Unbelievable NBA Finals Runs: Meet the Worst Regular-Season Teams That Shocked the World
So it’s perhaps not surprising that only one team seeded eighth has put together a stunning march all the way to the NBA Finals since the league went to the 16-team playoff format for the 1984 postseason.
And there were extenuating circumstances involved in that 1999 run to consider. The 1998-99 season did not start until Feb. 5 and was shortened to a 50-game slate after a lockout between the league and the National Basketball Players Association.
Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls had announced his second retirement in January and the first round was comprised of best-of-five series (the league would make all first-round series best-of-seven in 2003).
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