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8 NBA Teams That Got Swept In The Finals. The NBA Finals usually feature two of the very best teams in the league unless thereâs some sort of cinderella run. As a result, the biggest games of the year are usually very competitive, leading to long, entertaining seriesâ. On a few occasions that simply hasnât been the case. One team, for a number of reasons, is completely outplayed in those games and is unable to even win one game. Here are the 8 NBA teams who were swept in the Finals.
Like the 1960s, when the Celtics and Lakers faced each other in six NBA Finals, the two teams again dominated the NBA. In the 10 seasons of the 1980s, Johnson led the Lakers to five titles in eight Finals while Bird led the Celtics to three titles in five Finals.