Preface
The charm of basketball games is that they don't know who will be the ultimate winner until the last minute, and on the stage of the NBA playoffs, facing completely different pressures and challenges from the regular season, stumbling is the norm, "the battle of Tianwang Mountain", the tie-break is a wonderful competitive moment, a team is like a bamboo to complete the championship is also quite a taste, the long history of the NBA has given birth to many classic teams, but all the championships only 3 in the playoffs lost one to win the championship.
1. 76ers 1982-83 season
Playoff record: 12-1
Before the start of the 1982-83 season, the 76ers upgraded their roster, and they introduced the previous season's MVP center Moses Malone through a sign-and-trade approach.
In the regular season, the 76ers played a brilliant performance, with a 65-17 record of first place in the league, and were the only team to win more than 60 games that season, and they were also full of honors, Julius Irving and Moses Malone were selected to the All-NBA team for a while, Moses Malone was named MVP for a row, Bobby Jones was elected to the best sixth man, and he was also selected for the All-Defensive Team along with Morris Cheeks and Moses Malone.
Before the playoffs officially began, Moses Malone said the classic "FO, FO, FO" in an interview, which was intended to be confident that the team could sweep the championship with a three-round series (under the format at the time, the 76ers did not need to play in the first round of the playoffs as division champions).
Facing the first opponent of the playoffs, the Knicks, the 76ers really passed easily, they advanced with a total score of 4-0, Moses Malone turned the river on the inside, averaging 31.3 points, 15.5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.5 steals and 2 blocks per game in the series, and the shooting rate was as high as 57.5%.
In the Eastern Finals, the Bucks frantically limited Moses Malone's play, and achieved good results, Moses Malone's average points per game in this round were 9.3 points lower than the previous round, but they couldn't stand the deep rotation of the 76ers lineup, "press the gourd up and scoop", Andrew Toni stepped up to provide offensive support for the team, and averaged a team-high 22.2 points per game in the series.
In the end, the Bucks, who swept the Celtics with Bird, McHale and Parish, only won one win in the hands of the 76ers, and the 76ers advanced to the Finals with a total score of 4-1, and they will compete with the Lakers for the second year in a row, which is a chance for revenge, and the 76ers entered the Finals in the previous season because they lost to the Lakers and missed the championship.
In the 1983 Finals, the 76ers faced off against the Lakers again with a lineup that strengthened Moses Malone, and the Lakers' lineup was also star-studded, in addition to "Magic" Johnson, Abdul-Jabbar and two cores, as well as Bob McAdoo, a strong interior player who achieved three consecutive scoring titles and won MVP, and defensive titan Michael Cooper.
The Lakers also added a champion pick compared to the previous season, they got the top pick as the defending champion, and selected Jordan's senior at the University of North Carolina James Worthy, in the 1982-83 regular season, the Lakers had as many as 6 players average double-doubles per game, and the strength and depth of the roster can be seen, but in the finals against the 76ers, they were defeated one after another, suffered four consecutive losses, and were directly swept.
In the Finals, the 76ers' offensive firepower completely overpowered the Lakers, averaging 10 points per game and 9.9 higher offensive efficiency in the entire series, and they completed their revenge on the Purple and Gold, winning the championship with a gorgeous record of 15-1 in the playoffs, and Moses Malone won the FMVP.
2. Lakers 2000-01 season
Playoff record: 15-1
The "OK Combination" led the Lakers to show excellent dominance in the NBA at the beginning of the 21st century, as evidenced by the 2000-01 championship season of the three-game winning streak, as they won the championship with 15 wins and 1 loss.
In the 2000-01 season, O'Neal was in his prime, he maintained his excellent athletic form, and he was still the most difficult top interior player in the league to defend. Averaging 28.7 points, 12.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.8 blocks per game in the regular season, he was selected to the All-NBA First Team and the All-Defensive Team Second, Kobe Bryant got more offensive opportunities this season, and handed over a report card averaging 28.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 5 assists and 1.7 steals per game, averaging 6 points per game compared with the previous season, and was selected to the All-NBA Second Team and All-Defensive Team Second.
In the 2000-01 season, the Lakers had two of the league's top five scorers, and the "OK Combination" was able to break down the opponent's defense with a variety of means, and in the playoffs, the Lakers broke through from the West and met opponents in every round of the lineup.
The Lakers' first-round opponents are the Trail Blazers, with star-studded frontcourt combinations such as Rashid Wallace, Pippen, and Avitas Sabonis, and in the second round, the Kings have Webb, who was selected for the season, and Divac, an All-Star of the season, and the Spurs, who are opponents in the West, have the "twin towers" of Duncan and David Robinson, both of whom were selected to the season's All-Star team.
But in the face of such a group of strong opponents, the scene of the Lakers advancing all the way can be described as "unimpeded", swept in three rounds, and easily entered the door of the finals, but Iverson proved the gold content of his election as MVP, and the finals G1 came up with a 48-point scoring performance to beat the Lakers in a daze, ending the Lakers' 11-game winning streak in the playoffs and letting them swallow a loss, however, this was also the only game the Lakers lost that season.
Continuing to compete in the Finals with a 0-1 total score, the Lakers never gave the 76ers a chance, winning four games in a row to end the suspense, O'Neal still unstoppably averaged 33 points per game in the Finals against DPOY Mutombo, shooting 57.3% from the field, and Kobe Bryant averaged 24.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks per game.
In the entire 2001 playoffs, Kobe and O'Neal averaged 59.8 points per game, according to the American media "fadeaway world" report, Kobe and O'Neal achieved a combined average of 59.8 points per game in 2001 is the highest average points per game in the NBA playoffs.
3. Warriors 2016-17 season
Playoff record: 16-1
After 73 wins in the 2015-16 regular season, but fell within easy reach of the championship in the playoffs, the Warriors brought in Durant in the 2015 offseason, and the strength of the No. 3 position was magnificently upgraded, Durant and "Kuchai Tang" formed a good chemistry, and they worked together to make the Warriors play the league's highest scoring average of 115.9 in the league in the 2016-17 season, they are the most willing to share the ball, and the only team that averaged 30 assists per game that season was the Warriors.
In the 2016-17 season, Durant and Curry were selected to the second team of the Warriors, Dream Green was selected as the DPOY, and was selected to the All-Defensive team for a while, and the three of them and Klay were all selected as All-Stars.
In the first round, the Warriors swept the Trail Blazers led by Lillard, and the Warriors averaged 18 points per game in the series, and in the second round, they faced the Jazz, who averaged 96.8 points per game in the regular season and the league's fewest points, and swept the promotion again, and at that time, the Western team Spurs, who were considered the most likely to stop the Warriors, played against the Warriors in the West.
In the finals, the Cavaliers, the old rivals led by James, Irving, and Love, the Warriors barely encountered too many obstacles, and won three games in a row in the series, and returned to the home court to play G5 after the G4 away loss, and the Warriors blossomed more in the game, and the whole team scored double-doubles with 5 people, and defeated the Cavaliers 129-120 to end the series.
With the 2017 championship, the Warriors achieved two championships in three years, Durant won the first championship of his career and his first FMVP, and wrote a record of 16 wins and 1 loss to set the best record of the NBA playoffs in his first championship journey.
There has always been controversy about which team in the NBA is the strongest in history, many people think that it is the Warriors in the 2016-17 season, but "Dr. J" thinks that the 76ers in the 1982-83 season can beat them, and Tyronn Lue is even more blunt, no one can beat the Lakers in the 2000-01 season, so which team do you think is the strongest in NBA history?