Unbelievable NBA Anomaly: How Three Winning Teams Shockingly Failed to Make the Playoffs This Season
Golden State and Houston are the franchises that have finished above .500 but missed out on the playoffs the most. Each team has done so six times.
Notably, out of the 43 times this feat has occurred, 31 happened to teams currently in the Western Conference, while just 12 are in the Eastern Conference.
Methodology note: USA TODAY analyzed data from Sport Reference’s Stathead site to compile this chart.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Winning teams usually make the NBA playoffs. This season, three did not.
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