2008 NBA Finals

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NBA Finals basketball championship series

The 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Boston Celtics, led by their "Big Three" of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen, defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to win their 17th NBA title.

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Label Occurrences
2008 NBA Finals canonical 8
2007–08 NBA season 1
2008 NBA championship 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA Finals ⓘ
basketball championship series ⓘ
CelticsBigThree Kevin Garnett ⓘ
Paul Pierce ⓘ
Ray Allen ⓘ
CelticsTitleNumberAllTime 17th NBA championship for Boston Celtics ⓘ
champion Boston Celtics ⓘ
championFranchiseTitleNumber 17 ⓘ
championPreviousTitleSeason 1985–86 NBA season ⓘ
city Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Los Angeles ⓘ
coachOfChampion Doc Rivers ⓘ
coachOfRunnerUp Phil Jackson ⓘ
conference Eastern Conference vs Western Conference ⓘ
decisiveGame Game 6 ⓘ
decisiveGameScore Boston Celtics 131–92 Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
decisiveGameVenue TD Garden ⓘ
surface form: TD Banknorth Garden
endDate 2008-06-17 ⓘ
featuredPlayer Derek Fisher ⓘ
Kevin Garnett ⓘ
Kobe Bryant ⓘ
Lamar Odom ⓘ
Pau Gasol ⓘ
Paul Pierce ⓘ
Rajon Rondo ⓘ
Ray Allen ⓘ
finalSeriesResult Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4–2 ⓘ
followedBy 2009 NBA Finals ⓘ
game1Winner Boston Celtics ⓘ
game2Winner Boston Celtics ⓘ
game3Winner Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
game4Winner Boston Celtics ⓘ
game5Winner Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
game6Winner Boston Celtics ⓘ
gameCount 6 ⓘ
largestComebackInGame4 24 points ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
MVP Paul Pierce ⓘ
MVPTeam Boston Celtics ⓘ
notableComebackGame Game 4 ⓘ
precededBy 2007 NBA Finals ⓘ
radioNetworkUS ESPN Radio ⓘ
runnerUp Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
runnerUpStarPlayer Kobe Bryant ⓘ
season 2007–08 NBA season ⓘ
startDate 2008-06-05 ⓘ
televisionNetworkUS ABC ⓘ
venue Staples Center ⓘ
TD Garden ⓘ
surface form: TD Banknorth Garden

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Doc Rivers → championshipWonAsCoach → 2008 NBA Finals ⓘ
Rajon Rondo → wonChampionship → 2008 NBA Finals ⓘ
Rajon Rondo → championshipWithTeam → 2008 NBA Finals ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Celtics 2008 NBA championship
Pierce → wonChampionship → 2008 NBA Finals ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Pierce
Garnett-Allen-Pierce trio → championship → 2008 NBA Finals ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2008 NBA championship
Garnett-Allen-Pierce trio → finalsAppearance → 2008 NBA Finals ⓘ
2007 NBA Finals → followedBy → 2008 NBA Finals ⓘ
2009 NBA Finals → previousFinals → 2008 NBA Finals ⓘ
Tony Allen → championshipSeason → 2008 NBA Finals ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2007–08 NBA season
2010 NBA Finals → isRematchOf → 2008 NBA Finals ⓘ
2010 NBA Finals → CelticsPreviousFinalsAppearance → 2008 NBA Finals ⓘ
Eddie House → playedIn → 2008 NBA Finals ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA playoffs 2008