Does the best team win always win?

[RoseCity07]

Are we all in agreement the best team always wins in the Finals? One of the reasons I hate NCAA basketball is because a lesser team can get lucky and outplay a better team for one night. That can't happen in the playoffs. There is no luck.

You have to win 4 games to win a series. Even if it comes down to game 7, the other team can't say that game was a fluke because the other team proved themselves 3 times before.

I look at LA winning game 7 to Boston a few years ago. No one says LA got lucky because Artest went off for one game. Even though Ray Allen saved the season last year that one shot didn't actually cost SA the title. They had other chances.

Has the best team ever not won it all?

[dabigbaws]

spurs 2013

[RoseCity07]

spurs 2013

They blew two chances to slam the door on Miami. Game 6 and then game 7. Not to mention they had two other games where everyone played. Spurs were not better than Miami.

[LAZERUSS]

'68 Sixers
'84 Lakers

[Mrofir]

2002 Nets

[iamgine]

Are we all in agreement the best team always wins in the Finals? One of the reasons I hate NCAA basketball is because a lesser team can get lucky and outplay a better team for one night. That can't happen in the playoffs. There is no luck.

You have to win 4 games to win a series. Even if it comes down to game 7, the other team can't say that game was a fluke because the other team proved themselves 3 times before.

I look at LA winning game 7 to Boston a few years ago. No one says LA got lucky because Artest went off for one game. Even though Ray Allen saved the season last year that one shot didn't actually cost SA the title. They had other chances.

Has the best team ever not won it all?

Dallas 2011 was pretty safely not the best team. This means the best team didn't win it all, whoever it was.

[JT123]

They blew two chances to slam the door on Miami. Game 6 and then game 7. Not to mention they had two other games where everyone played. Spurs were not better than Miami.

This. If they were the better team they wouldn't have blown a double digit lead against Lebron and a bunch of bench players. If they were the better team they would have executed down the stretch of game 6 and not even given Allen's 3 a chance to mean anything.

[JT123]

Dallas 2011 was pretty safely not the best team. This means the best team didn't win it all, whoever it was.

Yes they were the best team. Miami had the better group of Stars, but that doesn't make them a better TEAM. The Finals wasn't a 3 on 3 contest, and the Mavs knew how to execute down the stretch much better than Miami did. In a 7 game series the better team will ALWAYS win.

[T_L_P]

This. If they were the better team they wouldn't have blown a double digit lead against Lebron and a bunch of bench players. If they were the better team they would have executed down the stretch of game 6 and not even given Allen's 3 a chance to mean anything.

[LONGTIME]

No they don't, lot of luck involved.

[JT123]

Have you forgotten what happened in game 6? Spurs started the 4th quarter with a 10 point lead, and with Wade and Bosh on the bench Bron, Ray, Birdman, and Miller came back within minutes and took the lead. Then as soon as Wade and Bosh came back in the Spurs briefly regained control. Glad I could refresh your memory.

[kobebeangoat]

2002 Nets

[JT123]

No they don't, lot of luck involved.

Luck goes both ways. A lot of people claim Miami was lucky to come back in game 6 last year, which they were, but no one ever mention how lucky the Spurs got with Danny Green's CRAZY hot 3 point shooting in the first 5 games.
I know he was open a lot, but even the best shooters miss wide open shots once in a while. Green was literally hitting EVERY ridiculous shot he attempted in games 1-5.

[iamgine]

Yes they were the best team. Miami had the better group of Stars, but that doesn't make them a better TEAM. The Finals wasn't a 3 on 3 contest, and the Mavs knew how to execute down the stretch much better than Miami did. In a 7 game series the better team will ALWAYS win.

I didn't say Miami was the best team.

Dallas was pretty safely not the best team though.

[Milbuck]

The Bucks haven't won in 40+ years, so no.