Western Conference Finals

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NBA playoff series basketball competition

The Western Conference Finals is the National Basketball Association’s playoff series that determines the champion of the league’s Western Conference and one of the two teams that advance to the NBA Finals.

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Surface form Occurrences
NBA Western Conference Finals 2
2013 Western Conference Finals 1
NBA Western Conference Finals games 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA playoff series ⓘ
basketball competition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Western Conference Finals ⓘ
surface form: NBA Western Conference Finals
broadcastIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
broadcastMedium online streaming ⓘ
radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
competitionFormat best-of-seven series ⓘ
competitionLevel professional ⓘ
confersTitle Western Conference champion ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentQualificationIncludes play-in tournament participants ⓘ
decidesParticipantRole conference champion ⓘ
determinesQualifierFor NBA Finals games ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals
followedBy NBA Finals games ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals
frequency annual ⓘ
genderCategory men's basketball ⓘ
governingBody NBA Board of Governors ⓘ
governingRules NBA rules ⓘ
hasOvertimeRule five-minute overtime periods until winner decided ⓘ
hasPlayoffRoundLevel third round ⓘ
hasSeedingBasis regular-season standings ⓘ
inception 1971 ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
loserStatus eliminated from playoffs ⓘ
MVPawardInception 2022 ⓘ
MVPReceives Earvin "Magic" Johnson Trophy ⓘ
numberOfConferencesInLeague 2 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 2 ⓘ
organizer National Basketball Association ⓘ
parallelSeries Eastern Conference Finals ⓘ
partOf NBA playoffs ⓘ
playoffBracketSide Western side of NBA playoff bracket ⓘ
precededBy Western Conference Second Round ⓘ
surface form: Western Conference Semifinals
prePlayInEraQualification top 8 Western Conference teams ⓘ
region Western Conference ⓘ
replaced Western Conference Finals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Division Finals
seasonType postseason ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
teamType NBA franchises ⓘ
tieBreakerForHomeCourt regular-season record ⓘ
typicalMonthRange May–June ⓘ
usesHomeCourtFormat 2-2-1-1-1 ⓘ
usesVideoReview instant replay for certain calls ⓘ
winnerAdvancesTo NBA Finals games ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals Game 1
winnerReceives Oscar Robertson Trophy ⓘ

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

Western Conference Finals → alsoKnownAs → Western Conference Finals ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Western Conference Finals
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Trophy → competitionStage → Western Conference Finals ⓘ
Western Conference → conferenceFinalsName → Western Conference Finals ⓘ
Moda Center → hostedEvent → Western Conference Finals ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Western Conference Finals games
Western Conference → organizesCompetition → Western Conference Finals ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Conference Playoffs
Eastern Conference Finals → parallelSeries → Western Conference Finals ⓘ
Peja Stojaković → playedIn → Western Conference Finals ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Western Conference Finals
Memphis Grizzlies → reachedConferenceFinals → Western Conference Finals ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 Western Conference Finals
Western Conference Finals → replaced → Western Conference Finals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Division Finals