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All home teams in the first-round matchups won game 1 for the first time since 2013. The Knicks' game 2 comeback against the 76ers marked just the fourth time in the play-by-play era (dating to the 1996–97 season) that a team won a playoff game after trailing by at least five points in the last 30 seconds. [5]
Players are eligible to be on a team's playoff roster as long as they were on the team for at least one regular season game, and were not on another NBA team's roster after March 1. [21] Prior to the 2005–06 season, [ citation needed ] playoff rosters were limited to 12 players who were named before the playoffs began.
The 76ers won two NBA championships during their streak. In 2019 the San Antonio Spurs tied the NBA record of 22 consecutive playoff appearances. The Spurs' streak started in the 1998 NBA playoffs and ended after missing the 2020 NBA playoffs. The Spurs won five NBA championships during their streak. The Boston Celtics hold the longest ...
Largest margin of victory in a game, playoffs ; 58 by the Minneapolis Lakers vs. St. Louis Hawks on March 19, 1956; 58 by the Denver Nuggets vs. New Orleans Hornets on April 27, 2009; Highest field goal percentage in a game, playoffs; 67.1% by the Indiana Pacers vs. New York Knicks on May 19, 2024 [69] Most consecutive wins, playoffs
Nobody in the history of the NBA has averaged so many points so efficiently in so many playoff games before turning 23 years old. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar came closest . Pretty good company.
1. Boston Celtics (63-18) Clinched No. 1 seed and first-round playoff series vs. No. 8 seed (determined by play-in tournament) 2. Milwaukee Bucks (49-32)
In the 2016–17 season, the Golden State Warriors posted a season-best 67–15 regular-season record and began the 2017 playoffs with a 15-game win-streak, the most consecutive wins in NBA playoff history. They went on to win the NBA Championship with a 16–1 (.941 winning percentage) record, the best playoff record in NBA history. [1] The ...
Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers escaped disaster Saturday, but not defeat. The New York Knicks took Game 1 of their first-round series with an 111-104 win over the Sixers, with Jalen ...