the magic lost to cleveland cavaliers in the nba finals.
the magic lost to cleveland cavaliers in the nba finals.
who did the magic lose to in the nba finals?
cleveland cavaliers
this was the first nba finals series since 1984 to have two games go into overtime (games 2 and 4); both were won by the lakers. dwight howard set an nba finals single-game record with 9 blocked shots in game 4. the previous record holders, all of whom had blocked eight shots in a finals game, were: bill walton of the portland trail blazers in game 6 of the 1977 nba finals; hakeem olajuwon of the houston rockets in game 5 of the 1986 nba finals; howard's assistant coach patrick ewing of the new york knicks in game 5 of the 1994 nba finals; shaquille o'neal of the los angeles lakers in game 2 of the 2001 nba finals; and tim duncan of the san antonio spurs in game 6 of the 2003 nba finals.
2009 nba finals
bullet::::- the 1993 finals were jordan's last before his first retirement. the houston rockets would take the next two titles consecutively. the ratings for those next two finals decreased, but still had above-average views, and the 1995 finals even came to within .3 ratings points of the 1992 finals and featured superstar shaquille o'neal making the finals with the orlando magic, which were swept 4-0 by the rockets. after the two seasons, jordan returned. subsequently, and almost instantly, ratings greatly increased. jordan's first game back, a march 19, 1995 game between the bulls and the indiana pacers, scored a 10.9 rating for nbc, the highest rated regular-season nba game of all time. ratings for the finals (which the bulls played in the following three years) went up sharply as well. game 1 of the 1996 nba finals between the bulls and seattle supersonics, the bulls' 107-90 win at home in the united center earned a 16.8 rating and a 31 share on nbc. in addition, game 1 was viewed in a then record 16,111,200 homes. on june 16, 1996, game 6 of the nba finals (where the bulls clinched their fourth nba championship in six years) drew an 18.8 rating and a 35 share. the six games of the 1996 nba finals averaged a 16.7 rating which ranks second all-time behind the 1993 nba finals. the six games of the 1993 nba finals between the bulls and suns averaged a 17.9 rating. the next year, ratings for the bulls–utah jazz series were slightly better, before the 1998 finals blew away the 1993 record, averaging an 18.7 rating—one which will likely not be matched by the nba finals for the foreseeable future. the deciding game 6 (and michael jordan's final game with the bulls) registered an nba record 22.3 rating with a 38 share. the game was viewed by 72 million people, breaking the record set earlier that postseason by game 7 of the 1998 eastern conference finals between the pacers and bulls (that same game set a record for highest-rated non-finals nba game with a 19.1/33). the 1998 finals managed to best the ratings for that year's world series, the first of only three nba finals ever to do so.
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