The game originally seen as a potential NBA Finals preview had the potential to resemble a Harlem Globetrotters versus Washington Generals game.
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Last night (although unfortunately head-to-head with a thrilling NBA Finals) was a coming out party for the Sporting KC franchise, but also could serve as a blueprint for all sports franchises going forward.
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He will ice two free throws in NBA Finals and make a commercial for foot deodorant.
This month's NBA Finals will feature a rematch of the 2006 finals between the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks.
That season Magic Johnson was a rookie and the Lakers were playing in the NBA Finals against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Both franchises have also submitted bids to host the 2015 All-Star game, a decision that could be announced sometime around the NBA Finals.
He had 15 All-Star Game appearances, 4 NBA titles, 3 Finals MVP awards and a league MVP award (along with several near misses).
For LeBron it was carrying the team to his first championship with one of the greatest all around performances in the NBA Finals Series history despite his reputation as a fourth quarter non-closer.
The results are surprising: any given Saturday in college football season or any Sunday during the NFL regular season is a bigger Vegas event than the World Series, the NBA Finals, or the Stanley Cup.
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Throw in a Falcons loss in their lone Super Bowl appearance (1999) and a pair of losses by the NBA Hawks in the Eastern Conference finals, and Atlanta rides neck-and-neck with Seattle on the disappointment meter.
The Celtics were the first of the eight NBA teams that have come from 3-1 down, beating Philadelphia in 1968, and put themselves on the short list of teams that have erased a 2-0 deficit the next year in the NBA Finals.
In the fall of 1993, at the peak of his athletic abilities, three-time NBA finals MVP Michael Jordan quit the Chicago Bulls to join a minor league baseball farm team in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Touted as a pre-season favorite to represent the Western Conference in the NBA Finals after acquiring Steve Nash and Dwight Howard in the off-season, the Lakers have embarrassed themselves and their fans by displaying poor leadership, resulting in a record of 19-25 (winning percentage of .432).
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Staples, in particular, has leveraged the naming rights to the Los Angeles Lakers arena into a lot of airtime on national TV, including three games of the NBA finals, where the red circle logo was often visible to viewers.
When the film's chief financial backer, Modi Wiczyk, heard ESPN radio use "Thunder Buddies" in a bit about the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat in the NBA finals, he asked the studio to push the song even harder.
As a member of the Orlando Magic, Howard grew increasingly frustrated with what he perceived to be an average supporting cast in a league that requires teams to have multiple stars to succeed, despite an NBA Finals appearance in 2009.
The NBA Sonics made the playoffs 22 times before leaving town in 2008, a run that included six trips to the Western Conference finals and three to the NBA finals.
The Los Angeles Lakers took the first game of the NBA finals and two days later on June 6, 2010, it was time for a rematch with the Boston Celtics at home at the Staples Center.
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