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Will this be the first time that a team won it all when ....
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:13 pm
by JordansBulls
Will this be the first time that a team won it all when the year before they lost in the 1st round or didn't even make the playoffs?
I remember seeing something like that a year or two ago.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:19 pm
by Triple M
LA won the title in 82 after not making the playoffs in 81 i think
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:32 pm
by Relentless88
Yes, I think.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:52 pm
by Rare
im pretty sure its happened before
Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 2:40 am
by tsherkin
The Lakers made the playoffs in '81, friend. They got smoked 2-1 in the first round by the Rockets. Magic only played 37 games in the regular season, so they "only" won 54 games, 2nd in the Pacific.
They didn't even miss the playoffs in '79, they got the #1 overall pick (Magic) by pure luck (a coin flip, IIRC). They won 47 games and made it into the second round before they got Magic.
Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 2:44 am
by 10scott10
tsherkin wrote:The Lakers made the playoffs in '81, friend. They got smoked 2-1 in the first round by the Rockets. Magic only played 37 games in the regular season, so they "only" won 54 games, 2nd in the Pacific.
They didn't even miss the playoffs in '79, they got the #1 overall pick (Magic) by pure luck (a coin flip, IIRC). They won 47 games and made it into the second round before they got Magic.
they got the first pick due to free agent compensation, when the new orleans jazz signed gail goodrich. back then you had to compensate a team when you signed their free agents.
Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 2:53 am
by MartyConlonJr
77 Blazers and 75 Warriors missed the playoffs the previous season.