List of NBA game sevens

For game seven of other sports, see game seven.

Since its opening in 1995, five games seven have been played at the TD Garden, formerly known as FleetCenter and TD Banknorth Garden.

The Forum in Inglewood, California hosted eight games seven when it was the home of the Los Angeles Lakers.

In the National Basketball Association (NBA), a game seven is the final game of a best-of-seven series in the NBA Playoffs. Based on the playoffs format arrangement,^[a] it is played in the venue of the team holding home-court advantage for the series. The necessity of a game seven cannot be known until the outcome of game six is determined, assuming that a series reaches the sixth contest. In other words, game seven is the only one in a series that cannot be guaranteed more than one game in advance. Due to the decisive nature of games seven, they are often "played more conservatively" and receive more media and fan attention.^[1]

The NBA Finals has always employed a best-of-seven series format. The Conference (or Division) Finals have used this format since 1958;^[2] the Conference (or Division) Semifinals since 1968;^[3] and the First Round since 2003.^[4][5] During the 1947 and 1948 playoffs, in which teams from different divisions met each other in the opening rounds, the first-place teams from each division played a best-of-seven series against each other before one advanced to the league finals. The other teams in the playoffs competed against each other in three best-of-three series to determine the other spot in the finals.^[6]

Since the inception of the NBA, 106 game sevens have been played. Of those, only 21 game sevens have been won by the road team.^[7] There have been 12 playoff seasons in which no game sevens were played: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1967, 1972, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, and 1999. Only one franchise has never played in a game seven: the Charlotte Bobcats, who had not appeared in the playoffs until 2010. The 1994 postseason held the record for most game sevens played, with five. In 1979, 1981, 1988, 2005, 2006, and 2009, four game sevens were played. Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks both hold the record for most game sevens played in a single season, having played three game sevens in 1988 and 1994 respectively.

Key

OT	Overtime (the number in front indicates the number of overtime periods played, if there were more than one)
*	Indicates a game seven that was won by the road team
Year (X)	Indicates the number of game sevens played in that year's postseason Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
Team (#)	Indicates team and the number of game sevens played by that team at that point
^	Indicates game seven in the NBA Finals

All-time game sevens

Year	Playoff round	Date	Venue	Winner	Result	Loser	Ref.
1948 (1)	Semifinals	01948-04-06 April 6, 1948	St. Louis Arena	Philadelphia Warriors (011)	85–46*	St. Louis Bombers (011)	[8]
1951 (1)	Finals	01951-04-21 April 21, 1951	Edgerton Park Arena	Rochester Royals (011)	79–75^	New York Knicks (011)	[9]
1952 (1)	Finals	01952-04-25 April 25, 1952	Minneapolis Auditorium	Minneapolis Lakers (011)	82–65^	New York Knicks (022)	[10]
1954 (1)	Finals	01954-04-12 April 12, 1954	Minneapolis Auditorium	Minneapolis Lakers (022)	87–80^	Syracuse Nationals (011)	[11]
1955 (1)	Finals	01955-04-10 April 10, 1955	Onondaga War Memorial	Syracuse Nationals (022)	92–91^	Fort Wayne Pistons (011)	[12]
1957 (1)	Finals	01957-04-13 April 13, 1957	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (011)	125–123 (2OT)^	St. Louis Hawks (011)	[13]
1959 (1)	Division Finals	01959-04-01 April 1, 1959	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (022)	130–125	Syracuse Nationals (033)	[14]
1960 (1)	Division Finals	01960-03-26 March 26, 1960	Kiel Auditorium	St. Louis Hawks (022)	97–86	Minneapolis Lakers (033)	[15]
1960 (2)	Finals	01960-04-09 April 9, 1960	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (033)	122–103^	St. Louis Hawks (033)	[15]
1961 (1)	Division Finals	01961-04-01 April 1, 1961	Kiel Auditorium	St. Louis Hawks (044)	105–103	Los Angeles Lakers (044)	[16]
1962 (1)	Division Finals	01962-04-05 April 5, 1962	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (044)	109–107	Philadelphia Warriors (022)	[17]
1962 (2)	Finals	01962-04-18 April 18, 1962	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (055)	110–107 (OT)^	Los Angeles Lakers (055)	[17]
1963 (1)	Division Finals	01963-04-10 April 10, 1963	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (066)	142–131	Cincinnati Royals (022)	[18]
1963 (2)	Division Finals	01963-04-11 April 11, 1963	L. A. Memorial Sports Arena	Los Angeles Lakers (066)	115–100	St. Louis Hawks (055)	[18]
1964 (1)	Division Finals	01964-04-16 April 16, 1964	Cow Palace	San Francisco Warriors (033)	105–95	St. Louis Hawks (066)	[19]
1965 (1)	Division Finals	01965-04-15 April 15, 1965	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (077)	110–109	Philadelphia 76ers (044)	[20]
1966 (1)	Division Finals	01966-04-15 April 15, 1966	L. A. Memorial Sports Arena	Los Angeles Lakers (077)	130–121	St. Louis Hawks (077)	[21]
1966 (2)	Finals	01966-04-28 April 28, 1966	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (088)	95–93^	Los Angeles Lakers (088)	[21]
1968 (1)	Division Finals	01968-04-19 April 19, 1968	The Spectrum	Boston Celtics (099)	100–96*	Philadelphia 76ers (055)	[22]
1969 (1)	Finals	01969-05-05 May 5, 1969	The Forum	Boston Celtics (10)	108–106*^	Los Angeles Lakers (099)	[23]
1970 (1)	Division Semifinals	01970-04-06 April 6, 1970	Madison Square Garden	New York Knicks (033)	127–114	Baltimore Bullets (011)	[24]
1970 (2)	Division Semifinals	01970-04-09 April 9, 1970	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (10)	129–94	Phoenix Suns (011)	[24]
1970 (3)	Finals	01970-05-08 May 8, 1970	Madison Square Garden	New York Knicks (044)	113–99^	Los Angeles Lakers (11)	[24]
1971 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01971-04-04 April 4, 1971	Baltimore Civic Center	Baltimore Bullets (022)	128–120	Philadelphia 76ers (066)	[25]
1971 (2)	Conference Semifinals	01971-04-06 April 6, 1971	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (12)	109–98	Chicago Bulls (011)	[25]
1971 (3)	Conference Finals	01971-04-19 April 19, 1971	Baltimore Civic Center	Baltimore Bullets (033)	93–91*	New York Knicks (055)	[25]
1973 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01973-04-15 April 15, 1973	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (13)	95–92	Chicago Bulls (022)	[26]
1973 (2)	Conference Finals	01973-04-29 April 29, 1973	Boston Garden	New York Knicks (066)	94–78*	Boston Celtics (11)	[26]
1974 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01974-04-12 April 12, 1974	Madison Square Garden	New York Knicks (077)	91–81	Capital Bullets (044)	[27]
1974 (2)	Conference Semifinals	01974-04-13 April 13, 1974	Chicago Stadium	Chicago Bulls (033)	96–94	Detroit Pistons (022)	[27]
1974 (3)	Finals	01974-05-12 May 12, 1974	Milwaukee Arena	Boston Celtics (12)	102–87*^	Milwaukee Bucks (011)	[27]
1975 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01975-04-25 April 25, 1975	Capital Centre	Washington Bullets (055)	115–96	Buffalo Braves (011)	[28]
1975 (2)	Conference Finals	01975-05-14 May 14, 1975	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	Golden State Warriors (044)	83–79	Chicago Bulls (044)	[28]
1976 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01976-04-29 April 29, 1976	Coliseum at Richfield	Cleveland Cavaliers (011)	87–85	Washington Bullets (066)	[29]
1976 (2)	Conference Finals	01976-05-16 May 16, 1976	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	Phoenix Suns (022)	94–86*	Golden State Warriors (055)	[29]
1977 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01977-05-01 May 1, 1977	The Spectrum	Philadelphia 76ers (077)	83–77	Boston Celtics (13)	[30]
1977 (2)	Conference Semifinals	01977-05-04 May 4, 1977	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (14)	97–84	Golden State Warriors (066)	[31]
1978 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01978-05-03 May 3, 1978	McNichols Sports Arena	Denver Nuggets (011)	116–110	Milwaukee Bucks (022)	[31]
1978 (2)	Finals	01978-06-07 June 7, 1978	Seattle Center Coliseum	Washington Bullets (077)	105–99*^	Seattle SuperSonics (011)	[31]
1979 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01979-04-29 April 29, 1979	Capital Centre	Washington Bullets (088)	100–94	Atlanta Hawks (088)	[32]
1979 (2)	Conference Semifinals	01979-05-02 May 2, 1979	HemisFair Arena	San Antonio Spurs (011)	111–108	Philadelphia 76ers (088)	[32]
1979 (3)	Conference Finals	01979-05-17 May 17, 1979	King County Domed Stadium	Seattle SuperSonics (022)	114–110	Phoenix Suns (033)	[32]
1979 (4)	Conference Finals	01979-05-18 May 18, 1979	Capital Centre	Washington Bullets (099)	107–105	San Antonio Spurs (022)	[32]
1980 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01980-04-20 April 20, 1980	King County Domed Stadium	Seattle SuperSonics (033)	98–94	Milwaukee Bucks (033)	[33]
1981 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01981-04-17 April 17, 1981	HemisFair Arena	Houston Rockets (011)	105–100*	San Antonio Spurs (033)	[34]
1981 (2)	Conference Semifinals	01981-04-19 April 19, 1981	The Spectrum	Philadelphia 76ers (099)	99–98	Milwaukee Bucks (044)	[34]
1981 (3)	Conference Semifinals	01981-04-19 April 19, 1981	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Kansas City Kings (033)	95–88*	Phoenix Suns (044)	[34]
1981 (4)	Conference Finals	01981-05-03 May 3, 1981	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (14)	91–90	Philadelphia 76ers (10)	[34]
1982 (1)	Conference Finals	01982-05-23 May 23, 1982	Boston Garden	Philadelphia 76ers (11)	120–106*	Boston Celtics (15)	[35]
1984 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01984-05-13 May 13, 1984	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (16)	121–104	New York Knicks (088)	[36]
1984 (2)	Finals	01984-06-12 June 12, 1984	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (17)	111–102^	Los Angeles Lakers (15)	[36]
1986 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01986-05-11 May 11, 1986	MECCA Arena	Milwaukee Bucks (055)	113–112	Philadelphia 76ers (12)	[37]
1987 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01987-05-17 May 17, 1987	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (18)	119–113	Milwaukee Bucks (066)	[38]
1987 (2)	Conference Finals	01987-05-30 May 30, 1987	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (19)	117–114	Detroit Pistons (033)	[38]
1988 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01988-05-21 May 21, 1988	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (16)	109–98	Utah Jazz (011)	[39]
1988 (2)	Conference Semifinals	01988-05-22 May 22, 1988	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (20)	118–116	Atlanta Hawks (099)	[39]
1988 (3)	Conference Finals	01988-06-04 June 4, 1988	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (17)	117–102	Dallas Mavericks (011)	[39]
1988 (4)	Finals	01988-06-21 June 21, 1988	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (18)	108–105^	Detroit Pistons (044)	[39]
1990 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01990-05-19 May 19, 1990	Memorial Coliseum	Portland Trail Blazers (011)	108–105 (OT)	San Antonio Spurs (044)	[40]
1990 (2)	Conference Finals	01990-06-03 June 3, 1990	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Detroit Pistons (055)	93–74	Chicago Bulls (055)	[40]
1992 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01992-05-17 May 17, 1992	Chicago Stadium	Chicago Bulls (066)	110–81	New York Knicks (099)	[41]
1992 (2)	Conference Semifinals	01992-05-17 May 17, 1992	Coliseum at Richfield	Cleveland Cavaliers (022)	122–104	Boston Celtics (21)	[41]
1993 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01993-05-22 May 22, 1993	Seattle Center Coliseum	Seattle SuperSonics (044)	103–100 (OT)	Houston Rockets (022)	[42]
1993 (2)	Conference Finals	01993-06-05 June 5, 1993	America West Arena	Phoenix Suns (055)	123–110	Seattle SuperSonics (055)	[43]
1994 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01994-05-21 May 21, 1994	The Summit	Houston Rockets (033)	104–94	Phoenix Suns (066)	[44]
1994 (2)	Conference Semifinals	01994-05-21 May 21, 1994	Delta Center	Utah Jazz (022)	91-81	Denver Nuggets (022)	[45]
1994 (3)	Conference Semifinals	01994-05-22 May 22, 1994	Madison Square Garden	New York Knicks (10)	87–77	Chicago Bulls (077)	[46]
1994 (4)	Conference Finals	01994-06-05 June 5, 1994	Madison Square Garden	New York Knicks (11)	94–90	Indiana Pacers (011)	[47]
1994 (5)	Finals	01994-06-22 June 22, 1994	The Summit	Houston Rockets (044)	90–84^	New York Knicks (12)	[48]
1995 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01995-05-20 May 20, 1995	America West Arena	Houston Rockets (055)	115–114*	Phoenix Suns (077)	[49]
1995 (2)	Conference Semifinals	01995-05-21 May 21, 1995	Madison Square Garden	Indiana Pacers (022)	97–95*	New York Knicks (13)	[50]
1995 (3)	Conference Finals	01995-06-04 June 4, 1995	Orlando Arena	Orlando Magic (011)	105–81	Indiana Pacers (033)	[51]
1996 (1)	Conference Finals	01996-06-02 June 2, 1996	KeyArena at Seattle Center	Seattle SuperSonics (066)	90–86	Utah Jazz (033)	[52]
1997 (1)	Conference Semifinals	01997-05-17 May 17, 1997	The Summit	Houston Rockets (066)	96–91	Seattle SuperSonics (077)	[53]
1997 (2)	Conference Semifinals	01997-05-18 May 18, 1997	Miami Arena	Miami Heat (011)	101–90	New York Knicks (14)	[54]
1998 (1)	Conference Finals	01998-05-31 May 31, 1998	United Center	Chicago Bulls (088)	88–83	Indiana Pacers (044)	[55]
2000 (1)	Conference Semifinals	02000-05-21 May 21, 2000	AmericanAirlines Arena	New York Knicks (15)	83–82*	Miami Heat (022)	[56]
2000 (2)	Conference Finals	02000-06-04 June 4, 2000	Staples Center	Los Angeles Lakers (19)	89–84	Portland Trail Blazers (022)	[57]
2001 (1)	Conference Semifinals	02001-05-20 May 20, 2001	First Union Center	Philadelphia 76ers (13)	88–87	Toronto Raptors (011)	[58]
2001 (2)	Conference Semifinals	02001-05-20 May 20, 2001	Bradley Center	Milwaukee Bucks (077)	104–95	Charlotte Hornets (011)	[59]
2001 (3)	Conference Finals	02001-06-03 June 3, 2001	First Union Center	Philadelphia 76ers (14)	108–91	Milwaukee Bucks (088)	[60]
2002 (1)	Conference Finals	02002-06-02 June 2, 2002	ARCO Arena	Los Angeles Lakers (20)	112–106 (OT)*	Sacramento Kings (044)	[61]
2003 (1)	First Round	02003-05-04 May 4, 2003	American Airlines Center	Dallas Mavericks (022)	107–95	Portland Trail Blazers (033)	[62]
2003 (2)	First Round	02003-05-04 May 4, 2003	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Detroit Pistons (066)	108–93	Orlando Magic (022)	[63]
2003 (3)	Conference Semifinals	02003-05-17 May 17, 2003	American Airlines Center	Dallas Mavericks (033)	112–95	Sacramento Kings (055)	[64]
2004 (1)	First Round	02004-05-04 May 4, 2004	AmericanAirlines Arena	Miami Heat (033)	85–77	New Orleans Hornets (022)	[65]
2004 (2)	Conference Semifinals	02004-05-19 May 19, 2004	Target Center	Minnesota Timberwolves (011)	83–80	Sacramento Kings (066)	[66]
2004 (3)	Conference Semifinals	02004-05-20 May 20, 2004	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Detroit Pistons (077)	90–69	New Jersey Nets (011)	[67]
2005 (1)	First Round	02005-05-07 May 7, 2005	FleetCenter	Indiana Pacers (055)	97–70*	Boston Celtics (22)	[68]
2005 (2)	First Round	02005-05-07 May 7, 2005	American Airlines Center	Dallas Mavericks (044)	116–76	Houston Rockets (077)	[69]
2005 (3)	Conference Finals	02005-06-06 June 6, 2005	AmericanAirlines Arena	Detroit Pistons (088)	88–82*	Miami Heat (044)	[70]
2005 (4)	Finals	02005-06-23 June 23, 2005	SBC Center	San Antonio Spurs (055)	81–74^	Detroit Pistons (099)	[71]
2006 (1)	First Round	02006-05-06 May 6, 2006	US Airways Center	Phoenix Suns (088)	121–90	Los Angeles Lakers (21)	[72]
2006 (2)	Conference Semifinals	02006-05-21 May 21, 2006	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Detroit Pistons (10)	79–61	Cleveland Cavaliers (033)	[73]
2006 (3)	Conference Semifinals	02006-05-22 May 22, 2006	SBC Center	Dallas Mavericks (055)	119–111 (OT)*	San Antonio Spurs (066)	[74]
2006 (4)	Conference Semifinals	02006-05-22 May 22, 2006	US Airways Center	Phoenix Suns (099)	127–107	Los Angeles Clippers (022)	[75]
2007 (1)	First Round	02007-05-05 May 5, 2007	Toyota Center	Utah Jazz (044)	103–99*	Houston Rockets (088)	[76]
2008 (1)	First Round	02008-05-04 May 4, 2008	TD Banknorth Garden	Boston Celtics (23)	99–65	Atlanta Hawks (10)	[77]
2008 (2)	Conference Semifinals	02008-05-18 May 18, 2008	TD Banknorth Garden	Boston Celtics (24)	97–92	Cleveland Cavaliers (044)	[78]
2008 (3)	Conference Semifinals	02008-05-19 May 19, 2008	New Orleans Arena	San Antonio Spurs (077)	91–82*	New Orleans Hornets (033)	[79]
2009 (1)	First Round	02009-05-02 May 2, 2009	TD Banknorth Garden	Boston Celtics (25)	109–99	Chicago Bulls (099)	[80]
2009 (2)	First Round	02009-05-03 May 3, 2009	Philips Arena	Atlanta Hawks (11)	91–78	Miami Heat (055)	[81]
2009 (3)	Conference Semifinals	02009-05-17 May 17, 2009	Staples Center	Los Angeles Lakers (22)	89–70	Houston Rockets (099)	[82]
2009 (4)	Conference Semifinals	02009-05-17 May 17, 2009	TD Banknorth Garden	Orlando Magic (033)	101–82*	Boston Celtics (26)	[83]
2010 (1)	First Round	02010-05-02 May 2, 2010	Philips Arena	Atlanta Hawks (12)	95–74	Milwaukee Bucks (099)	[84]
2010 (2)	Finals	02010-06-17 June 17, 2010	Staples Center	Los Angeles Lakers (23)	83–79^	Boston Celtics (27)	[85]
2011 (1)	Conference Semifinals	02011-05-15 May 15, 2011	Oklahoma City Arena	Oklahoma City Thunder (8)	105–90	Memphis Grizzlies (1)	[86]

All-time standings

Team	Games played	Wins	Losses	Win–loss %
Boston Celtics	27	20	7	0.741
Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers	23	15	8	0.652
New York Knicks	15	7	8	0.467
Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers	14	6	8	0.429
St. Louis / Atlanta Hawks	12	4	8	0.333
Fort Wayne / Detroit Pistons	10	5	5	0.500
Baltimore / Capital / Washington Bullets / Washington Wizards	9	6	3	0.667
Houston Rockets	9	5	4	0.556
Phoenix Suns	9	4	5	0.444
Chicago Bulls	9	3	6	0.333
Milwaukee Bucks	9	2	7	0.222
Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder	8	5	3	0.625
San Antonio Spurs	7	3	4	0.428
Philadelphia / San Francisco / Golden State Warriors	6	3	3	0.500
Rochester / Cincinnati Royals / Sacramento Kings	6	2	4	0.333
Dallas Mavericks	5	4	1	0.800
Miami Heat	5	2	3	0.400
Indiana Pacers	5	2	3	0.400
Cleveland Cavaliers	4	2	2	0.500
Utah Jazz	4	2	2	0.500
Orlando Magic	3	2	1	0.667
Portland Trail Blazers	3	1	2	0.333
Charlotte / New Orleans Hornets	3	0	3	0.000
Denver Nuggets	2	1	1	0.500
Buffalo Braves / Los Angeles Clippers	2	0	2	0.000
Minnesota Timberwolves	1	1	0	1.000
Memphis Grizzlies	1	0	1	0.000
New Jersey Nets	1	0	1	0.000
Toronto Raptors	1	0	1	0.000
St. Louis Bombers (defunct)	1	0	1	0.000
Note: Teams that have never played a game seven are excluded. Names of franchises before their relocation are also shown.

Notes

• ^a The home-and-away format in every round of the playoffs, except the finals, is the 2–2–1–1–1 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on their home court in games one, two, five and seven). The format of the finals is in the 2–3–2 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on their home court in games one, two, six and seven).^[87] In the past, there have been several other formats used in the playoffs.

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