The short version is they used a very bold strategy to pull it off. But the longer version is quite the tale, which had the ...

Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton take the SuperSonics on their first trip to the NBA Finals since 1979 by beating the Jazz in this hotly-contested Game 7. A promise fulfilled: the team of the future ...

Only four NBA Finals have needed a Game 7 since 1994, with the most recent instance ... 1966, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1994, 2005, 2010, 2013 and 2016. Postseason history says the ...

How did the Boston Celtics win the 1974 NBA Finals? The short version is they ... as a decoy as the series was tied 3-3 heading into Game 7. Star big man Dave Cowens took over, and the gamble ...