JWSport Jacek Waszak – Sport journalist
17 in history, Los Angeles Lakers players have won the NBA league championship. Over the weekend they beat Miami Heat 106:93 and won the final 4-2.
I would like to remind you all once again that the most important and recent decisive matches of the 2019-2020 regular season and all the play-offs were played in Orlando. All NBA teams were located in three hotels in the Disney resort due to the coronavirus pandemic. The players could not count on the support of the supporters and this certainly had an impact on the matches and emotions of each match. It is not as if the atmosphere is like that and the fans are screaming, cheering or disturbing the opponent so that he does not score important points at the end of the game.
This match between Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat was the most important event this weekend and the last one in the 2019-2020 season. I waited for the final all night long and watched with pleasure and excitement, adrenaline, and there was a close, fierce fight and stress. You have to watch this meeting, you have to watch this story of the particularities of the various problems we have around us, like the virus’s crown pandemic. Everyone is trying to live on and find the golden mean to make life run along the normal course. Fans and everyone who watches only NBA masters basketball is the best basketball in the world. You just can’t miss the finals. Here we have a repeat of last year’s game, where Toronto Raptors was not a favorite, and beat Goden Goden State in the last away game 114:110 is only four points. It was a great success because for the first time in history they secured the NBA championship. The team from Canada won the final 4-2 series in such a similar way. Here the Los Angeles Lakers team is already winning the seventeenth NBA league championship, which is impressive.
The Lakers dominated Miami Heat in the sixth game, leading by a difference of 36 points in the second half, and took the NBA championship title back. For LeBron James, this is the fourth title and also the fourth time he received the MVP Finals award.
The Lakers were led by LeBron James, who scored 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists in this sixth triple-double match. It was his day to play.
Earlier the Lakers reached for the championship in years: 1949, 1950, 1952-54, when they were still based in Mineapolis and already in Los Angeles: 1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000-02, 2009 i 2010.
The Lakers were thus matched by the Boston Celtics team, which also holds 17 NBA championship titles and has so far led the rankings independently
The MVP titles of the finals have been awarded since 1969. The only one who has more of these than James is Michael Jordan; he has reached it six times. James is the first basketball player to win this award as a player in three different clubs.
The best basketball players in the NBA finals (MVP):
1969 – Jerry West, L.A. Lakers
1970 – Willis Reed, New York Knicks
1971 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks
1972 – Wilt Chamberlain, L.A. Lakers
1973 – Willis Reed, New York Knicks
1974 – John Havlicek, Boston Celtics
1975 – Rick Barry, Golden State Warriors
1976 – Jo Jo White, Boston Celtics
1977 – Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers
1978 – Wes Unseld, Washington Bullets
1979 – Dennis Johnson, Seattle SuperSonics
1980 – Magic Johnson, L.A. Lakers
1981 – Cedric Maxwell, Boston Celtics
1982 – Magic Johnson, L.A. Lakers
1983 – Moses Malone, Philadelphia 76ers
1984 – Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
1985 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA Lakers
1986 – Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
1987 – Magic Johnson, LA Lakers
1988 – James Worthy, LA Lakers
1989 – Joe Dumars, Detroit Pistons
1990 – Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons
1991 – Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
1992 – Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
1993 – Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
1994 – Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
1995 – Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
1996 – Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
1997 – Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
1998 – Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
1999 – Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
2000 – Shaquille O’Neal, LA Lakers
2001 – Shaquille O’Neal, LA Lakers
2002 – Shaquille O’Neal, LA Lakers
2003 – Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
2004 – Chauncey Billups, Detroit Pistons
2005 – Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
2006 – Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat
2007 – Tony Parker, San Antonio Spurs
2008 – Paul Pierce, Boston Celtics
2009 – Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
2010 – Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
2011 – Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks
2012 – LeBron James, Miami Heat
2013 – LeBron James, Miami Heat
2014 – Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs
2015 – Andre Iguodala, Golden State Warriors
2016 – LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
2017 – Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors
2018 – Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors
2019 – Kawhi Leonard, Toronto Raptors
2020 – LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
