2004 NBA Finals

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NBA Finals basketball championship series

The 2004 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the underdog Detroit Pistons defeated the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers in five games, highlighted by dominant defense and Chauncey Billups’ MVP performance.

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Label Occurrences
2004 NBA Finals canonical 5
2003–04 NBA season 1
Detroit Pistons 2004 NBA championship 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA Finals ⓘ
basketball championship series ⓘ
award NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
champion Detroit Pistons ⓘ
city Auburn Hills, Michigan ⓘ
surface form: Auburn Hills

Los Angeles ⓘ
coachChampion Larry Brown ⓘ
coachRunnerUp Phil Jackson ⓘ
endDate 2004-06-15 ⓘ
finalsMVP Chauncey Billups ⓘ
finalsMVPAssistsPerGame 5.2 ⓘ
finalsMVPPointsPerGame 21.0 ⓘ
finalsMVPTeam Detroit Pistons ⓘ
game1Date 2004-06-06 ⓘ
game1Score Detroit Pistons 87–75 Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
game1Winner Detroit Pistons ⓘ
game2Date 2004-06-08 ⓘ
game2Score Los Angeles Lakers 99–91 Detroit Pistons (OT) ⓘ
game2Winner Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
game3Date 2004-06-10 ⓘ
game3Score Detroit Pistons 88–68 Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
game3Winner Detroit Pistons ⓘ
game4Date 2004-06-13 ⓘ
game4Score Detroit Pistons 88–80 Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
game4Winner Detroit Pistons ⓘ
game5Date 2004-06-15 ⓘ
game5Score Detroit Pistons 100–87 Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
game5Winner Detroit Pistons ⓘ
gamesPlayed 5 ⓘ
homeTeamGame1 Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
homeTeamGame2 Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
homeTeamGame3 Detroit Pistons ⓘ
homeTeamGame4 Detroit Pistons ⓘ
homeTeamGame5 Detroit Pistons ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
mostPointsPerGameTeam Detroit Pistons ⓘ
notablePlayerChampion Ben Wallace ⓘ
Chauncey Billups ⓘ
Rasheed Wallace ⓘ
Richard Hamilton ⓘ
Tayshaun Prince ⓘ
notablePlayerRunnerUp Gary Payton ⓘ
Karl Malone ⓘ
Kobe Bryant ⓘ
Shaquille O'Neal ⓘ
surface form: Shaquille O’Neal
radioNetworkUS ESPN Radio ⓘ
runnerUp Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
season 2003–04 NBA season ⓘ
seriesResult Detroit Pistons 4–1 Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
startDate 2004-06-06 ⓘ
televisionNetworkUS ABC ⓘ
venue Staples Center ⓘ
The Palace of Auburn Hills ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chauncey Billups → playedInFinals → 2004 NBA Finals ⓘ
Rasheed Wallace → wonChampionship → 2004 NBA Finals ⓘ
Tracy McGrady → NBAScoringTitle → 2004 NBA Finals ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2003–04 NBA season
Larry Brown → coachOfChampionshipTeam → 2004 NBA Finals ⓘ
this entity surface form: Detroit Pistons 2004 NBA championship
2005 NBA Finals → previousEdition → 2004 NBA Finals ⓘ
Mr. Big Shot → associatedWithEvent → 2004 NBA Finals ⓘ
Karl Malone → playedInNBAFinals → 2004 NBA Finals ⓘ