That felt shocking close for a sweep. Can anyone remember other sweeps that have been that close?
Closest Sweeps in history
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2024 Dallas over Minnesota. Too soon?
Edited to add more substance: 1975 Warriors Bullets Finals was pretty tight, with 16 point total margin.
Edited to add more substance: 1975 Warriors Bullets Finals was pretty tight, with 16 point total margin.
At 16, this one is genuinely tied for the record smallest margin over a four-game sweep. The aforementioned Celtics over Brooklyn sweep @Devizier mentioned is #3. The other series tied for the smallest all-time margin of victory is the Cavs in 2017, first round. Against, well, who else? Indiana.
Must feel weird being on the losing end of one of those. "WE WERE SO SO CLOSE... to losing in 5."
Aha.
So, if Dallas wins G4 by 1 or 2 points, that would set the record for closest sweep at 14 or 15 points.
Point differential doesn't tell the whole story. The Pacers had a 90%+ win probability in games 1, 3, and 4 in the 4th quarter. I bet that has never happened before.
Weren't Laker apologists calling last year's Western Conference finals "the most competitive sweep in NBA history?"
See I am seeing amazing parallels between Denver last year and Boston this. Alleged easy path to the finals, the tough sweep in the Conference finals, a history of not quite getting it done due to injury and opportunity. So I hope it ends the same way, although the Celtics aren't getting a play-in team in the finals like Denver did.
Anytime someone brings up how easy the Celtics path is, I will remind them that of Denver's four playoff opponents last year, three were play-in teams.
See I am seeing amazing parallels between Denver last year and Boston this. Alleged easy path to the finals, the tough sweep in the Conference finals, a history of not quite getting it done due to injury and opportunity. So I hope it ends the same way, although the Celtics aren't getting a play-in team in the finals like Denver did.
Anytime someone brings up how easy the Celtics path is, I will remind them that of Denver's four playoff opponents last year, three were play-in teams.
Good point! Pacers topped out at 98.6/63.2/96.8/89.9, according to http://stats.inpredictable.com/nba/wpBox.php?season=2023&month=05&date=2024-05-21&gid=0042300301
2017, Cavs/Pacers, the Pacers topped out at 62.3/58.0/98.0/70.3 http://stats.inpredictable.com/nba/wpBox.php?season=2016&month=04&date=2017-04-23&gid=0041600114
I also think point differential in an OT game shouldn't be viewed the same. If a team goes to OT, they were definitionally 1 point shy of a win, and that remains true even if they dominate (or are dominated) in the OT.