Comments on: Five most dominant NBA playoff teams ever

By: albie23

albie23 — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:36:35 +0000

The 72-10 Bulls should be #1!! The 00-01 Lakers played 76ers who came out of a weak Eastern Conference that season and lost a game they had no business losing. The 95-96 Bulls (72 wins) played the Sonics who many forget had won 67 games that year.

By: stoudemelo

stoudemelo — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:22:05 +0000

The headline pic is from the 1999-2000

Good work

By: badintent

badintent — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:37:19 +0000

Damn right and the starting team IQ was 500 points over the next team .ONE u.S. SENATOR, 2 GMs, one basketball player that owns $20 million dollars of Island property and one guy with a record label.The bench had some guy that as a coach won 10 NBA titles, pretty smart too.

By: andrejohnsonforpresident

andrejohnsonforpresident — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:08:33 +0000

I said this when shaq retired. he’s possibly the best player to have ever played when he was in his prime. if he could have shot even just 20% better at the ft line he would’ve been 1st in a few more categories when he called it quits. should’ve taken better care of himself as well.

By: tashkalucy

tashkalucy — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:13:07 +0000

“1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers. ……and that included a sweep of the Showtime era Lakers in the finals.”

For the record – Magic was lost to injury early in the series and the team was built abound him and his passing. They didn’t have time to figure out what to do without Magic playing…..maybe if the coaching staff was given a few weeks to come up with something……………

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:44:28 +0000

There have been a lot of dominant teams over the years… Thats the problem with this list. Everyone’s 5 is bound to be different.

You’re better off breaking this down to different eras. The Celtics string of titles in the 50s and 60s is daunting but no one is really going to compare that to modern free agency.

By: marksp18

marksp18 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:09:41 +0000

At least the writer had enough sense to list the Bucks team. Too many young fans nowadays (and probably this writer) have no clue about just how dominant Lew Alcindor was when he came in the league.

How they are 5th is a mystery. Shaq would have been the only player to even have a chance to bother Alcindor but even he would have been destroyed. The Bulls had no center and would have been killed. The Sixers had Moses Malone who also would have been destroyed by Alcindor.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the greatest basketball player of all time from high school, through college, and into the pros. Who else touches his resume? Only Bill Russell can try and claim the top spot since he won a couple of college championships.

By: sal11

sal11 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:03:30 +0000

I agree that there’s no way the Thunder could jump into this top 5. But I am surprised that nobody’s mentioned the possibility that, with a Finals sweep (or even a win in 5), they might at least be able to knock on the door. 12-3 against three teams that look awesome on paper, each with a Hall of Fame player. Sure, the Mavericks were deeply flawed and the Lakers look much better on paper than they do on the court, but that’s still damn impressive. If the Thunder manage to finish 16-3 or 16-4, that’s a borderline all-time great run, featuring a team full of players nowhere near their primes yet.

In a word: yikes.

By: ss3walkman

ss3walkman — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:56:46 +0000

I refuse to put the Lakers over the 72-10 record breaking Bulls even if we’re talkin playoffs. They lost points losing to the Sixers. That should’ve been a sweep.

By: camnellum12

camnellum12 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:44:03 +0000

AI stepped over Tyronn Lue. And as a Laker fan, that s**t was hilarious.

By: ihavenonickname

ihavenonickname — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:25:22 +0000

ya, that was great. was that tyrone lou on the ground?

By: dacapt704

dacapt704 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:23:09 +0000

That was poor lil Tyronn Lue…LOL

By: broadstbully

broadstbully — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:33:19 +0000

Game 1 of the ’01 Finals. My greatest memory as a Sixers fan. We lost the series, but nobody was beating the Lakers. Rust or not, the Sixers got in Goliath’s ass that night.

By: bigwii

bigwii — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:01:43 +0000

this list doesn’t have a Celtics team on there they one 8 in a row in the 60s and 11 in 13 years this is wrong

By: 20dollardinners

20dollardinners — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:58:37 +0000

Agree on the Lakers. Shaq was so dominant that year I remember rumors about changing the rules of the game for offense foul / defensive foul. He was the most unguardable player I have ever seen, that year. Certainly MJ and others were more clutch – but literally there was no way to guard Shaq that year.

I remember the loss too – Allen Iverson draining the corner shot and stepping over the fallen Laker.

By: loungefly74

loungefly74 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:02:48 +0000

ahhh yeah..Shaq in his prime…that 2001 team destroyed everybody. the roster was so talented.

By: rajbais

rajbais — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:47:45 +0000

As much as it hurts me as a Bulls fan the
2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers truly are!!!

15-1 is sick!!!! That’s why Phil Jackson is better than Gregg Popovich!!! Every great coach has players that can win enough!!! It’s about the next step!!!

In order to beat the Lakers playoff dominance of 2001 you need to go 16-0!!!

By: Mr. Wright 212

Mr. Wright 212 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:20:05 +0000

72-73 Knicks were the equivalent of the ’03 Spurs. Complete team.

By: franchiseplaya

franchiseplaya — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:16:36 +0000

I think you could put that Lakers team in there in place of the 90-91 Bulls. The list is pretty solid tho. A case can be made for all of them.

By: nolanwiffle

nolanwiffle — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:11:02 +0000

1986 Boston Celtics:

* 67-15 regular season record (40-1 at home)
* 15-3 playoff record
* 3-0 sweep over Jordan’s Bulls
* 4-1 over Dominique’s Hawks
* 4-0 sweep over Bucks (Cummings, Moncrief)
* 4-2 over Houston’s “Twin Towers”

Larry Bird was Finals MVP averaging 24 points, 9.7 rebounds, 9.7 assists, and 2.7 steals. He was joined on the front line by Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, and Bill Walton.

They were to be joined by Lenny Bias that next season. The greatest team of all time was set to get even greater…..

By: blueintown

blueintown — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:55:22 +0000

What records do they own other than the 33 game win streak?

By: ron05342

ron05342 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:32:29 +0000

1971-72 Lakers, come on how can you skip that team?

12-3 run. We won’t even talk about how many records they STILL own in the record book for that season.

By: cdins

cdins — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:24:17 +0000

Worst list ever