A form of logic for the pistons,, The Magic And Bucksa little surprise for Lakers : Several teams no longer have a joker to hope to extend their seasons.
The four franchises are carried out 3-1 after the games 4 played on Sunday, and must now win the next three games so as not to go on vacation. And the problem is that the previous ones in NBA history are not at all in favor of the teams so close to the precipices in Playoffs.
4.5% of qualification chances
Of the previous 288 of the genre, the team conducted went up a deficit of 1-3 before qualifying at 13 times. 4.5% of qualification, hope is particularly thin for Los Angeles (against the Wolves), Milwaukee (against the Pacers), Detroit (against the Knicks) and Orlando (against the Celtics).
The last to have succeeded in such a feat are the Nuggets in 2020, the only team in the whole story to have won a series after being carried out 1-3 twice in the same Playoff campaign (against jazz in the first round, then the clippers in the conference semi-finals). In a particular context, that of the “bubble” of Orlando …
Another recent precedent and obviously remained in the memories, the Warriors, which were also involved in two series for a time at 3-1 during the 2016 playoffs, first overthrowing the Thunder in the conference final before spoiling their lead against LeBron James riders in the final.
Since 2003 and the passage of the first round of a series in seven winning games like the continuation of the playoffs, only three teams have signed such a reversal of the situation: the pistons in 2003, the Suns in 2006, and the Nuggets in 2020. In common of these three beautiful stories, they all stopped at the stadium of the conference finals.
The 13 teams to have won a series of playoffs after a delay of 1-3
- 1968: The Celtics win the division final is against the Sixers
- 1970: Lakers win their semi-final of the west division against the Suns
- 1979: Bullets win the conference final is against Spurs
- 1981: The Celtics win the Conference final is against the Sixers
- 1995: Rockets win their semi-final of the Western Conference against the Suns
- 1997: The Heat win their semi-final at the East Conference against Knicks
- 2003: the pistons win their first round against the magic
- 2006: The Suns win their first round against Lakers
- 2015: The Rockets win their semi-final of the Western Conference against the Clippers
- 2016: The Warriors won the Western Conference final against the Thunder
- 2016: the riders win the NBA final against the warriors
- 2020: Nuggets win their first round against jazz
- 2020: Nuggets win their conference semi-final against the Clippers
To register their name in this list, the task promises to be very tough for the Bucks, the Pistons and the Magic, which will have to win Game 5 outside to stay alive. “We will win one” Assured Rui Hachimura, while her Lakers will receive Minnesota on Wednesday.
The Rockets, seeded number 2 in the west, could also join the list of teams in great difficulty and candidate for the miracle in the event of a defeat next night against the Warriors, as well as the Heat, which is led 3-0 by the riders and will first hope to save the honor.
