How many 3-1 leads have been blown in NBA history?
Since the NBA's inception in 1946, there have been 279 playoff series in which one team has led by 3-1. Only 13 teams in NBA history have managed to claw their way back from that deficit.
NBA teams have overcome 3–1 deficits 13 times, only one of which occurred in the NBA Finals. The NBA is the only major North American sport with seven-game playoff series where no team has overcome a 3–0 deficit.
How many times have NBA teams come back from 3-1 in the playoffs? There are 13 teams that have overcome a 3-1 series deficit and won Game 7 in the NBA playoffs. The 2015-16 Cleveland Cavaliers are the only team to come back after being down 3-1 in the NBA Finals and win Game 7.
Yes, the Lakers have blown a 3-1 lead in the NBA Playoffs before. Back in 2006, Kobe Bryant and the Lake Show took a 3-1 series lead over the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 2006 NBA Playoffs. Like this year against the Warriors, the Suns had home-court advantage and played two of the final three games at home.
In NBA Finals history, teams that have fallen into a 3-1 series hole are 1-35 all-time. The Cavaliers remain the only team to recover from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals when they bested the Warriors in 2016.
79 Points: Grizzlies 152, Thunder 73
The Grizzlies win set the new NBA record for the largest margin victory in history. Of the 12 players who played in the game by Memphis, nine managed to score in double-digits.
The Bruins blew a 3-0 series lead to the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2010 Eastern Conference semis, a series that ended with a 4-3 loss on TD Garden ice.
Several NBA teams have come close to sweeping the playoffs, but no team has stayed undefeated throughout the entire league postseason series.
Has an NBA team ever went 82-0? No, of course not. The odds of an NBA team going unbeaten in 82 games would be astronomical. The best regular-season record of all time by an NBA team was by the 2016 Golden State Warriors, who went 73–9.
No team in NBA playoff history has ever come all the way back from a 3-0 deficit to win a series, but three teams have come close. The 1951 New York Knicks, the 1994 Denver Nuggets, and the 2003 Portland Trail Blazers are the only teams in league history to force a Game 7 after trailing 3-0 in a series.
What was Kobe's biggest defeat?
2016 — Rodney Hood scores 30 points and the Jazz turn Kobe Bryant's last visit to Utah into the worst loss of his career with a 123-75 victory that matches the Lakers' largest defeat in franchise history.
In Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals, the Warriors defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder, 96–88, becoming only the 10th team in NBA history to overcome a 3–1 series deficit, and advancing to a second straight NBA Finals for the first time since 1947 and 1948.
Kobe Bryant posted his fewest points in a game 15 times, with 0 points.
Out of 36 times where there has been a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals history, only one team has successfully orchestrated a comeback to win the title.
Most 3-Pointers in a Game: Klay Thompson, 14 (Oct. 29, 2018) It's the other half of the Splash Brothers that owns the single-game 3-point record, which is something Thompson probably reminds Steph Curry of occasionally.
The Minneapolis Lakers have put up the fewest points by a team in a game, with 18 points against the Fort Wayne Pistons on November 22, 1950.
That, unfortunately, is an NBA record. Chris Paul is the first player ever to blow five 2-0 leads in a best-of-7 series.
Jordan was swept out of the playoffs twice in his career, but it comes with a caveat. Both sweeps came in the first round in best-of-5s. For what it's worth, James never had the opportunity to get swept in a best-of-5 as the first round changed its format prior to his rookie season.
Including this postseason, there have been 130 occasions in which a team won the first three games of a best-of-seven. Only three of those series went to a seventh game. Here's a closer look at each series. Steve Nash and Dirk Nowtzki were pushed to a Game 7 in 2003 after blowing a 3-0 lead.
Who has the most missed threes in a game NBA history?
James Harden and Damon Stoudamire are tied for missing the most three-pointers in a game with 16 misses.
Despite Jordan's skills, the Bulls were once again swept by the Celtics in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The Bulls made it to the playoffs three more times in a row before winning their first NBA championship in 1991, a feat the team repeated in 1992 and 1993.
| Year | Champion | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Golden State Warriors | 4-0 (sweep) |
| 1974 | Boston Celtics | 4-3 |
| 1973 | New York Knicks | 4-1 |
| 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 |
No, no NBA team has ever achieved a record of 82-0. The team that came closest was the Golden State Warriors in 2015-2016, finishing the Regular Season with a record of 73-9.
In 1983 the Pistons won a triple overtime game, 186–184. That's the highest NBA score for a team. No team has scored 200 points in a game though.
