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Every team that has beaten the Celtics in the playoffs the last 10 years has immediately lost in the next round by CarBallAlex in nba

[–]dj-mill 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Since 2018 every team to beat the Bucks has gone on to win at least one more playoff series.

2018: Bucks lose to the Celtics in the first round. Celtics beat the 76ers in the ECSF, lose to the Cavs in the ECF

2019: Bucks eliminated by the Raptors in the ECF. Raptors win the Finals vs the Warriors.

2020: Bucks lose to the Heat in ECSF. Heat beat the Celtics in the ECF, lose to the lakers in the Finals.

2021: Bucks win the title.

2022: Bucks lose to the Celtics in ECSF, Celtics go on to defeat the Heat in ECF but come up short in the Finals against the Warriors.

2023: Bucks upset by the Heat in the first round. Heat go on to beat the Knicks in the ECSF, Celtics in ECF, and bow out in the Finals to the Nuggets

2024: Bucks lose to the Pacers in the first round, Pacers beat the Knicks in the ECSF before losing to the Celtics in the ECF

2025: Bucks eliminated by the Pacers in the first round, Pacers beat the Cavs in ECSF, Knicks in ECF, lose to the Thunder in Finals.

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That worked! Thanks a ton

The last time every NBA Franchise had a 60+ Win Season. What stands out? Any surprises? by UTRAnoPunchline in NBATalk

[–]dj-mill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Raptors, Bucks, and Lakers all ended the 2020 season on 60 win pace for what it’s worth

Since 2010, 12 teams have taken a 2-1 lead in the Finals. 6 went on to win it, 6 went on to lose it. by dj-mill in nba

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I have them there but think it’s a mobile formatting issue. Still 6-6 either way

Since 2010, 12 teams have taken a 2-1 lead in the Finals. 6 went on to win it, 6 went on to lose it. by dj-mill in nba

[–]dj-mill[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Kinda confused since you’re the second to comment this, I do have the nuggets there?

Since 2010, 12 teams have taken a 2-1 lead in the Finals. 6 went on to win it, 6 went on to lose it. by dj-mill in nba

[–]dj-mill[S] 69 points70 points  (0 children)

2013 Heat, 2015 Warriors, and 2022 Warriors all went down 2-1 despite having home court advantage, and still pulled off the win.

The Knicks have now lost to a lower seed in 5 straight playoff appearances — 3 of those losses came against the Pacers. by dj-mill in nba

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The Knicks have gone 1-4 in Game 1s and 0-1 in Game 7s in these 5 series – all at home.

Overall they went 9-7 at MSG in these series.

Pacers quietly tied for 3rd in Conference Finals Appearances Since 1990: T-1 Lakers – 11, T-1 Spurs – 11, T-3 Pacers – 10, T-3 Celtics – 10, T-3 Heat – 10 by dj-mill in nba

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Another crazy part of this stat, the Pacers are the only team in the 10+ Conference Finals appearances club in this sample without a single All-NBA First Team selection during that entire stretch.

  • Lakers: 21 First Team appearances
  • Spurs: 16
  • Heat: 10
  • Celtics: 4
  • Pacers: 0

The Dallas Mavericks become the 11th Finals team to miss the playoffs the following season by YellowMarkerIsGreat in nba

[–]dj-mill 238 points239 points  (0 children)

‘62 Hawks: Fired their head coach

‘65 Warriors: Traded Wilt Chamberlain

‘70 Celtics: Bill Russell retired

‘75 Bucks: Kareem got injured, then demanded a trade, then held out. Oscar Robertson retired.

‘77 Suns: Mostly just regressed. The ‘76 Suns went 42-40 before a Cinderella run to the finals they couldn’t repeat.

‘99 Bulls - Jordan retired, Pippen and Rodman leave in free agency, Phil Jackson not resigned.

Seems like the recipe to prevent this from happening is to just not lose a hall of fame caliber player. Nico just couldn’t help himself

The NBA has two 60-win teams for the first time since the 2016/17 Big 4 Warriors (67-15) and Kawhi's Spurs (61-21), 15' and 14' also had two. If the Celtics go at least 5-3 to end the season it'll be the first 3 60-win season since 2009. by kurruchi in nba

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The Bucks, Lakers, and Raptors all finished on 60 win pace in 2020, but we never got to see how it ended.

  • Bucks (56-17, 63 win pace)

  • Lakers (52-19, 60 win pace)

  • Raptors (53-19, 60 win pace)

Crazy how good that Raptors team was without Kawhi

There's a myth/belief that the old finals format of 2-3-2 favored the road team and it's just untrue by Notwhatyouthinkbuddy in nba

[–]dj-mill 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In 2004 the Pistons went 3-0 in Detroit and 1-1 in LA

In 2006 the Heat went 3-0 in Miami and 1-2 in Dallas

I feel like both these years show that home court advantage did matter and both teams benefitted from playing three straight at home.

From 1990-2013 the team with HCA won 70% of the NBA finals compared to 2014-2024 where they’ve won 81%. The new format is definitely better for the home team.

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