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National Basketball Association The final playoff round, a best-of-seven series between the victors of both conferences, is known as the NBA Finals, and is held annually in June. The victor in the NBA Finals wins the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. Each player and major contributor—including coaches and the general manager—on the winning team receive a championship ring. In addition, the league awards the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award to the best performing player of the series.
2018–19 NBA season The regular season will begin on October 16, 2018 and will end on April 10, 2019. The entire schedule was released on August 10, 2018.[22]
NBA Finals During the 2017–18 season, the Cavaliers and the Warriors did not get the top-seed in their respective conferences. The Cavaliers ended the season as the 4-seed team in the East and the Warriors the 2-seed in the West. Both the Cavaliers and the Warriors were down 3-2 in their respective conference finals before winning two straight games to advance to their 4th consecutive NBA Finals meeting.[12][13] This marks the first time in NBA history that the same two teams have met in four straight NBA Finals. The Warriors later swept the Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Finals, and Durant was again named Finals MVP.
2018 NBA Finals The Warriors had home-court advantage in the series since they had a better regular season record of 58–24, compared to the Cavaliers 50–32. Entering the Finals matchup, the Warriors were also noted by various sports media outlets as one of the biggest NBA Finals favorites in recent history.[3][4][5] This was the first time since 2012 that the Finals did not feature either of the top seeds in each conference. The 2018 Finals began on May 31 and ended on June 8. The series was sponsored by the Internet television service YouTube TV and officially known as the 2018 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV.[6]