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The NBAFinals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association, played under a best-of-seven playoff format.
During the 1940s and early 1950s decades, the NBAFinals were nothing but a minor highlight on the calendar.
They were particularly dominating in the 2002 Finals, as they kept the lead virtually all the time in every game; only for a short while near the beginning of Game 4 did the New Jersey Nets gain any significant lead in a game.