1972 NBA Finals

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The 1972 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Los Angeles Lakers, led by stars like Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain, defeated the New York Knicks to win the NBA title.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA Finals
basketball championship series
bestOf 7 games
champion Los Angeles Lakers NERFINISHED
championCaptain Jerry West NERFINISHED
championFranchiseTitleNumber 6
championTitleNumberInLosAngeles 1
coachOfChampion Bill Sharman NERFINISHED
coachOfRunnerUp Red Holzman NERFINISHED
conference Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks NERFINISHED
Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers NERFINISHED
endDate 1972-05-07
featuredPlayer Bill Bradley NERFINISHED
Gail Goodrich NERFINISHED
Jerry West NERFINISHED
Walt Frazier NERFINISHED
Willis Reed NERFINISHED
finalSeriesResult Los Angeles Lakers won 4–1
followedBy 1973 NBA Finals
format 2–2–1–1–1 home-court format
game1Winner New York Knicks NERFINISHED
game2Winner Los Angeles Lakers NERFINISHED
game3Winner Los Angeles Lakers NERFINISHED
game4Winner Los Angeles Lakers NERFINISHED
game5Winner Los Angeles Lakers NERFINISHED
gameCount 5
homeArenaChampion The Forum NERFINISHED
homeArenaRunnerUp Madison Square Garden NERFINISHED
homeCityChampion Inglewood, California NERFINISHED
homeCityRunnerUp New York City NERFINISHED
league National Basketball Association
locationCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
mostValuablePlayerAward NBA Finals MVP NERFINISHED
MVP Wilt Chamberlain NERFINISHED
MVPTeam Los Angeles Lakers NERFINISHED
notableFact First NBA championship for the Los Angeles Lakers franchise in Los Angeles
Part of Lakers season in which they set then-record 69 regular-season wins
Wilt Chamberlain played with a broken hand in Game 5
precededBy 1971 NBA Finals NERFINISHED
radioBroadcasterUS Mutual Broadcasting System NERFINISHED
ruleSet NBA rules
runnerUp New York Knicks NERFINISHED
season 1971–72 NBA season
seriesOutcome Lakers won four straight games after losing Game 1 NERFINISHED
sport basketball
startDate 1972-04-26
televisionBroadcasterUS ABC NERFINISHED

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1973 NBA Finals precededBy 1972 NBA Finals