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The 1986 NBA Playoffs
NBA Playoffs

File:NBA 2007 Playoffs logo.pngThe National Basketball Association Playoffs is a Playoff format#Best-of-seven playoff tournament#Knockout tournaments between sixteen teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference , ultimately deciding the final four teams who will play in the NBA Conference Finals....
 was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
's 1985-86 season
1985-86 NBA season

The 1985?86 NBA season was the 40th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning their third championship of the decade, beating the Houston Rockets 4 games to 2 in the 1986 NBA Finals....
. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference (NBA)

The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, organized in three divisions of five teams each.The three division winners and the non-division winner with the best record are seeded 1 through 4 for the playoffs in order of their records, with all remaining non-division winners seeded 5 through 8....
 champion Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
 defeating the Western Conference
Western Conference (NBA)

The Western Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, and organized in three divisions of five teams each....
 champion Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an Major North American professional sports teams basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in National Basketball Association ....
, four games to two, in the NBA Finals
1986 NBA Finals

The 1986 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1985-86 NBA season. It pitted the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics against the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets....
. The Celtics won their 16th NBA championship, their last until 2008. Larry Bird
Larry Bird

Larry Joe Bird is a retired American National Basketball Association basketball player, widely considered one of the best players of all time and one of the top clutch performers in the history of U.S....
 was awarded his second NBA Finals MVP trophy. The Rockets made the NBA Finals when Ralph Sampson
Ralph Sampson

Ralph Lee Sampson is a retired American college basketball and professional basketball player.A 7-foot-4 phenom, three-time Naismith Award, and List of first overall NBA draft picks in the 1983 NBA Draft, Sampson brought heavy expectations with him to the NBA....
 made an off balance jumper at the buzzer against the Lakers at the Great Western Forum in G5 of the Western Finals.

This was the second NBA Finals meeting between the Celtics and Rockets; the teams also met in the 1981
1981 NBA Finals

The 1981 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1980-81 NBA season, pitting the Boston Celtics against the Houston Rockets....
 series, with the same result.






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The 1986 NBA Playoffs
NBA Playoffs

File:NBA 2007 Playoffs logo.pngThe National Basketball Association Playoffs is a Playoff format#Best-of-seven playoff tournament#Knockout tournaments between sixteen teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference , ultimately deciding the final four teams who will play in the NBA Conference Finals....
 was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
's 1985-86 season
1985-86 NBA season

The 1985?86 NBA season was the 40th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning their third championship of the decade, beating the Houston Rockets 4 games to 2 in the 1986 NBA Finals....
. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference (NBA)

The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, organized in three divisions of five teams each.The three division winners and the non-division winner with the best record are seeded 1 through 4 for the playoffs in order of their records, with all remaining non-division winners seeded 5 through 8....
 champion Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
 defeating the Western Conference
Western Conference (NBA)

The Western Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, and organized in three divisions of five teams each....
 champion Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an Major North American professional sports teams basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in National Basketball Association ....
, four games to two, in the NBA Finals
1986 NBA Finals

The 1986 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1985-86 NBA season. It pitted the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics against the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets....
. The Celtics won their 16th NBA championship, their last until 2008. Larry Bird
Larry Bird

Larry Joe Bird is a retired American National Basketball Association basketball player, widely considered one of the best players of all time and one of the top clutch performers in the history of U.S....
 was awarded his second NBA Finals MVP trophy. The Rockets made the NBA Finals when Ralph Sampson
Ralph Sampson

Ralph Lee Sampson is a retired American college basketball and professional basketball player.A 7-foot-4 phenom, three-time Naismith Award, and List of first overall NBA draft picks in the 1983 NBA Draft, Sampson brought heavy expectations with him to the NBA....
 made an off balance jumper at the buzzer against the Lakers at the Great Western Forum in G5 of the Western Finals.

This was the second NBA Finals meeting between the Celtics and Rockets; the teams also met in the 1981
1981 NBA Finals

The 1981 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1980-81 NBA season, pitting the Boston Celtics against the Houston Rockets....
 series, with the same result. It was the third of four consecutive Eastern Conference championships for the Celtics, who won an impressive 67 games that year, and lost just one game in the regular season at home
Boston Garden

The Boston Garden was a famous arena built November 17, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third incarnation of New York's Madison Square Garden, the arena was originally called the "Boston Madison Square Garden", but eventually got clipped to the Boston Garden....
 out of 41 played. The Rockets, meanwhile had won just their second conference title in franchise history.

Second-year player Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a retired United States professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instr...
 of the Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
 put on an ageless performance in game two of the Bulls' first-round series against the Celtics, scoring 63 points in an overtime loss, which still stands as the All-Time NBA Playoffs Record. Jordan averaged 43.7 points per game in the series, but was unable to prevent the Bulls from being swept by a more experienced, more talented Celtics team considered by many among the greatest of all-time. The Bulls set a dubious mark by posting the second worst record for a playoff-qualifying team in history, going just 30-52 during the season.

The 1986 playoffs marked the third time in four years that the Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They play in the National Basketball Association . The current franchise owner is U.S....
 advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, but it would be their last appearance in the series until 2001
2001 NBA Playoffs

The 2001 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2000?01 NBA season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers winning their second consecutive championship by defeating the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers four games to one....
.

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