Best NBA Finals

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2016 – Cleveland Cavaliers / Golden State Warriors1438

The worldwide ranking generated by 129 votes

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2016 – Cleveland Cavaliers / Golden State Warriors1438

2013 – Miami Heat / San Antonio Spurs1317

2010 – Los Angeles Lakers / Boston Celtics1268

1998 – Chicago Bulls / Utah Jazz1199

2011 – Dallas Mavericks / Miami Heat1174

1984 – Boston Celtics / Los Angeles Lakers1158

1994 – Houston Rockets / New York Knicks1132

2019 – Toronto Raptors / Golden State Warriors1104

2005 – San Antonio Spurs / Detroit Pistons1097

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1969 – Boston Celtics / Los Angeles Lakers1045

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Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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