NBA Finals Trivia Questions

The Cleveland Cavaliers did it in 2016 against the Golden State Warriors. They were down 3-1 and won three straight games, including Game 7 on the road.

Jordan played in six Finals (1991-1993, 1996-1998) and won all six, earning Finals MVP each time. He never lost a single Finals series.

Due to COVID-19, the 2020 Finals were held at the NBA bubble in Orlando, Florida, with no fans and no team having a home-court advantage in the traditional sense.

The Finals have been held every year since 1947 without interruption. No war or strike has canceled the Finals, though the 1998-99 season was shortened by a lockout, but the Finals still occurred.

The NBA Finals pits East vs. West champions. All teams from the same state are in the same conference, so two from one state cannot meet. No such matchup has ever occurred.

The league was the Basketball Association of America (BAA) from 1946-1949. The championship series was the BAA Finals. After merging with the NBL in 1949, it became the NBA Finals.

The Celtics have the most championships (18), but the Los Angeles Lakers have lost the most Finals (15), not Boston (5 losses). The second half of the statement is incorrect.

Bill Russell has 11 NBA championship rings. Michael Jordan (6), LeBron James (4), and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6) combine for 16 rings. Thus, Russell does not have more rings than the three combined.