2007 NBA Finals
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| Dates | June 7–14 | |||||||||
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| MVP |
Tony Parker (San Antonio Spurs) |
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| Television | ABC (U.S.) | |||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Breen, Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy | |||||||||
| Radio network | ESPN | |||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Durham, Hubie Brown and Jack Ramsay | |||||||||
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| Hall of Famers |
Officials: Dick Bavetta (2015) |
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| Eastern Finals | Cavaliers defeated Pistons, 4–2 | |||||||||
| Western Finals | Spurs defeated Jazz, 4–1 | |||||||||
| Game 1: | Ken Mauer, Mike Callahan, Steve Javie |
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| Game 2: | Dick Bavetta, Jim Clark, Joe DeRosa |
| Game 3: | Bernie Fryer, Bob Delaney, Dan Crawford |
| Game 4: | Bennett Salvatore, Joe Forte, Eddie F. Rush |
The 2007 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2006–07 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 2007 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs and the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers. This was Cleveland's first trip to the NBA Finals in their franchise history and San Antonio's fourth. The Spurs swept the Cavaliers 4 games to 0. Tony Parker was named the series' MVP. The series was televised on ABC under the ESPN on ABC branding, and produced low television ratings.
As of 2016, this is the most recent Finals to end in a sweep.
The Finals were played using the 2-3-2 format, where the first two and last two games are held at the team with home court advantage. The NBA, after experimenting in the early years, restored this original format for the Finals in 1985. The other playoff series were played in the 2-2-1-1-1 format.
The best-of-seven series began on June 7, 2007, with the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs playing the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Because the San Antonio Spurs had a better regular season win-loss record, they had home court advantage.
3rd seed in the West, 3rd best league record
The Cleveland Cavaliers won both games in the regular season series:
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