Unbelievable NBA Finals Runs: Meet the Worst Regular-Season Teams That Shocked the World
The win-or-go-home, survive-and-advance setup leads to the upsets and Cinderella stories that have made the event so popular.
But the format of the NBA playoffs has been built to ensure that the best teams advance. While upsets may occur in one game over the course of a series, it’s a different story when the underdog is asked to win four times to advance to the next round.
“This is not the NCAA Tournament,” LeBron James said after his Los Angeles Lakers fell behind the Denver Nuggets in the 2023 Western Conference finals. “It’s the first to four wins. …so until a team beats you four times, then you always have a chance to get out of it.”
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