2021 NBA season may refer to:
| 2021 NBA season | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Basketball |
- 2020–21 NBA season, featuring the Milwaukee Bucks defeating the Phoenix Suns, 4–2, in the 2021 NBA Finals. Nikola Jokić won the first of his consecutive, and three overall, regular season MVP awards. Much of this season was delayed by a month or two, due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing the sudden four-month suspension of the previous season and the annual 82-game schedule was reduced to 72 games. The season began just before Christmas, as opposed to the typical October start, the All-Star Game was played in March instead of February, and the NBA Finals were played in July, rather than the traditional June schedule.
- 2021–22 NBA season, featuring the Golden State Warriors defeating the Boston Celtics in the 2022 NBA Finals, 4–2, with Stephen Curry winning NBA Finals MVP for the first and only time in his career. Nikola Jokić won the second of his consecutive, and three overall, regular season MVP awards. This season also saw Curry become the NBA's all-time leader in made three-point field goals, surpassing Ray Allen, who held the record for a decade, on December 14, 2021.
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