1973 NBA Playoffs
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The 1973 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1972-1973 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to one in the NBA Finals. The Knicks won their second (and as of 2006, most recent) NBA championship. New York's Willis Reed became the first player to win the NBA Finals MVP twice (on the other hand, the award had only existed since 1969).
This was the second consecutive time (and third in the last four years) that the Lakers and Knicks met in the championship series, and the Lakers-Knicks rivalry ended with two championships won by the Knicks and one by the Lakers. Los Angeles would have to wait until 1980 to return to the finals but would ultimately become the Team of the '80s; New York would not be back in the championship round until 1994.
| Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | NBA Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Milwaukee | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Golden State | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Golden State | 1 | |||||||||||
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| 2 | L.A. Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Chicago | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | L.A. Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||
| W2 | L.A. Lakers | 1 | |||||||||||
| E2 | New York | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Atlanta | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Boston | 3 | |||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||
| 2 | New York | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Baltimore | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | New York | 4 | |||||||||||
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