Western Conference Finals

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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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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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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