#1 seed losing to #8 seed in 1st round
How many times have we seen a #1 seed lose to a #8 seed in NBA history?
It is the ultimate failure of all failures and I was curious to see how many times it has happened. I distinctly remember when the Spurs were a #1 seed and lost to the #8 seed Grizzlies. The crazy part is, prior to that playoff series the [b]Memphis Grizzlies actually hadn't even won a single playoff game[/b], let alone an entire series consisting of an 8 to 1 seeding disparity. But has this ever happened before that?
List of #1 seed losing to #8 seed in 1st round when #8 seed had ZERO prior playoff wins
-Tim Duncan
[size=3]Has anyone else achieved the ultimate failure?[/size]
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Dallas losing to Golden State was an even bigger shock at the time.
Dirk & Co were the laughing stock of the league for a little while. But he managed to redeem himself when he shocked the world by slapping his robust, one eyed German monster down the throats of Miami's three headed bitch crew.
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That's not the biggest choke of all time.
1994 Sonics (63W) losing to Deke's Nuggets when they were up 2-0 in a best of 5 is by far the greatest 1 vs 8th seed upset.
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[QUOTE=greymatter]That's not the biggest choke of all time.
1994 Sonics (63W) losing to Deke's Nuggets when they were up 2-0 in a best of 5 is by far the greatest 1 vs 8th seed upset.[/QUOTE]
And that probably cost them a championship, since they had the Rockets number in the mid 90s. I remember being pissed as hell after that choke job. Rivals anything the Chiefs have done in the playoffs.
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Knicks beat the Heat as the 8th seed... they maximized their potential and made the finals. But ran into Duncan and Pop :(
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Lebron has had worse failures
How did Lebron James lose to a Career Loser in Dwight Howard with HCA while having a 4x DPOY on his squad.
[url]http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=454610&page=6[/url]
Or why was Lebronze on multiple USA teams that led teams to bronze medals?
And embarrass the United States of America twice with bronze medals?
[url]https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/75/rid/5152/sid/3507/_/2006_FIBA_World_Championship/statistic.html[/url]
[url]https://www.basketball-reference.com/olympics/games/2004-08-27-USA-ARG/[/url]
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[QUOTE=greymatter]That's not the biggest choke of all time.
1994 Sonics (63W) losing to Deke's Nuggets when they were up 2-0 in a best of 5 is by far the greatest 1 vs 8th seed upset.[/QUOTE]
I believe this was the first 8-1 upset the league had seen, yeah?
The clip of Mutombo on the floor after the final game is one of the iconic moments in league history.
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What does that say about Lebron then? I mean Zach Randolph can beat me but Lebron can't?:roll:
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[QUOTE=Duncan21formvp]What does that say about Lebron then? I mean Zach Randolph can beat me but Lebron can't?:roll:[/QUOTE]
LeBron has beaten Duncan doe :confusedshrug:
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[QUOTE=RRR3]LeBron has beaten Duncan doe :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]
a 37 year old one that he needed a Ray Allen clutch shot to even win the series and come back in. The other times he was smoked by me.
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[QUOTE=Duncan21formvp]a 37 year old one that he needed a Ray Allen clutch shot to even win the series and come back in. The other times he was smoked by me.[/QUOTE]
Finals MVPs H2H
LeBron: 1
Duncan: 0
Ouch.
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[QUOTE=greymatter]That's not the biggest choke of all time.
1994 Sonics (63W) losing to Deke's Nuggets when they were up 2-0 in a best of 5 is by far the greatest 1 vs 8th seed upset.[/QUOTE]
I agree completely. The 1994 Sonics were elite and would have won the championship.
What people also forget is that in the next round, the Nuggets were 3-0 down to Utah and then came back to 3-3 before losing game 7.
Just imagine if the 1994 Nuggets not only were the first #8 seed to be a #1 seed, but also the first NBA team to come back from 3-0 to win a playoff series, something that has never happened in NBA history, even today.
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[QUOTE=RRR3]Finals MVPs H2H
LeBron: 1
Duncan: 0
Ouch.[/QUOTE]
Tim Duncan 11 wins vs Lebron's 5 wins head to head.:roll:
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[QUOTE=Duncan21formvp]Tim Duncan 11 wins vs Lebron's 5 wins head to head.:roll:[/QUOTE]
Carried by his teammates :sleeping
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[QUOTE=RRR3]Carried by his teammates :sleeping[/QUOTE]
So was Lebron.
He had prime Wade, Bosh, Ray Allen, Lewis, Battier and they carried Lebron especially Wade, Bosh, Ray Allen