One of the toughest paths ever?

[ezau]

How many superstars did the Mavs beat? Kobe, Durant, Westbrook, Wade, Bosh, and Lebron. How many good players did the Mavs beat? Aldridge, Gasol, Odom, Bynum, Harden, Ibaka, Chalmers(yes he was good), etc....

I'm sure some Spurs fans and Laker fans will disagree but their teams never faced teams in the 2000s like this Mavs team did. Well maybe, the Lakers last year against the Celtics in the Finals.

And let's not forget, the Mavs won without home court advantage in the Finals. The Spurs have never won a championship without having home court advantage. Kobe has also never won a championship when his team did not have home court advantage in the Finals.

Manu 3, Dirk 1

Wake me up when the Mavs win another ring

[ohmwrecker]

The 07 Spurs were clearly one of the worst champions of the decade

Still bitter? Enjoy your championship. Let it go.

[tlongII]

The 77 Blazers probably had the most impressive list of opponents on their way to the le.

Artis Gilmore led Chicago Bulls.
Dan Issel led Denver Nuggets.
Abdul-Jabbar led L.A. Lakers.
Dr. J led Philly Sixers super-team.

[Axe Murderer]

Still bitter? Enjoy your championship. Let it go.

wtf?

there's tons of people who agree with me got

99 Spurs were one of the best teams ever

03/05 definitely went through some tough teams

07 Spurs had one of the easiest roads ever to a championship

how am i wrong?

[Jacob1983]

Mavs had the most doubters of any NBA championship team in the history of the NBA.
The Mavs definitely have a good case for having one of the toughest paths.

[sook]

They didn't play a single team that won 60 games and beat a team that didn't win 50 games. But by average number of opponent wins, it's compe ive among the champions since 2000:

55.00 -- 2002 LAL (PRT (49-33); SA (58-24); SAC (61-21); NJ (52-30))
54.75 -- 2001 LAL (PRT (50-32); SAC (55-27); SA (58-24); PHI (56-26))
54.50 -- 2011 DAL (PRT (48-34); LAL (57-25); OKC (55-27); MIA (58-24))
54.25 -- 2005 SAS (DEN (49-33); SEA (52-30); PNX (62-20); DET (54-28))
53.50 -- 2006 MIA (CHI (41-41); NJ (49-33); DET (64-18); DAL (60-22))
53.50 -- 2009 LAL (UTH (48-34); HOU (53-29); DEN (54-28); ORL (59-23))
53.00 -- 2000 LAL (SAC (44-38); PNX (53-29); PRT (59-23); IND (56-26))
51.75 -- 2007 SAS (DEN (45-37); PNX (61-21); UTH (51-31); CLE (50-32))
51.75 -- 2010 LAL (OKC (50-32); UTH (53-29); PNX (54-28); BOS (50-32))
51.25 -- 2004 DET (MIL (41-41); NJ (47-35); IND (61-21); LAL (56-26))
50.75 -- 2003 SAS (PNX (44-38); LAL (50-32); DAL (60-22); NJ (49-33))
49.50 -- 2008 BOS (ATL (37-45); CLE (45-37); DET (59-23); LAL (57-25))

By the way, all of these pale in comparison to the run of the 1995 Rockets, whose playoff opponents won between 57 and 62 regular season games and averaged 59.5 regular season wins. And, of course, they won all 4 series without home court advantage.

i have to agree. and Im no ing homer.

But dallas was just ing sick this year no doubt.

[Pelicans78]

I like the 95 Rockets as well. Plus they won every series without having HCA.

This Mavs team was sick too. Unreal stuff.

[ohmwrecker]

07 Spurs had one of the easiest roads ever to a championship

how am i wrong?

The 07 Spurs were clearly one of the worst champions of the decade

[mencken]

wtf?

there's tons of people who agree with me got

99 Spurs were one of the best teams ever

03/05 definitely went through some tough teams

07 Spurs had one of the easiest roads ever to a championship

how am i wrong?

I agree that the '07 Spurs had a relatively easy road, with the only compe ion coming from Phoenix.

However, I'd argue that the '06 Heat was the worst championship team ever.

[Proxy]

wtf?

there's tons of people who agree with me got

99 Spurs were one of the best teams ever

03/05 definitely went through some tough teams

07 Spurs had one of the easiest roads ever to a championship

how am i wrong?

You can say they were untested.