If the Boston Celtics win Game 6 or Game 7 against the Washington Wizards it will mean that all four of the 1- and 2-seeds in the NBA Playoffs will have reached the conference finals and it will guarantee that the NBA Finals will include two of the top four teams entering the playoffs.
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More than 80% of the teams that reach the NBA Finals are seeded 1 or 2
The 2017 NBA playoffs are once again showing just how predictable an NBA season can be.
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How common is that? Very.
Since the NBA playoffs expanded to 16 teams in 1984, 37 (56%) of the 66 teams to reach the Finals were 1-seeds and 55 (83%) were seeded 1 or 2. Only four (6%) of the finalists were seeded fourth or lower.
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