Earlier this week, a fellow Pounder commented that since 2010, there has solely been one NBA Finals to not have both the Miami Warmth or the Golden State Warriors — the 2021 Finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns.
Probably even stranger, the Warriors and Warmth haven’t met in any of these Finals, that means it’s one or the opposite.
There’s a dominance that comes from constructing a championship caliber squad and getting the core to return 12 months after 12 months in hopes of replicating that success.
The truth is, since 1999 (yeah, I began with ‘99, you desire a a number of of 5 go to a different staff’s weblog, we’re right here for the Spurs), there have solely been 11 groups to win an NBA title. 19 groups have been to the Finals in 25 years.
19 out of 30 might seem to be a large sufficient selection, however needless to say there are 11 groups that haven’t been to the Finals because the flip of the century.
Keep in mind all these tweets after Duncan retired that mentioned issues like “A 20-year-old Spurs fan has by no means seen their staff miss the playoffs,” or “Spurs followers have had twenty years of successful data.” Now think about roughly the other of that.
Since 1999, 17 titles have gone to the West leaving solely 8 for the East. Of the 17, the Lakers, Warriors, and Spurs have 15 of them. Three groups have 60% of the rings for 1 / 4 century.
There’s a little bit of a altering of the guard happening over the previous couple of years with the Bucks, Suns, and Nuggets entering into the deep postseason.
This years Jap Convention Semifinals embody the Knicks and Pacers who haven’t seen the Finals since 1999 and 2000 respectively. And though the Celtics made it two seasons in the past, they haven’t hoisted a Larry O’Brien in fifteen years.
If the Clippers had been eradicated final night time (I’ll replace once I awaken) then the final staff remaining on this postseason to by no means have appeared in a Finals are the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Are Anthony Edwards and the T-Wolves poised to usher in an period of transition.
From a Spurs perspective, contemporary younger gamers giving their elders an prolonged summer time trip definitely appears to be like like the way in which to go.
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