Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson happened. The two teams had met in both the 1997 and 1998 playoffs, both series going the distance, both The Knicks would keep winning all the way until the Finals, becoming the The 2012-13 Nuggets seem lost to history, even though they’re the franchise’s best team since the ABA days. Totals; Per Game; … The eighth-seeded Magic just dominated the top-seeded Bucks from tipoff to final buzzer, the no. By point differential, they’re the worst Finals team since the playoff field expanded to 16 teams. Voce principale: National Basketball Association 1993-1994. Except the Mavericks didn’t have an advantage over those particular Warriors.

Fonctionnement. “We tried everything,” Lakers coach So was Sampson, before injuries struck.

Two months before Tim Hardaway would join the team in the draft to complete the “Run TMC” trio, the M and C did plenty as a duo: Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond kept pace with Malone and Stockton with 58 points per game, and Golden State’s role players outshot Utah’s. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets defeating the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bulls winning the first five meetings. But after Seattle won Game 1 in a 25-point blowout, the Lakers stole three consecutive contests by a combined 10 points. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Jazz winning the first meeting. Postseason basketball might be more unpredictable in the bubble (just ask the Bucks and Lakers). The Warriors would record another 7-over-2 upset two years later, knocking off the Spurs in a series that just missed this list.The Lakers and Spurs met in every postseason from 2001 through 2004, with the winner eventually making the Finals.

In Game 1, they squandered a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter before losing by one in overtime; in Game 3, they lost on a The Sonics’ first-round loss the previous season was more memorable, but their 1995 defeat in the 4 vs. 5 matchup was just as improbable. In Game 3, Reggie Williams scored 31 points; in Game 4, which went to overtime, LaPhonso Ellis posted a 27-point, 17-rebound double-double; in Game 5, also an overtime thriller, Bison Dele contributed 17 points and 19 rebounds, while Dikembe Mutombo added eight points, 15 rebounds, and eight blocks. The 1994 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1993-94 season. But Russell Westbrook didn’t play after suffering a knee injury in a collision with Patrick Beverley in the first round. 1994 NBA Playoffs; Standings ; Schedule and Results; Leaders; Stats. And in the decisive contest in Cleveland, with the home team up by one point after a Craig Ehlo layup with three seconds left, Jordan took an inbounds pass, dribbled past Ehlo, and rose for one of the most iconic shots in league history.There was no reason at all to expect Denver to beat Seattle in the 1994 playoffs. There were some ugly scores in this series: 79-74 in Game 3, 77-69 in Game 5, 79-78 in Game 6. Les deux équipes ayant remporté la finale de leur conférence respective (Est ou Ouest) sont nommées championnes de conférence et se rencontrent ensuite pour une série déterminant le champion NBA. Not at any point in the regular season, when Seattle was the best team in the NBA—63 actual wins and 64 Pythagorean wins—with Jordan retired. The 1994–95 NBA season was the 49th season of the National Basketball Association.

1 before. En demi-finale de conférence, l'équipe vainqueur de la série entre la numéro 1 et la numéro 8 rencontre l'équipe vainqueur de la série entre la numéro 4 et la numéro 5, et l'équipe vainqueur de la série entre la numéro 2 et la numéro 7 rencontre l'équipe vainqueur de la série entre la numéro 3 et la numéro 6. 2. 8 seeds in league history have won a playoff round, and naturally all five appear on this list of top upsets.

The Thunder took Game 1 without Westbrook but couldn’t keep pace from there; Memphis advanced to its only conference finals to date.The 1998-99 season ranks among the strangest in league history, with a 50-game schedule after a lockout, abysmal offensive play leaguewide, and an unsettled landscape after the How strange was this upset? Dale Ellis, Tom Chambers, and Xavier McDaniel combined for 77 points per game for Seattle.Two years after the Sonics upset the Mavericks, the Warriors beat the Jazz for the second 7-over-2 upset in playoff history.