Prominent Teams Conference Opponents rated by SRS
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Rockets 4.97
Kobe Lakers 4.97
Mavericks 4.60
Spurs 3.43
Bulls 2.85
Heat 2.42
Lebron 1.92
Kobe's lakers dominante when you take into account this is seven years of data in comparison to only two for the rockets. Even more impressive is that they were high seeds for all of these runs. Lebron's teams rank at the bottom of the list.
EC Seeds Avg. SRS since 1990
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Seed 1 6.40
Seed 2 4.58
Seed 3 3.30
Seed 4 2.09
Seed 5 1.58
Seed 6 0.75
Seed 7 0.42
Seed 8 -0.25
WC Seeds Avg. SRS since 1990
Seed 1 7.09
Seed 2 5.33
Seed 3 5.49
Seed 4 4.79
Seed 5 3.74
Seed 6 2.27
Seed 7 1.91
Seed 8 1.19
WC has had better teams by a clear margin. This is almost entirely due to the last 25 years.
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5 Easiest Roads to NBA Finals
2013 Heat Won Title 0.50 SRS
2007 Cavs Lost Finals 0.63 SRS
2003 Nets Lost Finals 0.66 SRS
1991 Bulls Won Title 0.75 SRS
2002 Nets Lost Finals 0.75 SRS
5 Hardest Roads to NBA Finals
2001 Lakers Won Title 6.17 SRS
1995 Rockets Won Title 5.83 SRS
2002 Lakers Won Title 5.69 SRS
2010 Celtics Lost Finals 5.55 SRS
2009 Magic Lost Finals 5.43 SRS
Feel free to check this data out to make sure I am correct. There was a lot of copy and pasting so the potential for human error is high.