Photo: REUTERSSo after last nights Lakers Championship I thought I would look at NBA Finals Numbers. This is what I found.
2009-10 was the 64th NBA Final
Of the 64 years the Finals have been in existence the Lakers and/or Celtics have been involved in 40 of them. That is 63% of all the Finals played
Lakers have 30 appearances and 16 titles
Celtics have 21 appearances and 17 titles
The Lakers and Celtics have met in the finals 12 times, with the Celtics winning 9 of those series.
The Celtics (17) and Lakers (16) are far and away the leaders in NBA Championships. No other team has double-digit titles. The next closest team after them is the Chicago Bulls with 6. After the Bulls no team has won more than 4, starting with the San Antonio Spurs (4), Golden State Warriors (3), Philadelphia 76ers (3), Detroit Pistons (3), Washington Wizards (2), Houston Rockets (2) and New York Knicks (2). No other teams have multiple titles.
The Lakers/Celtics can only be compared to the New York Yankees. The Yankees have appeared in 40 World Series (out of 107 played, 37%) and won 27 (25%) of them. They have more World Series titles than the next three teams combined, which are; St. Louis Cardinals (10), Oakland A's (9), Boston Red Sox (7).
Every once in awhile you will hear someone bring up the old salary cap argument for baseball. The NBA has a salary cap but the results are very similar to the MLB results.
How much of a difference would a salary cap make?
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