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∙ 2014-04-28 19:40:00No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in a playoff series. The 1951 New York Knickerbockers, the 1994 Denver Nuggets, and the 2003 Portland Trailblazers came back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the series at 3-3, but neither won their respective Game 7.
Eight teams, however, have rallied back from a 3-1 deficit. Those include:
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Many more teams have come back from a 2-0 deficit, but that is much more common.
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∙ 2014-04-28 19:40:00No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in playoff history.
Lakers mavs
In 2004 the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 4 games to 3 after trailing 3 games to none.
The only baseball to ever come back to win a playoff series after being down 3 games to none was the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS against the New York Yankees.
No teams in the NBA have ever come back from a 3-o series deficit in any NBA 7 game series including the Finals.
No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in playoff history.
Lakers mavs
Which NBA teams have come back after being 3-0 in a playoff series
Sharks
miami heat 2006 vs dallas
No one has completed this feat in NBA history yet
You can add one more to that list however many it is, because the Miami Heat are about to do it
Most of the teams who have successfully rallied from a 3-1 hole (six of the eight) enjoyed homecourt advantage.
Most of the teams who have successfully rallied from a 3-1 hole (six of the eight) enjoyed homecourt advantage.
There are actually only 7 teams in the NBA who rallied from 3-1 to win a playoff series. They are the Boston Celtics (1968), Los Angeles Lakers (1970), Washington Bullets (1979), Boston Celtics (1981), Houston Rockets (1995), Miami Heat (1997), Detroit Pistons (2003) and the Phoenix Suns (2006). So Mathematically only 23.33% of all NBA teams won an NBA playoff trailing from 3-1.
Boston Red Sox, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, and New York Islanders
There are 7 teams who won an NBA playoff series trailing from 3-1. The Boston Celtics made it twice 1981 and 1968. The last team who came back from a 3-1 deficit is the Phoenix Suns after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers.