los Angeles Lakers.
5: Michael Jordan won a record six times. He won three in a row twice (1991-1993 and 1996-1998). LeBron James has won four, while Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal and Tim Duncan won three times each.
6: Phil Jackson won 11 titles as a coach. He coached the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998). Jackson later coached the Lakers to five titles (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010).
7: Earvin (Magic) Johnson started at center and eventually played all five positions in a 114-104 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. He scored a game-high 42 points, grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds and handed out seven assists.
8: The San Antonio Spurs defeated the New York Knicks 78-77 in five games in the 1999 Finals. San Antonio won the final game of their series 78-77 with Avery Johnson hitting the game-winning shot.
9: Andre Iguodala is the only winner of the MVP to have not started every game in the series, doing to in 2015 with the Golden State Warriors, who defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2. He averaged 16.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists and was the primary defender of LeBron James.
10: Elgin Baylor scored 61 points for the Lakers in a 126-121 Game 5 win at Boston Garden that gave Los Angeles a 3-2 series lead. The Celtics would win Games 6 and 7 to win their fourth of eight straight titles.
NBA champions list
2024: Boston Celtics def. Dallas Mavericks 4-1
2023: Denver Nuggets def. Miami Heat 4-1
2022: Golden State Warriors def. Boston Celtics 4-2
2021: Milwaukee Bucks def. Phoenix Suns 4-2
2020: Los Angeles Laker def. Miami Heat 4-2
2019: Toronto Raptors def. Golden State Warriors 4-2
2018: Golden State Warriors def. Cleveland Cavaliers 4-0
2017: Golden State Warriors def. Cleveland Cavaliers 4-1
2016: Cleveland Cavaliers def. Golden State Warriors 4-3
2015: Golden State Warriors def. Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2
2014: San Antonio Spurs def. Miami Heat 4-1
2013: Miami Heat def. San Antonio Spurs 4-3
2012: Miami Heat def. Oklahoma City Thunder 4-1
2011: Dallas Mavericks def. Miami Heat 4-2
2010: Los Angeles Lakers def. Boston Celtics 4-3
2009: Los Angeles Lakers def. Orlando Magic 4-1
2008: Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-2
2007: San Antonio Spurs def. Cleveland Cavaliers 4-0
2006: Miami Heat def. Dallas Mavericks 4-2
2005: San Antonio Spurs def. Detroit Pistons 4-3
2004: Detroit Pistons def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
2003: San Antonio Spurs def. New Jersey Nets 4-2
2002: Los Angeles Lakers def. New Jersey Nets 4-0
2001: Los Angeles Lakers def. Philadelphia 76ers 4-1
2000: Los Angeles Lakers def. Indiana Pacers 4-2
1999: San Antonio Spurs def. New York Knicks 4-1
1998: Chicago Bulls def. Utah Jazz 4-2
1997: Chicago Bulls def. Utah Jazz 4-2
1996: Chicago Bulls def. Seattle SuperSonics 4-2
1995: Houston Rockets def. Orlando Magic 4-0
1994: Houston Rockets def. New York Knicks 4-3
1993: Chicago Bulls def. Phoenix Suns 4-2
1992: Chicago Bulls def. Portland Trail Blazers 4-2
1991: Chicago Bulls def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
1990: Detroit Pistons def. Portland Trail Blazers 4-1
1989: Detroit Pistons def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-0
1988: Los Angeles Lakers def. Detroit Pistons 4-3
1987: Los Angeles Lakers def. Boston Celtics 4-2
1986: Boston Celtics def. Houston Rockets 4-2
1985: Los Angeles Lakers def. Boston Celtics 4-2
1984: Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
1983: Philadelphia 76ers def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-0
1982: Los Angeles Lakers def. Philadelphia 76ers 4-2
1981: Boston Celtics def. Houston Rockets 4-2
1980: Los Angeles Lakers def. Philadelphia 76ers 4-2
1979: Seattle SuperSonics def. Washington Bullets 4-1
1978: Washington Bullets def. Seattle SuperSonics 4-3
1977: Portland Trail Blazers def. Philadelphia 76ers 4-2
1976: Boston Celtics def. Phoenix Suns 4-2
1975: Golden State Warriors def. Washington Bullets 4-0
1974: Boston Celtics def. Milwaukee Bucks 4-3
1973: New York Knicks def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
1972: Los Angeles Lakers def. New York Knicks 4-1
1971: Milwaukee Bucks def. Baltimore Bullets 4-0
1970: New York Knicks def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
1969: Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
1968: Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-2
1967: Philadelphia 76ers def. San Francisco Warriors 4-2
1966: Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
1965: Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
1964: Boston Celtics def. San Francisco Warriors 4-1
1963: Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-2
1962: Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
1961: Boston Celtics def. St. Louis Hawks 4-1
1960: Boston Celtics def. St. Louis Hawks 4-3
1959: Boston Celtics def. Minneapolis Lakers 4-0
1958: St. Louis Hawks def. Boston Celtics 4-2
1957: Boston Celtics def. St. Louis Hawks 4-3
1956: Philadelphia Warriors def. Fort Wayne Pistons 4-1
1955: Syracuse Nationals def. Fort Wayne Pistons 4-3
1954: Minneapolis Lakers def. Syracuse Nationals 4-3
1953: Minneapolis Lakers def. New York Knicks 4-1
1952: Minneapolis Lakers def. New York Knicks 4-3
1951: Rochester Royals def. New York Knicks 4-3
1950: Minneapolis Lakers def. Syracuse Nationals 4-2
1949: Minneapolis Lakers def. Washington Capitols 4-2