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1973 NBA Finals featured another classic battle between New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers |
By Edwin Leonard
 The NBA Playoffs had been an awesome experience in the years previous to 1973, and thing just continued to get better in 1973. The previous years in the playoffs featured a couple of matchups between the Knicks and the Lakers. The Knicks managed to take the first of these matchups and the Lakers took the second, winning the NBA Championship in 1972. This meant that the Lakers would be the team to beat as they tried to defend their title in 1973.
The teams representing the Western Conference included Milwaukee, Golden State, Chicago and Los Angeles. Milwaukee was the highest seeded team and the Lakers were the 2nd seed. The Bulls and Golden State filled in at the 3rd and 4th spots.
The Eastern Conference was dominated by the Boston Celtics and they earned the top seed in the playoffs. The Knicks were a great team and managed the 2nd seed. The 3rd and 4th best teams in the Eastern Conference were Baltimore and Atlanta.
The Bucks had high expectations entering the playoffs after their great regular season, but Golden State
was not going to let them look past the first round. The Warriors fought and had the biggest upset of the playoffs by winning the series 4 games to 2 over Milwaukee.
The Lakers and Bulls had a great series in which both teams gave all they had and the series went to the wire. The Lakers and Bulls were tied 3-3 entering game 7 and it looked like the Bulls might upset the Lakers. When all was said and done the Lakers managed to pull out a victory to advance to play Golden State.
Things played out the way they were generally expected to in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Atlanta managed to give Boston a run for their money, but the Celtics finished the series in 6 games. The Knicks were dominant and Baltimore was only able to take home one victory in the series.
The Lakers and Golden State squared off in the Western Conference Finals, but Golden State simply had no magic left from their previous series. The Lakers looked dominant and walked away from the series with 4 wins to just one win for Golden State.
The Celtics and Knicks had an awesome series as both teams were clearly hungry for a championship. The Celtics had watched the Knicks take center stage in the conference and they had hopes of stepping back to the forefront of the league. The series stretched to 7 games before the Knicks managed to win the series and advanced to play against the Lakers for the NBA Championship.
This was the 3rd meeting in 4 years between the Lakers and Knicks and they knew each other very well. The Knicks were clearly ready for the Lakers in this series and dominated the Lakers from the beginning. The Lakers hardly managed to put up a struggle, winning just one game in the series. The Knicks were NBA Champions.
Edwin Leonard writes reviews on various sporting events including the various online sportsbook. In this piece of write up the author wrote about National Basketball Association games. The author takes the readers opinion on how to do NBA Betting online.
Boston Celtics dominate Milwaukee Bucks to win 1974 NBA title
By Talia Morin
 In the early 1970s, the NBA Playoffs were dominated by the likes of the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers. Towards the mid-70s the power started to shift a bit. The Celtics were previously a dominant team in the league and they were ready to come back to the forefront of the scene.
The teams in the playoffs representing the Western Conference were the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls. While the Lakers were a dominant team in the playoffs the year before, they were just the 4th best team in the Western Conference in 1974. They would square off against the top seeded Milwaukee Bucks in the first round. The other first round matchup would be between the Pistons and the Bulls.
The Lakers were simply no match for the Bucks. The Bucks took the first two games of the series and won the series in 5 games. The Bucks dominated defensively and did not allow the Lakers to score 100 points or more the entire series.
The Pistons and Bulls had a fantastic series. The Pistons jumped out to a 1-0 lead over the Bulls, but the Bulls powered back in games 2 and 3 to take 2-1 lead in the series. The Pistons managed to even things out and the teams alternated wins before the Bulls took home a 2 point win in game 7 to take the series.
The Eastern Conference teams were the Celtics, Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks and Capital Bullets. The matchups would be between the Celtics and Braves and then Capitals against the Knicks.
The Celtics beat the Braves pretty easily. The Braves did manage to take home two victories in the series, but ultimately the Celtics were just too good. The Celtics scored over 100 points in every game during the series.
The Knicks survived a scare from the Bullets in the first round of the playoffs. The Knicks took home the first game, but the Bullets fought back to win the next two games to take the series lead. The Knicks did manage to regain control of the series with wins in games 4 and 5, but the Bullets were not ready to go down easily. The Bullets won the 6th game in convincing fashion over the Knicks. After taking home a 17 point victory many people thought that the Bullets would move on. Ultimately the Knicks were able to get their act back together and they won game 7 to advance to the next round.
The Bucks continued to dominate the playoffs. The Bulls were simply no match for the Bucks and the Bucks brought home 4 victories in a row for a series sweep. The series between the Celtics and Knicks was similar as the Celtics were just too good for the Knicks and brought home the series in 5 games.
The NBA Finals featured the Bucks and Celtics and was a great 7 game series. These teams fought back and forth throughout the series, but ultimately the Celtics came out on top with a victory in game 7 to win the NBA Title.
Talia Morin writes reviews on various sporting events including the various online sportsbook. In this piece of write up the author wrote about National Basketball Association games. The author takes the readers opinion on how to do NBA Betting online.
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