Unbelievable NBA Finals Runs: Meet the Worst Regular-Season Teams That Shocked the World
3. 1980-81 Houston Rockets (40-42; .488)
Despite having four-time All-Star, rebounding champion and 1978-79 MVP Moses Malone on the roster, not much was expected of the middling Rockets when the 1981 postseason began. But Malone, who was Shaquille O’Neal before there was Shaq, had 38 points in Game 1, 33 in Game 2 and 23 in an 89-86 victory over the Lakers in LA to complete the massive upset over the defending NBA champions. The sixth-seeded Rockets then knocked off the 52-win Spurs (led by George Gervin) in seven games and the Kansas City Kings in five before falling to Larry Bird’s Celtics in six games.
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