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The Los Angeles Lakers, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the Orlando Magic, third-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, four games to one in a best-of-seven series. This is the Los Angeles Lakers first NBA championship in the 2000s without Shaquille O'Neal.
The Los Angeles Lakers returned to the Finals for the 30th time in franchise history, an NBA record, and for the second consecutive year, marking the first time that the previous year's runner-up won the NBA Finals since the Detroit Pistons in 1988 and 1989. It was also the sixth appearance in the Finals in the 2000s decade for the Lakers, the most of any NBA team in the era.
The Orlando Magic were in the Finals for the first time since their Finals debut in 1995, when they were swept by the Houston Rockets.
Follow the defending champs The Los Angeles Lakers and the other 29 NBA teams as they go through the regular season and position themselves for the playoffs down the stretch. Can The Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic have a sequel this year? or will Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, San Antonio, Houston and Phoenix change the road to the NBA Finals?
