GOAT TEAM TOURNAMENT -- head to head

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For this tournament, I will seed 16 of the greatest teams in history by their SRS. I didn't use multiple year iterations of roughly the same team, though the Russell Celtics, Jordan Bulls, and Duncan Spurs are each represented twice.

Each player will be considered to be as dominant against his opponents as he was the year that he played (ie. if you are just going to say the more modern team wins, don't bother to participate). And EACH MATCHUP WILL FEATURE THE RULES, REFEREES, AND EQUIPMENT OF THE OLDER TEAM. This doesn't mean that Steph Curry will be called for carrying each time he tries to dribble, just assume that his handle is proportionately as good relative to the era as it is relative to his own. So, in 65, if you think he has the best handle in today's league, you can assume he has the best handle of that era; if he's roughly average for starting PGs of today's league in terms of that one aspect, you can assume he is roughly average for starting PGs of that era. This hopefully will eliminate a bit of the recency bias. Health is as it was, if a player was 75% during the playoffs that year, assume he's only 75% now, this is a playoff tournament, not a regular season seeding.

One last thing. VOTES WITHOUT ANALYSIS (or with what in my personal subject opinion is stupid analysis) WONT BE COUNTED. (Lots of capital letters!) I will open a thread for each series and keep the results here. Each thread will be open for a day, maybe 2 if it's close.

Therefore, without further ado, here are the 16 candidates for the Greatest Team of All Time Tournament ranked in order of SRS:

#1 1971 Milwaukee Bucks v. #16 1999 San Antonio Spurs
#2 1996 Chicago Bulls v. #15 1965 Boston Celtics
#3 1972 Los Angeles Lakers v. #14 1983 Philadephia 76ers
#4 2017 Golden State Warriors v. #13 1962 Boston Celtics

#5 1992 Chicago Bulls v. #12 1987 Los Angeles Lakers
#6 2008 Boston Celtics v. #11 2007 San Antonio Spurs
#7 1986 Boston Celtics v. #10 2000 Los Angeles Lakers
#8 1967 Philadephia 76ers v. #9 1970 New York Knicks

Only 1 first round upset, with Moses and the Sixers beating Wilt and the Lakers. Here are the second round matchups

#4 2017 Golden State Warriors v. #5 1992 Chicago Bulls
#14 1983 Philadephia 76ers v. #6 2008 Boston Celtics

#2 1996 Chicago Bulls v. #71986 Boston Celtics
#1 Milwaukee Bucks v. #8 1967 Philadelphia 76ers

Semifinals

#14 1983 Philadelphia 76ers v. #4 2017 Golden State Warriors
#1 1971 Milwaukee Bucks v. #7 1986 Boston Celtics

FINALS
#1 1971 Milwaukee Bucks v. #4 2017 Golden State Warriors

WINNER
1971 Milwaukee Bucks

Previous Tournament Winner (2014) 1986 Boston Celtics