5 Teams that were lucky to reach the NBA Finals

#3 2001 – Philadelphia 76ers

Philadephia 76ers squad

The 2001 NBA Finals was the perfect setting for David vs Goliath. When the Sixers who held the Eastern Conference top seed with outstanding performances from their star Allen Iverson who had a breakout year in leading the league in points and steals and got plenty of contribution during the regular season from Dikembe Mutombo, who lead the league in rebounding.

However, the finals were a different story even though Allen Iverson cemented his place in history books with a Game 1 performance of the ages and leading all scorers with 48 points for the game and 35 PPG for the series.

While stealing Game 1, in what was turning out to be a hotly contested OT win, Iverson & the Sixers were quickly cut to size as they were no match physically and in talent against the dynamic duo of Kobe and Shaq, who combined averaged over 54 points & 22 rebounds in the series and the series ended at 4-1 & the 2001 Sixers will easily go down as one of the weakest teams to ever enter an NBA Finals.