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The history of Tar Heels meeting in the NBA Finals


’s Los Angeles Lakers won the first of their three-straight NBA titles, beating the Indiana Pacers and . The next year, Fox and the Lakers repeated, this time beating and the Philadelphia 76ers. Fox and the Lakers teams from that era have a third entry on this list. In 2004, they lost to and the Detroit Pistons. (Tar Heel Blog)

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The history of Tar Heels meeting in the NBA Finals