4-0 NBA Playoff Sweeps Wins, Tim Duncan rules baby!

[Galileo]

4-0 NBA Playoff Sweeps Wins

Tim Duncan 8
Magic Johnson 5
Kobe Bryant 5
Larry Bird 3
Michael Jordan 3
Bill Russell 1

[spurs1990]

Great list. He's probably at the top of least-being-swept list as well. Only 2 that I can think of.

[racm]

Kawhi Leonard has 4 of those, tbh...

[Galileo]

Great list. He's probably at the top of least-being-swept list as well. Only 2 that I can think of.

LAL in 2001 and Phoenix in 2010.

[racm]

LAL in 2001 and Phoenix in 2010.

Pau has 4...

[Darkwaters]

The statistic is likely a little misleading considering this is for 4 game sweeps, and we got rid of the 5 game series a few years back.

Of note though, the Spurs have now had 4, 4 game sweeps in the last two years. So of Duncans total of 8, half of them have come in the previous 24 months.

[Galileo]

The statistic is likely a little misleading considering this is for 4 game sweeps, and we got rid of the 5 game series a few years back.

A 3-0 sweep in the 1st round is not much to shout about. Basically all you need to do is hold serve and then win one road game against a barely .500 team. Sometimes the team has a losing record and almost never has 50 wins.

[KaiRMD1]

The statistic is likely a little misleading considering this is for 4 game sweeps, and we got rid of the 5 game series a few years back.

Of note though, the Spurs have now had 4, 4 game sweeps in the last two years. So of Duncans total of 8, half of them have come in the previous 24 months.

That's pretty sick. The victims of those sweeps: Blake Griffin, Chris Paul, Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph, Dwight Howard, Steve Nash, Ron Artest. Not bad

[TampaDude]

4-0 NBA Playoff Sweeps Wins

Tim Duncan 8
Magic Johnson 5
Kobe Bryant 5
Larry Bird 3
Michael Jordan 3
Bill Russell 1

Boiled down:::

TOSB: 8

Rapist: 5

[z0sa]

Gotta give Tim tons of credit for that. He stays motivated at all times and his teammates feed off that.

[Darkwaters]

A 3-0 sweep in the 1st round is not much to shout about. Basically all you need to do is hold serve and then win one road game against a barely .500 team. Sometimes the team has a losing record and almost never has 50 wins.

Thats not really my point though. I'm not so much arguing that 3-0 sweeps should be counted in the statistic, but more pointing out that the prior existence of 5 game series created fewer opportunities for 4-0 sweeps.