“Forgotten Legends: The Epic Teams That Dominated But Never Tasted NBA Glory”
9. 1995-96 Utah Jazz (8.7)
With Stockton and Malone leading the way, the Jazz put together an NBA-best .678 winning percentage (701-333) between the 1988-89 and 2000-01 seasons. The Jazz won 55 games and nearly reached the NBA Finals for the first time in 1995-96. They lost 90-86 on the road to the 64-win Seattle SuperSonics in Game 7 of the West finals.
10. 1993-94 Seattle SuperSonics (8.6)
These SuperSonics were two years away from reaching the NBA Finals for the first time since winning their only title in 1979. They were dominant during the 1993-94 regular season, winning 17 of their last 19 games on the way to a franchise-record 63 games (they’d break that mark two years later). However, Seattle was the victim of one of the biggest upsets in NBA history when it lost as the top seed to the eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets. It’s hard to forget about Dikembe Mutombo clutching the ball at the end of Game 5.
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