has dwight howard ever been to the finals?
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Dwight David Howard II (born December 8, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... In 2009, he led the team to the NBA Finals. In 2012, after eight seasons with Orlando, Howard was traded to the Lakers.
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The NBA Championship ring is an annual award given by the National Basketball Association to the team that wins the NBA Finals. Rings are presented to the team's players, coaches, and members of the executive front office. The Boston Celtics have the most rings both as a team and overall with 17.
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The Los Angeles Lakers have contested the NBA Finals the most times, with 31 appearances. The Eastern Conference has provided the most champions, with 38 wins from 10 franchises; the Western Conference has 32, from 9 franchises.
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he also holds the all-time Finals six game record of 246 points and 101 field goals made. Jordan never had a Finals series go to seven games and he never lost in the Finals.
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They also attained a three-peat in Minneapolis from 1952 to 1954, and another in Los Angeles from 2000 to 2002. The Lakers have defeated eight different NBA franchises in the NBA Finals and lost to five, both records.
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Bryant and O'Neal won three consecutive NBA championships together from 2000 to 2002 and reached the NBA Finals four times in five years. ... I'm here to set it straight,” O'Neal said. “It was a big brother relationship, little brother.
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1996–1998: There was nothing more frightening than a pissed off Jordan. After the '95 Playoffs, he went crazy in his preparation and lobbied for the Bulls to acquire Dennis Rodman. ... So, yes, Jordan won six rings in six Finals, but he also lost a lot in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
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Players & Coaches Who Won Championships With Multiple Teams As for players, I suspect Robert Horry, who won titles with the Houston Rockets (2), Los Angeles Lakers (3), and San Antonio Spurs (2), unless another player has won titles with four teams."
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2011 NBA Awards: Dwight Howard Is the True MVP of the Season.
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NBA Finals: Most NBA championships won by a franchise. Two franchises - Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers - have alone combined for 33 of the 73 previous NBA titles.
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Michael Jordan is a record six-time award winner. Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan and LeBron James won the award three times in their careers.
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Marc Gasol has his long-awaited NBA championship ring, the prize that his brother Pau secured in 2009 and 2010 with the Los Angeles Lakers. In doing so, the Gasol brothers have become the first siblings in NBA history to both win a ring.
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Michael Jordan: MJ famously never needed a Finals Game 7 to secure his six championships. His 42-point outburst against the Knicks in the 1992 Eastern Conference semifinals pushed the Bulls into the Eastern Conference finals, where they defeated the Cavaliers in six games.
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The Boston Celtics and the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers alone own almost half of the titles, having won a combined 33 of 73 championships. The two also have the most Finals meetings with 12; the Celtics own a 9–3 edge over their arch rivals.
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Kobe Bryant won his first three titles with Shaquille O'Neal, a three-time NBA Finals MVP. Kobe's next two titles were won with players such as Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom and Derek Fisher. Bryant has better teammates, which makes Jordan the better player because he won with players who weren't the caliber of the Lakers.
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The Boston Celtics hold the longest consecutive NBA Finals appearance streak with ten appearances between 1957 and 1966. During the streak, the Celtics won eight consecutive NBA championships—also an NBA record.
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Howard played for eight franchises during his career, including Washington for seven seasons, the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat for three seasons and the Orlando Magic, Portland Trail Blazers and Charlotte Bobcats for one season.