How many NBA teams have come back 0-2 deficit in playoffs?

20 teams in 282 seven-game playoff series have ever come back to win. Top 5 are:-

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The legendary 1968–1969 Boston Celtics, who overcame Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, and Wilt Chamberlain's LA Lakers, were the first NBA Finals team to come back from a 2-0 deficit.

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The Portland Trail Blazers are the second team to come back from a 0-2 hole to win four straight games in the NBA Finals. In the 1977 NBA Finals, they shocked Julius Erving and the Philadelphia 76ers.

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The 2006 NBA Finals were all about the Miami Heat defeating the Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki to earn their first championship. Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O'Neal played for the Miami Heat. Yet it wasn't an easy victory for the Miami club under Pat Riley.

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The 2016 NBA Finals may rank among the league's most thrilling and dramatic series ever. Because the Cleveland Cavaliers won the Larry O'Brien trophy after dropping the first two games of the series, the series is included here.

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Against the Brooklyn Nets in the second round, the Bucks overcame a 2-0 deficit to win the series in seven games.

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How many NBA teams have come back 0-2 deficit in playoffs?

20 teams in 282 seven-game playoff series have ever come back to win. Top 5 are:-

The legendary 1968–1969 Boston Celtics, who overcame Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, and Wilt Chamberlain's LA Lakers, were the first NBA Finals team to come back from a 2-0 deficit.

Boston Celtics - 1969 NBA Finals

The Portland Trail Blazers are the second team to come back from a 0-2 hole to win four straight games in the NBA Finals. In the 1977 NBA Finals, they shocked Julius Erving and the Philadelphia 76ers.

Portland Trail Blazers - 1977 NBA Finals

The 2006 NBA Finals were all about the Miami Heat defeating the Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki to earn their first championship. Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O'Neal played for the Miami Heat. Yet it wasn't an easy victory for the Miami club under Pat Riley.

Miami Heat - 2006 NBA Finals

The 2016 NBA Finals may rank among the league's most thrilling and dramatic series ever. Because the Cleveland Cavaliers won the Larry O'Brien trophy after dropping the first two games of the series, the series is included here.

Cleveland Cavaliers - 2016 NBA Finals

Against the Brooklyn Nets in the second round, the Bucks overcame a 2-0 deficit to win the series in seven games.

Milwaukee Bucks - 2021 NBA Finals

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