The NBA Finals are officially set. It’s the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Miami Heat in a best-of-seven-game series to crown a champion at the end of the longest season in NBA history. And as the NBA season finally winds down to its last few games, we won’t have too much longer to wait for the series to start. Game 1 of the NBA Finals will start at 6 p.m. Pacific/9 p.m. Eastern. All games of the NBA Finals will be broadcast on ABC. The full schedule for the entirety of the NBA Finals, including games that are *if necessary, are below.
| DAY | DATE | ET | GM | AWAY | HOME | VENUE | TV / R |
| Wed | 9/30 | 9:00 PM | 1 | Miami | L.A. Lakers | AHA | ABC/R |
| Fri | 10/2 | 9:00 PM | 2 | Miami | L.A. Lakers | AHA | ABC/R |
| Sun | 10/4 | 7:30 PM | 3 | L.A. Lakers | Miami | AHA | ABC/R |
| Tue | 10/6 | 9:00 PM | 4 | L.A. Lakers | Miami | AHA | ABC/R |
| Fri | 10/9 | 9:00 PM | 5* | Miami | L.A. Lakers | AHA | ABC/R |
| Sun | 10/11 | 7:30 PM | 6* | L.A. Lakers | Miami | AHA | ABC/R |
| Tue | 10/13 | 9:00 PM | 7* | Miami | L.A. Lakers | AHA | ABC/R |
The storylines in this series are plentiful. LeBron James against the Miami Heat. LeBron against Pat Riley. Pat Riley against the Lakers, where he helped create “Showtime.” Erik Spoelstra versus Frank Vogel, six years after facing each other in back-to-back Eastern Conference Finals. And of course, LeBron vs. Erik Spoelstra, the duo that went to four NBA Finals together facing off against each other. It all starts on Wednesday and hopefully will go for nearly 2 weeks.
