The Spurs prevailed 111–107, lead by Tim Duncan's 24 points and 11 rebounds. In Game 1, the Clippers had a dominant game. The seeding was determined by a team's total points after the first five days. Teams with home court advantage are shown in Italics.
Tyron Lue held back Blatt and prevented him from getting that timeout. It was close in the first half, but the Clippers pulled away in the second half. Within each conference, the three division winners and the five non-division winners with the most wins qualified for the playoffs. Rose led the Bulls with 30 points. Los Angeles Laker fans celebrate and shoot snapshots as time runs out in the Lakers' win over the Utah Jazz in Kobe Bryant's final game of his NBA career at Staples Center. The Spurs gave up a 10-point lead, allowing the Clippers to win 102-96.
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Josh Cohen of the Orlando Magic's website ranked the top five most valuable players in the Orlando Pro Summer League:[5]. Cleveland went on to the finals, sweeping the Atlanta Hawks 4–0 while Golden State won their series 4–1 defeating the Houston Rockets.[7][8]. In a pivotal Game 3, LeBron James got off to an awful start, going 0/9 in the first quarter as the Hawks led 24–21. Andre Iguodala was named NBA Finals MVP Each team played one game on the league's final day for either first, third, fifth, seventh or ninth place. ESPN, TNT, ABC, and NBA TV broadcast the NBA Playoffs nationally. After leading by 17 at halftime, the Cavs controlled the entire second half. Chris Paul scored 34 points and 7 assists.
The Warriors made their first conference finals appearance since 1976, and the Houston Rockets made their first conference finals appearance since 1997.
This injury kept Korver out for the rest of the postseason and would require surgery in the off-season along with an injured elbow that bothered him for most of the season. Trailing by 2, Butler attempted a three that would have given the Bulls to lead.
The ball went out of bounds with 1.5 seconds remaining. The Utah Jazz Summer League was introduced for the first time in 2015, marking the first summer league to be played in Utah since the Rocky Mountain Revue was last held in 2008.
The rule for determining home court advantage in the NBA Finals is winning percentage, then head to head record, followed by record vs. opposite conference. Top five NBA seasons for average attendance: © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. However, the Cavs, led by Smith's hot shooting, went on a 22-4 run (including an 11–0 run to start the fourth quarter) as they went up 85–67 and seized control.
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Rockets winning the only previous meeting.
For the first time since 1970, the Hawks made the Conference Finals (then called the Division Finals). [33], This was the first meeting in the playoffs between the Warriors and Grizzlies.[34]. First-round losers played consolation games to determine 17th through 24th places based on the tiebreaker system stated above.