Top 3 most historic upsets in NBA finals history?

[T_L_P]

1. Mavs over Heat (the supposed GOAT and his cast of superstars getting exposed)
2. Heat over Spurs (an over the hill journeyman destroying Tim Duncan's legacy.)
3. Pistons over Lakers (Kobe and Shaq losing to an eastern conference team is always going to be historic)

If 2013 destroyed Duncan's legacy, what did 04 do to Kobe's?

[Sportal]

Nvm: didn't see "finals" .

[Wade's Rings]

No. I'm thinking about 06...LOL

The Pistons were up there as well, but I distinctly remember Miami/SAS were the two favorites early in the season because I bet the Spurs.

Here is an article I found:

http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-gossip-...a-championship

More odds as of April 20, 2006...Heat over the Mavs.

http://www.covers.com/articles/artic...x?theArt=77065

Here is the one I'm talking about...I must have bet it in the summer:

http://nbasource.blogspot.com/2005/0...-nba-odds.html



The point is all 3 have the Heat favored over the Mavs.

Well one of those was from July 2005 not sure if that was before or after the big moves?

Another was at the start of the Season assuming the trades made the Heat better(IMO the 2005 Heat were better).

I do see your point and the Heat weren't complete underdogs. What other Finals upsets would you put above it?

[buddha]

If 2013 destroyed Duncan's legacy, what did 04 do to Kobe's?

what are you talking about? those were Shaq's teams...

that was Shaq's legacy on the line.

[Wade's Rings]

Dallas Mavericks vs Golden State Warriors?

#1 vs #8?

Was this Dirks MVP season too?

Must be up there, I don't see it mentioned too often.

This is Finals upsets.

[Sarcastic]

it's contingent on kyrie tbh, but as of now with a crippled kyrie the warriors are currently heavy favorites

As of today Warriors are 2/7 to win, and Cavs are 5/2 to win. So roughly between 2 and 3 to 1 is where the odds will be, and this is without knowing about Kyrie.

http://www.vegasinsider.com/nba/odds/futures/

I'm sorry I just don't think 3 to 1 underdogs classifies as heavy underdogs nor would classify as a historic upset. Pistons for example were like a 15 to 1 underdog. It's just not in the same ballpark, other than you trying to push your agenda.

[24-Inch_Chrome]

2007 Spurs
2011 Mavs
2014 Spurs

So transparent.

[Sportal]

Oh whoops.. My bad.. Missed one word in that title.

[T_L_P]

what are you talking about? those were Shaq's teams...

that was Shaq's legacy on the line.

If anything, that makes it worse. It's Shaq's team...yet Kobe was taking shots away from him and missing them like crazy.

Duncan's legacy wasnt on the line in 2013. He was 37 years old. Nothing left to prove, and he was still his team's best player in the series.

[unknowns8]

1977 Blazers vs 76ers

Portland went down 0-2 and then won the next 4 games to win their first and only championship. It's the only time a franchise has won their first trip to the finals. Philly was heavily favored led by Julius Irving.

IMO bigger upset than 2 & 3 on OPs list

errrr... fairly sure that MJ and the Bulls won their first trip to the NBA Finals and I'm reasonably confident that was the franchises first trip to the NBA Finals

[Solefade]

If anything, that makes it worse. It's Shaq's team...yet Kobe was taking shots away from him and missing them like crazy.

Duncan's legacy wasnt on the line in 2013. He was 37 years old. Nothing left to prove, and he was still his team's best player in the series.

dat backfire

[MEB2kDeez]

The first two are spot on.

1. Pistons over Lakers 2004 (4 superstars in there prime in Shaq, Kobe, Malone, Payton)
2. Mavs over Heat 2011 (3 superstars in there peak, Lebron, Wade, Bosh)
3. Bulls over Lakers 1991

No

[KNOW1EDGE]

The Heat won their 1st trip to the Finals. I think the Bulls and NY won their 1st Trips as well.

I misquoted wikipedia.

They were the first and only team to win the championship in their first trip to the playoffs.

[ArbitraryWater]

what are you talking about? those were Shaq's teams...

that was Shaq's legacy on the line.

this solid logic could only come from a Kobe fan

"Kobe played so bad that it was Shaq's team and not his so Kobe gets no blame, its Shaqs legacy yo"

oh man you people are special

[kennethgriffin]

How was 2011 some huge upset? Mavs had a good team. The favourites lost, but meh. Same with 2006.

95 Houston beating the Magic in a sweep was a huge upset and shock.

50 year old dirk and 70 year old kidd with jason terry as the 2nd best scorer

vs

the heatles with dwayne wade still in his absolute prime





i still dont know how they swept my lakers... the mavs overachieved that year.. heat shoulda won

if lebron gets his average from 17 up to even just 22+ they probly take it