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The Eastern Conference will be born in the fifth different championship team in the past 7 years. Previously, the Cavaliers and Heat have won the Eastern Conference for four consecutive times.

1:43pm, 19 May 2025Basketball

May 17th, today, the Knicks defeated the Celtics at home 119-81, eliminated their opponents 4-2 in total, and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Knicks will play against the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals.

So far, the East will have the fifth different championship team in the last 7 years:

2025: Pacers/Knicks

2024: Celtics

2023: Heat

2022: Celtics

2021: Bucks

2020: Heat

2019: Raptors

And in the eight years before that, the Cavaliers won the Eastern Conference championship for four consecutive years from 2015 to 2018, and the Heat won the Eastern Conference championship for four consecutive years from 2011 to 2014.

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