#Nba eastern conference series
In today's modern NBA, James has delivered five-straight NBA Finals appearances while going through three best-of-seven playoff series in each season to get there and in a league that now has 30 teams (15 per conference) all competing for championship glory. Moreover, in those days teams only had two rounds of playoffs before getting to the NBA Finals and the first round of playoffs was a best-of-five-series. Because while Russell can't help being born in 1934 as opposed to 1984 (in James's case), it doesn't change the fact that Russell's Celtics competed in an NBA that had just eight teams when their streak began in 1959 and only 10 teams when the streak came to an end in 1967. For my money, James's five-straight championship appearances is far more impressive than the eight-straight championship appearances by Bill Russell's Boston Celtics from 1959-1966. LeBron James making five consecutive NBA Finals appearances - and his sixth in nine seasons - is nothing short of remarkable in the modern era of the NBA.
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