🔥 5 Greatest NBA Playoff Comebacks
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└ Cavaliers 4-3 Warriors 2016 Finals└ Celtics 4-3 76ers 1981 ECF└ Rockets 4-3 Clippers 2015 WCSF└ Trail Blazers 4-3 Mavericks 2011 1st Round└ Pacers 4-3 Heat 2012 ECSFCavaliers 4-3 Warriors (2016 Finals)
Down 3-1The Warriors won 73 games. Led 3-1. Nobody comes back from 3-1 in the Finals. LeBron came back. The Block on Iguodala. Kyrie's three-pointer. Game 7. Cleveland's first title in 52 years. LeBron crying on the floor.
Celtics 4-3 76ers (1981 ECF)
Down 3-1The Celtics trailed 3-1 against the Sixers. Larry Bird refused to lose. Won three straight including a 91-90 Game 7 classic. Bird had 23 points and 11 rebounds in the clincher.
Rockets 4-3 Clippers (2015 WCSF)
Down 3-1The Clippers blew a 3-1 lead AND a 19-point lead in Game 6. Josh Smith and Corey Brewer went nuclear. The Clippers have never recovered. The "Clippers gonna Clip" meme was born.
Trail Blazers 4-3 Mavericks (2011 1st Round)
Down 2-0Brandon Roy was supposed to be done — bad knees, limited minutes. Game 4: Roy scored 18 in the 4th quarter on one functioning knee. Portland won. One of the most emotional performances in playoff history.
Pacers 4-3 Heat (2012 ECSF)
Down 2-1Actually, the Heat won this series. But Game 6 — LeBron's 45-point masterpiece to avoid elimination — is the single greatest individual playoff performance. "LeBron James with no regard for human life."