LeBron James was named NBA Finals MVP for the second straight year.
The Miami Heat headed into the playoffs with a franchise–best 66 wins, topping the league in the regular season.
The San Antonio Spurs continued the longest active playoff streak at 16 straight appearances.
The Orlando Magic missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006, ending the longest active streak in the Eastern Conference.
With their Game 6 win over the Boston Celtics, the New York Knicks won a playoff series for the first time since 2000.
For the first time since 2000, the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks met in the postseason, reigniting the Knicks–Pacers rivalry.
With their Game 6 win over the Golden State Warriors, the San Antonio Spurs returned to the Western Conference Finals for the second consecutive year.
With their Game 6 win over the New York Knicks, the Indiana Pacers made the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2004.
Following their embarrassing Game 1 loss, the Bulls bounced back with a 90–82 win, evening the series at 1–1 and stealing homecourt advantage.
Despite squandering most of a huge fourth quarter lead, the Bulls hung on to win when Cj Watson airballed a game-tying three-pointer at the buzzer.
Deng missed the three, but Joakim Noah grabbed two offensive rebounds and tied the game at 111–111.
Deron Williams attempted to win the game at the end of regulation, but his shot rimmed out, and the Bulls forced overtime.
The Bulls entered this game without the services of Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, and Kirk Hinrich, but almost blew a 3–1 series lead to the Nets.
In the second half, the Nets fought back as they cut the deficit to 4, but they got no closer as the Bulls prevailed with a 99–93 victory.
The Heat entered the fourth quarter with a 62–58 lead and led 86–83 with just over two minutes to play when the Bulls scored the game's final 10 points.
After Marco Bellinelli's game-tying three-pointer knotted the game at 86, Nate Robinson took over, scoring two consecutive shots to put the Bulls up 90–86 with just over 40 seconds left.
On the Heat's next two possessions, LeBron James would shoot an airball and miss a long three-pointer, and Nate Robinson made enough free throws to seal the win and help the Bulls steal homecourt advantage.
Golden State led by 16 points with four minutes to go, but they would be hindered by missing eight of their last nine shots while the Spurs roared back to force overtime.
The Spurs would come back without Tim Duncan, who had been bothered by a stomach virus and had to be in the locker room for the final 4:31 of regulation.
San Antonio finally tied the game on a Danny Green 3-pointer with 20 seconds left.
Stephen Curry (who scored 22 points in the 3rd quarter) would have a shot to win the game at the buzzer, but he missed a tightly contested 15-footer.
Manu Ginobili had a shot to potentially win the game at the end of the 1st overtime, but it was off the mark.
With 44 seconds on the game clock in double overtime, Ginobili missed a three-pointer that would have given the Spurs a six-point lead.
This was the first sweep of any NBA conference finals series since 2003, when the New Jersey Nets swept the Detroit Pistons.