NBA Playoffs: How Many Times Has a No. 7 Seed Upset a No. 2 Seed?

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The Minnesota Timberwolves stunned the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 1 of the 2022 NBA Playoffs and are now three wins away from making history.

after New York was down 2-1 in the series. The following season, the Knicks pulled off another Round 1 upset of the Heat in five games, except this time New York was an eight seed. The No. 8 Knicks went all the way to the Finals, where they fell to the Spurs in five games.

Speaking of San Antonio, the 2009-10 Spurs were the most recent seven seed to make it to Round 2, eliminating the Mavs in the first round in six games. Dirk Nowitzki and Co. bounced back from the defeat the following year by winning the Finals. Of the five seven seeds to emerge from the first round, the SuperSonics are the only ones that went on to win another series in the same postseason. Seattle beat Hakeem Olajuwon’s No. 6 Houston Rockets in the conference semifinals before being swept by the eventual-championThe 1988-89 Warriors, 1990-91 Warriors and 1997-98 Knicks all lost in five games in the conference semifinals, while the 2009-10 Spurs were swept.

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