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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.
Hayes led the Washington Bullets to the NBA title in 1978 over the Sonics. When the Washington Bullets defeated the SuperSonics in Seattle 105-99 to win the team's only championship 35 years ago, it was the last time an NBA team won a Finals Game 7 on the road. The San Antonio Spurs will try to become the first team since those Bullets to accomplish that feat when they take on the Heat in Miami Thursday night in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.