Toughest Road to NBA Finals Ever

[McPiff]

95 rockets and it aint even close.

 

[Controversy]

01 Lakers played a 50 win team every round of the playoffs & even tho they went 15-1...that’s a tough road to go through

 

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

95 Rockets were the 6th seed & a 47 win team yet they beat Malone/Stockton Jazz in the First Round, Chuck/KJ Suns in the Semis & the 62 Win Spurs led by the reigning MVP David Robinson.

Then they swept Shaq/Penny in the Finals.

They defeated 3 different 60 win teams during that run to the Finals with multiple HOFs in their prime.

Stockton and malone were 35 and 34


Barkley was 34

Name another player besides david robinson on the spurs (so i can laugh at you)

And a 22 and 23 year old shaq and penny, that is laughable

We all seen what happened to lebron in 07 (sweep) and to Kd westbrook and harden in 12






Overrated af

 

[who_better_than_me]

01 Lakers played a 50 win team every round of the playoffs & even tho they went 15-1...that’s a tough road to go through

You just read that. If you were old enough to watch that team in the postseason, you would ask Webster to redefine the word "dominant" as 2001 Lakers.

 

[dayun]

:Jordan_blob::Jordan_blob::Jordan_blob:

They never had a tough road:Jordan_blob::Jordan_blob::Jordan_blob:

Don't understand when someone is trolling brehs.

 

[Absolut]

Stockton and malone were 35 and 34


Barkley was 34

Name another player besides david robinson on the spurs (so i can laugh at you)

And a 22 and 23 year old shaq and penny, that is laughable

We all seen what happened to lebron in 07 (sweep) and to Kd westbrook and harden in 12






Overrated af

that jazz team. LOL. felton spencer and david benoit were 4th and 5th in minutes. 37 year old james donaldson started half their games. they won lots of games because lots of those 90s teams were complete trash. that jazz team would get absolutely demolished by any team in the 2011 nba playoffs

 

[Kairi Irving]

Don't understand when someone is trolling brehs.

Everyone knows the 2017 Cavs had the toughest road


Them celtics and Isaiah were a worthy adversary

 

[El Bombi]

That 95 Rockets team didn't even play against the GOAT

MAVS were picked to lose every series in that playoffs.

Kobe was washed by now & struggled in the previous series against the Hornets.

Kobe finished 4th in the MVP voting dumbass and just came off winning the championship the year before. So, how was he washed? NEG

KD & Russ were 22, Harden was 21.

You could say the same thing about that 95 Orlando team. Another NEG

Durant, Harden, Westbrook were All-Stars and would've washed that 95 Magic team.

Not part of the "road to the Finals" but

This series will always be remembered more for LeBron choking though.

LeBron is 3-5 in the Finals. But I guess he didn't choke in the other 4 loses dumbass.

Did really just type this stupid shyt.

 

[Controversy]

You just read that. If you were old enough to watch that team in the postseason, you would ask Webster to redefine the word "dominant" as 2001 Lakers.

I didn’t read anything...I was about to go into college at the time

I remember Kobe getting the 48 & 16 in game 4 vs Kings and following it up with 45 & 10 vs Spurs in game 1 of WCF

I remember McKie & Snow clamping Kobe in game 1 of the finals (the reason the Lakers lost)...I remember Shaq fouling out in the finals & Kobe hitting Horry for a Corner three to ice the game

I also remember the Lakers being down 8 to Portland on the road with like a minute to go and still winning the game...game 3 I believe

Beating FOUR 50 win teams in one postseason is incredible

 

[Geechiedan214]

The Mavs faced good squads but I don't remember them having any series that went 7. They took care of the lakers and thunder in like 5 each if I recall correctly. There has to be a team that struggled harder to reach the finals.

The 1st round against Portland

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

I just want the Mavs to get back so we can have a real "Texas Triangle" in the West again. East squads used to HATE having to hit S.A., Houston and Dallas back-to-back-to-back on a road trip. Of course by the time the Mavs get back....who knows what's going to be happening with the other two.

 

[3rd Koast Kang]

I just want the Mavs to get back so we can have a real "Texas Triangle" in the West again. East squads used to HATE having to hit S.A., Houston and Dallas back-to-back-to-back on a road trip. Of course by the time the Mavs get back....who knows what's going to be happening with the other two.

Nah fukk the mavs let em rot!

 

[Cynical Thoughts]

But 7 game series don't mean a hard road either.

I remember watching long series where it was no doubt who would win.

And just because you win 5 don't mean it wasn't a tough series.

 

[Crayola Coyote]

2011 Miami heat. Boy that D Rose Bulls team was putting in work in the eastern finals

 

[Mentch15]

93 Bulls definitely deserve a mention here for fighting through the 60 win Knicks and 62 win Suns to 3 peat

So do the 98 Bulls, who disposed of the 51 win Hornets, 58 win Pacers, and 62 win Jazz for 3 peat #2

But I think people forget just how tough the 2010 Lakers road to their repeat was. Their first round opponent, the #8 seed, was the upstart 50 win Thunder in one of the most stacked conferences we've ever seen. The series was tied 2-2 before a blowout in Game 5 and a game winning putback by Gasol on his only 2 points of the game closed out the series. Then they faced the 53 win Jazz, who they actually swept but the series was closer than that (only 1 win was by more than 8 points and 2 wins were by less than 5 points). But this was the easiest it would get for LA. They took on the 54 win Suns in the WCF led by Nash and Amare and were stuck in a 2-2 tie before Ron artests game winning putback with no time left gave them the lead in the series and Kobe scored 37 in the closeout game 6. And even though the Celtics were only 50-32, they quickly recaptured their 07-08 form once the playoffs started and turned into the most dangerous team in the league. That 7 game Finals was one of the most grueling championship series in NBA history. And the Lakers fought back from a 13 point 2nd half deficit in Game 7 in spite of Kobe going 6/24 from the field to claim the title again