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Embiid > Jokic
Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
Toughest
2011 Mavs
HM: 2001 Lakers
Easiest
2013 Heat
HM: 2003 Spurs
Who you guys got?
Last edited by SouBeachTalents; 05-01-2015 at 01:49 PM.
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NBA lottery pick
Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
Easiest= 2001 Lakers.
No team challenged them.
2013 Heat are far from easiest. They went 7 games against Pacers and almost lost to Spurs.
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NBA Legend
Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
2003 Mavs? They lost to the Spurs in the Conference finals
Good call on the 2013 Heat. Weak teams; weak conference; no competition until the Spurs, who were already beat up.
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Banned
Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
easiest:2010 lakers
difficult:2014 spurs
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Seething...
Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
I actually don't look too hard at stuff like this. To me, if you are the last team standing at this level, you earned it. Playing 4 rounds in 7 game series and still standing at the end? That's good enough for me. Sure, some runs might be a bit tougher or easier based on comp but I don't focus too much on that. Not in this era of parity and fierce competition.
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Decent playground baller
Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
Originally Posted by livinglegend
Easiest= 2001 Lakers.
No team challenged them.
2013 Heat are far from easiest. They went 7 games against Pacers and almost lost to Spurs.
Just because they struggled didn't mean the competition was that tough.
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... on a leash
Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents
Toughest
2011 Mavs
HM: 2001 Lakers
Easiest
2013 Heat
HM: 2003 Mavs
Who you guys got?
dood.... doooooooood
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Decent playground baller
Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents
HM: 2003 Mavs
I don't understand.
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I make 50-feet jumpers
Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
2003 Spurs, 2005 Spurs, 2006 Heat, 2011 Mavs are my major candidates for the toughest.
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Decent playground baller
Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
Originally Posted by Odinn
2003 Spurs, 2005 Spurs, 2006 Heat, 2011 Mavs are my major candidates for the toughest.
For a second I thought you were saying easiest.
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NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
Originally Posted by Odinn
2003 Spurs, 2005 Spurs, 2006 Heat, 2011 Mavs are my major candidates for the toughest.
03 Spurs had it pretty easy actually. Shaq/Kobe feuding and injured Dirk... Average finals team in East.
Should be on easy list... Not hard list.
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Embiid > Jokic
Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
Lol, my bad guys, meant 2003 Spurs
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Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
I did a study of this on another sports website ranking roads to the finals based on SRS from 1990 on.
[CODE]5 Easiest Roads to NBA Finals
2014 Heat Lost Finals 0.39 SRS
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
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[/CODE]
Note I did not include the finals in my analysis and was strictly focusing on competition play.
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Embiid > Jokic
Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
Originally Posted by sp6r=underrated
I did a study of this on another sports website ranking roads to the finals based on SRS from 1990 on.
[CODE]5 Easiest Roads to NBA Finals
2014 Heat Lost Finals 0.39 SRS
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
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[/CODE]
Note I did not include the finals in my analysis and was strictly focusing on competition play.
Does that include their Finals opponent?
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Re: Easiest and toughest title runs since 2000
Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents
Does that include their Finals opponent?
no, which makes the heat/cavs roads tougher than they look on that last list. Also that is only since 1990.
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