That's 4.8% of the time in series featuring a 3-1 lead at any point. In all, there are 13 examples of it happening in NBA history. Thus, there are four teams to battle back from a 3-1 deficit at any point in the postseason and go on to win the NBA title.
The Warriors had posted the best record in NBA history that year (73-9). The 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers famously bounced back from a 3-1 deficit to win the NBA championship over the Golden State Warriors, led by a Herculean performance by LeBron James. If you want to go way back, the Boston Celtics went down 3-1 to Philly in the 1968 Eastern Division Finals, as well, but overcame that deficit and won the NBA title over Los Angeles, 4-2. Boston went on to win the NBA title over Houston, 4-2. The 1981 Boston Celtics also went down to Philadelphia by a 3-1 count in the Eastern Conference finals, then won the next three games by a combined five points (two two-point wins and a 91-90 win in Game 7). Still, there are other examples of teams that went down 3-1 but battled back for the title. We recognize that it's a little dicey if you're consulting an example from when Giannis Antetokounmpo was less than 1 year old. Houston defeated San Antonio in the conference finals and swept Orlando in the NBA finals. If you want an even better example, consider the Houston Rockets in 1995, who bounced back from a 2-0 and 3-1 deficit in the Western Conference semifinals against the Phoenix Suns and went on to win the NBA championship as the No. Other teams that overcame 3-1 deficits and then won the NBA title More: 'It's not over': Bucks must overcome history, Jimmy Butler to rebound from 3-1 series deficit The Pistons-Magic first-round series in the Eastern Conference transpired the way the Bucks-Heat series has, with Orlando winning Game 1 in Auburn Hills and Detroit evening the series before the Magic won both Game 3 and Game 4 in Orlando.ĭetroit won the final three games convincingly, including a 98-67 win in Game 5 and a 103-88 victory on the road in Game 6 before a 108-93 triumph to win the series.ĭetroit went on to win a conference-semifinals series with Philadelphia but got swept by second-seeded New Jersey in the conference finals, 4-0. It was the first time the NBA had gone to the seven-game format for all rounds since 1974, though the 1974 playoffs featured just four teams per conference and essentially didn't have a "first round" that we have now. In the first year of the seven-game format for first-round series, the 2003 Pistons battled back against Orlando to prevail. 1 seed going down by a 3-1 count and rallying to win.
The 2003 Detroit Pistons prevailed after going down in the first round, 3-1
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