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- 2008_NBA_Finals abstract "The 2008 NBA Finals were held June 5 through June 17 of 2008, to decide the winner of the 2007–08 NBA season, and conclude the season's playoffs. The Boston Celtics, top-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, four games to two in a best-of-seven series. This was Boston's first title since 1986 and 17th overall.2008 marked the first time since 2000 that the top seeds from both conferences met in the Finals and the first time since 2003 that any top seeded team played in the NBA finals. The Lakers appeared in the Finals for the first time since 2004 and a record 29th time overall. The Celtics appeared in the Finals for the first time since 1987 and second-best 20th time overall.Going into the series, the Celtics had won the most championships of all-time with 16, and the Lakers were second with 14. The two clubs, the most successful teams in NBA history, looked to renew a longstanding rivalry 21 years after their last Finals meeting in 1987. They narrowly missed meeting each other in 2002, when the Lakers advanced to the Finals, but the Celtics, who led 2–1 in the Conference Finals, eventually fell to the favored New Jersey Nets 4–2. This was the 11th time the teams met in the championship round; the Celtics won eight of their previous ten Finals meetings against the Lakers, winning in 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969 and 1984—the Lakers won in 1985 and 1987.The Celtics' 66–16 record gave them home court advantage over Los Angeles (57–25). This was the first time since 1997, when the Chicago Bulls beat the Utah Jazz for the championship, and the only time in the 2000s decade that an Eastern Conference team had the home court advantage. This was also the first NBA Finals series since 1998, to not feature Tim Duncan (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007) or Shaquille O'Neal (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006).Rodd Houston narrated the Boston Celtics' championship season documentary on NBA Entertainment. The made-for-TV version of this documentary is narrated by Kevin Harlan.".
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- 2008_NBA_Finals accessdate "2008-03-04".
- 2008_NBA_Finals accessdate "2008-03-21".
- 2008_NBA_Finals announcers "Mike Breen, Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy".
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- 2008_NBA_Finals champion Boston_Celtics.
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- 2008_NBA_Finals college St._Joseph_High_School_(Metuchen,_New_Jersey).
- 2008_NBA_Finals college "Arizona".
- 2008_NBA_Finals college "Boise State".
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- 2008_NBA_Finals college "Rhode Island".
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- 2008_NBA_Finals college "USC".
- 2008_NBA_Finals college "University of Connecticut".
- 2008_NBA_Finals college "University of Kentucky".
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- 2008_NBA_Finals date "--06-05".
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- 2008_NBA_Finals ecfResult "Celtics defeated Pistons, 4–2".
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