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Just a few hours ago, the Pittsburgh Penguins upset the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in a classic Game Seven of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals to give the organization its first championship since 1992. While it doesn’t look like the 2009 NBA Finals will come anywhere close to a Game Seven, what’s considered by some to be the greatest Finals in the league’s history came to a winner-take-all finish 25 years ago today. Paced by 24 points from Cedric Maxwell and a plus-19 advantage on the boards, the Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 111-102 in Game Seven of the classic 1984 NBA Finals. Continue on to examine other championship clinchers on this day in basketball history, including Magic Johnson’s last Finals’ game and Michael Jordan’s first title in 1991, and the Lakers’ three peat in 2002.

What should probably be a tied 2009 NBA Finals is now a 3-1 series lead in favor of the Los Angeles Lakers after a 99-91 overtime victory in Game Four against the Orlando Magic. Unable to hold onto a 12-point halftime lead and a 5-point lead late in the fourth quarter, Orlando essentially blew this game at the free throw line and with mental breakdowns all night that finally caught up to them. After Dwight Howard missed two free throws that would have sealed the game in the final minute, who else but Derek Fisher hit a three to send the game into overtime and then drilled a game winner from beyond the arc to break a tie in the extra session. Continue on to examine the player, coach and team grades for Game Four.

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