has any nba team comeback from a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs
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Which NBA teams have come back after being down 3-0 in a playoff series? No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in a playoff series. The 1951 New York Knickerbockers, the 1994 Denver Nuggets, and the 2003 Portland Trailblazers came back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the series at 3-3, but neither won their respective Game 7. Eight teams, however, have rallied back from a 3-1 deficit.
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How many teams have come back from a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs and won their series? Report Abuse. Only two teams have come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series: The 1975 New York Islanders rallied to beat Pittsburgh in the quarterfinals, and the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs came back to beat Detroit in the Stanley Cup finals.
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With 3 weeks left in NBA season 8 teams are fighting for the final 3 playoff spots With 3 weeks left in NBA season 8 teams are fighting for the final 3 playoff spots. Most teams have just 10-12 games left in the NBA's regular season, but 22 teams' playoff hopes have already been decided and all that is left is shuffling for playoff seeding.
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- Best-of-7 series coverage since Spring 1999. 2016 NHL Playoffs: The 2016 NHL playoffs required a total of 91 games to crown the Pittsburgh Penguins as the 2016 NHL champions. Those 91 games in 2016 are the third-most best-of-7 games in a single NHL playoff season, next to the 93 total games in 2014, and the 92 in 1991. The 2016 NBA playoffs required a total of 86 games to crown the Cleveland Cavaliers as the 2016 NBA champions.
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- The National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament among 16 teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference (called divisions, pre-1970), ultimately deciding the winner of the NBA Finals. 1977: The number of playoff teams was expanded from 10 to 12. 2  The first round now included the sixth best team in each conference, which was matched against the third seed. 3  Only the division winners received byes to the next round.
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NBA playoffs The NBA announced the current revised playoff seeding system on September 8, 2015. Following the NBA regular season, eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs and are seeded one to eight.BA division winners were seeded higher than any other playoff participants, regardless of their record. Prior to 2004, when the NBA was aligned into two conferences with two divisions each, the top two seeds in each conference were reserved for the division winners.
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NBA Playoffs: Warriors vs. Cavaliers Game 4 LIVE SCORE UPDATES, NBA Finals (6/10/16) The Cleveland Cavaliers try to even the NBA Finals at two games apiece when they face the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 10, 2016. The Cavaliers, led by LeBron James, won Game 3 on Wednesday, 120-90.
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ESPN 1 Before this series, the Magic were one of two franchises to have made the NBA Finals but not win a game. (Cavaliers are the other.)  Seven expansion teams have been added to the NBA since 1989. The Magic were the first of these teams to make the NBA Finals (1995).
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Baseball's Jaw-Dropping Comebacks Whenever a baseball team -- a team in any sport, really -- begins a comeback from a deep deficit, we start thinking back to previous successful comebacks. It's 9-1, and then it's 9-4, and the brain naturally recollects that one time when the old ball club pulled it off. But there's a reason comebacks stand out.
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2011 NBA Finals Both the Mavericks and Heat made their second appearance in the NBA Finals, the first for both teams being the 2006 NBA Finals. This Finals marked a rematch of the 2006 Finals, won by Miami in six games, after the Mavericks were up 2–0.
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Where does Mariners' 10-run comeback vs. Padres rank all time? Here's MLB's montage of the Mariners' comeback: The ten-run comeback is the largest in the majors since July 20, 2009, when the A's came back to beat the Twins, 14–13; that one ended with Minnesota’s Michael Cuddyer being thrown out at the plate. Less than two months before that, the Indians had a 10-run comeback against the Rays on May 25, 2009—one that included seven ninth-inning runs.
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1989 NBA Playoffs The 1989 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association 's 1988–89 season.The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals.Joe Dumars was named NBA Finals MVP.he 1989 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association 's 1988–89 season.
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NBA playoffs 1 1950: The BAA was renamed as the National Basketball Association (NBA). 2  With a three-division setup, 12 teams now qualified for the playoffs, with the top four teams from each division meeting in the best-of-3 division semifinals. 3  The winners met in the best-of-3 division finals.
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The New England Patriots Pull Off the Greatest Super Bowl Comeback Ever The team’s first win, in 2002, came on a field goal as time expired; the second, in 2004, came on a field goal with 4 seconds left. A last-second interception won the fourth; on Sunday the Pats clinched the fifth, the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, on a walk-off touchdown in overtime, the first ever extra session in a Super Bowl.
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About the NBA Playoffs Ronald Martinez/Getty Images. NBA Playoff Seeding The top eight teams in the NBA's Eastern and Western Conferences, based on regular-season record, qualify for the playoffs.The teams are seeded one through eight. In the first round, the top seed plays the eight seed, two plays seven, three plays six and four plays five.he 1995 Houston Rockets are the lowest-seeded team to win an NBA title. Hakeem Olajuwon and company entered the 1995 playoffs as a six seed, but were able to advance past the Jazz, Suns and Spurs before sweeping Shaquille O'Neal's Orlando Magic in the Finals and winning their second consecutive NBA title.
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Thursday, June 4, 2015 Cavaliers: Cleveland is still seeking its first victory in the NBA Finals in franchise history. The Cavs were swept by San Antonio in their only previous appearance in 2007. ... The Cavs had been 7-0 this postseason when James scores at least 30 points.
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NBA playoffs 2016: Complete schedule, scores, format and more LeBron James mad the NBA Finals for a sixth consecutive season, and delivered on his promise by bringing a championship to Cleveland, leading the Cavaliers to a seven-game win over the mighty 73-win Warriors in the NBA Finals.
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Baseball's Jaw-Dropping Comebacks Whenever a baseball team -- a team in any sport, really -- begins a comeback from a deep deficit, we start thinking back to previous successful comebacks. It's 9-1, and then it's 9-4, and the brain naturally recollects that one time when the old ball club pulled it off. But there's a reason comebacks stand out. They're rare. If teams always finished scaling that mountain, it wouldn't be such a big deal. In short, there's a reason Jim Rooker walked from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia in 1989.
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MLB's 10 Most Incredible Comebacks in Playoff History MLB's 10 Most Incredible Comebacks in Playoff History. By Corey Noles , Correspondent Oct 13, 2012. With October baseball well underway and history already being made, this is a good time to look at some of the greatest comebacks of all time. A couple of this year’s comebacks even make the list. The list is not comprehensive, and many didn't make the cut. The teams that made the the list, however, strongly deserve to be there.
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- Since 1984, when the NBA went to a 16-team playoff, No. 7 seeds have beaten No. 2 seeds five times in 60 series — the same paltry 8%. Since 1994, when the NHL began a conference playoff format, rather than a divisional one, No. 7 seeds in the Stanley Cup playoffs win nearly half of the time — 18 of 38 series, or 47%.he NBA playoffs do not lend themselves to upsets, which is why only five No. 8 seeds have ever won their first-round series. Dikembe Mutombo was thrilled after his No. 8 seed Nuggets beat the Sonics in the first round of the 1994 NBA playoffs.
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Rockets-Warriors: Expect lots of 3s, lots of running The Warriors swept the Rockets (4-0) in the regular season. This series marks the fifth time that a team swept another team 4-0 in the regular season, then met again in the conference finals.The team with the regular-season advantage is 3-1 in those matchups.The Thunder swept the Spurs in the 2013-14 regular season.he Warriors swept the Rockets (4-0) in the regular season. This series marks the fifth time that a team swept another team 4-0 in the regular season, then met again in the conference finals.
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#15 Cleveland Cavaliers Compares the number of wins per player payroll relative to the rest of the NBA. Playoff wins count twice as much as regular season wins. A score of 120 means that the team achieved 20% more victories per dollar of payroll compared with the league average during the 2015-16 season.
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- Large Football Squares. Poster Size Football Squares. The last games of the 2016-2017 NBA season will be on Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 and the NBA Playoffs will begin 3 days later on Saturday, April 15th. The NBA Playoffs have 8 teams from each conference and there are 4 rounds to the playoff, with the 4th round being the Championship Series. Check out our How do the NBA Playoffs Work for a complete explanation of the NBA Playoff format. Due to each series ending in a different number of games and on uncertain dates, the complete dated schedule is not known until the end of each series. We will update our NBA Playoff Bracket when the match-ups are determined.
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- Posted by Vin Getz. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers were the Last NBA Finals Sweep Victims (Getty) The NBA Playoffs continue tonight with the Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers and Indiana Pacers looking for their first wins in Round 1. They are all down 2-0 and will be the home teams this evening. That got me thinking.
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- The Celtics have lost three of four to fall behind Toronto in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The Cavaliers, who have won three straight, are 5 1/2 games behind Boston. To help make a push for their fourth straight NBA finals, Cleveland traded away six players and acquired four at the deadline.