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Did the Cavs come back from 3 0 2016?
The Cavaliers won the next three games to become the first team in Finals history to successfully overcome a 3–1 deficit….2016 NBA Finals.
| The wordmark of the NBA Finals (2003–2017) | |
|---|---|
| Team Coach Wins Cleveland Cavaliers Tyronn Lue 4 Golden State Warriors Steve Kerr 3 | |
| Western Finals | Warriors defeated Thunder, 4–3 |
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Who was favored to win the 2016 NBA Finals?
Cleveland Cavaliers
Warriors odds, NBA Finals 2016: Golden State opens Finals as favorite at home. The Golden State Warriors have been set as the betting favorites as they get ready to open the 2016 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
How far behind in the series were the Cleveland Cavaliers when they came back to win the NBA championship in 2016?
3-1
Cleveland Cavaliers – 2016 In the process, they became the first team ever to come back from 3-1 down in the Finals. The fact that they did it against a Golden State Warriors squad that had won an NBA record 73 games in the regular season only made it sweeter.
Has anyone blew a 3 0 in NBA?
The NBA is the only major North American sport with a seven-game playoffs series where no team has overcome a 3–0 deficit. The Celtics won two games on the road during the comeback, and also won the NBA Finals.
Who was favored in the 2017 NBA Finals?
the Golden State Warriors
Cavs Enter The 2017 NBA Finals As Underdogs LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are the reigning champions, but the Golden State Warriors enter the NBA Finals as the Vegas favorites.
Has any team blew a 3 0 lead?
No team has overcome multiple 3–0 deficits in a single postseason, although the 1974–75 New York Islanders of the NHL nearly did so; they successfully overcame a 3–0 series deficit in the 1975 quarterfinals, then rallied from a 3–0 series deficit in the semifinals before losing the seventh game.
What is a gentleman’s sweep?
A gentleman’s sweep is where an NBA team wins a playoff series but loses one game leading to a 4–1 win. It is called a gentleman’s sweep under the pretense that it would be rude and unsporting to embarrass a team with a 4–0 victory, so the winning team let’s the other team win a game to save face. Very gentlemanly.
Who won the 2017 NBA Finals?
Golden State Warriors
2017 NBA Finals/Champion
Who won the 2014 NBA Finals?
San Antonio Spurs
2014 NBA Finals/Champion
On June 15th in 2014, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat 104-87 in Game 5 and clinched their fifth championship in franchise history.