Steve Fall

Sports analytics, AI, dad, world traveler.

[Steve Fall @StatsMan]

No team has ever stepped up like the #Knicks this postseason:

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@kpelechrinis The larger talent pool - drawing players from all over the world - is another major factor.

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This should not be happening.

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This is powerful - especially considering it comes against playoff opponents.

[Lev Akabas @LevAkabas]

The New York Knicks have outscored their opponents by 272 points in the past 12 games

That's the best 12-game stretch from any team in NBA history, regular season or playoffs

[Lev Akabas @LevAkabas]

The New York Knicks have outscored their opponents by 272 points in the past 12 games

That's the best 12-game stretch from any team in NBA history, regular season or playoffs

[Steve Fall @StatsMan]

That 2001 Lakers team was unique. Five Western Conference teams had better regular seasons, and the Spurs were clearly the best in the NBA. Then the Lakers flipped a switch...

[Lev Akabas @LevAkabas]

The most dominant NBA playoff team of all-time was the 2001 Los Angeles Lakers, with a +13.7 postseason net rating

If the Knicks win the title, they will probably break this record

[HoopsHype @hoopshype]

The Spurs are the youngest NBA finalists in almost 50 years.

Scary?

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@JFreshHockey They'd be better off taking lessons from the best regular season team. Way too much randomness in the Stanley Cup.

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@NateSilver538 More importantly, great teams aren't winning the cup. Just too much randomness in the NHL postseason.

[Steve Fall @StatsMan]

Since the NHL expanded to 16 playoff teams in 1980, none of the eight teams to reach 120 points have won the Stanley Cup, or even made the finals.

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@Adam_Mares Unstructured sports are so good for development and just having fun. Youth sports are a mess. I watched a coach leave my daughter and four other 5th and 6th graders sitting on the bench for all but 1.8 seconds of one game. Apparently, winning was all that mattered.

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@NBAPR @NBA @sixers @NBAHistory Here's an even more impressive achievement: The 76ers overcame the second-largest point differential per game gap against a playoff opponent in NBA history (7.9), trailing only the 1994-95 Lakers vs. the Supersonics (8.4).

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@NBA Here's a far more impressive achievement: The 76ers (7.9) overcame the second-largest point differential per game gap against a playoff opponent in NBA history, trailing only the 1994-95 Lakers vs. the Supersonics (8.4).

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The 76ers (7.9) overcame the second-largest point differential per game gap against a playoff opponent in NBA history, trailing only the 1994-95 Lakers vs. the Supersonics (8.4).

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@NateDuncanNBA And there's more: The 76ers (7.9) overcame the largest PPG gap against a playoff opponent in NBA history, second only to the 1994-95 Lakers vs. the Supersonics (8.4).

[Steve Fall @StatsMan]

@YahooSports That's just part of it: The 76ers (7.9) overcame the largest PPG gap against a playoff opponent in NBA history, second only to the 1994-95 Lakers vs. the Supersonics (8.4).

[Steve Fall @StatsMan]

@AndrewDBailey Yes, they did: The 76ers (7.9) overcame the largest PPG gap against a playoff opponent in NBA history. Second only to the 1994-95 Lakers vs. the Supersonics (8.4).

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Sixers become just the 15th team to win a playoff series after getting outscored in the regular season since the NBA went to a 16-team postseason in 1984.

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Playoff Seeds of Championship Teams – 2000 through 2025