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Detroit Pistons. Toronto Raptors were seeded 7th, and face 2nd seed Detroit Pistons. Detroit won the series 3-2.
| Who was the only team in the Eastern Conference that could not protect their homecourt advantage in the 1st round, after they were beaten by 5th seed Charlotte Hornets? | NBA Playoffs 2002
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Orlando Magic. Orlando Magic was seeded 4th, and they lost to the Charlotte Hornets 3-1.
Shaquille O'Neal. Shaquille O'Neal averaged 36.3 Points and 12.3 Rebounds in the Finals.
14. Robert Horry Have started 14 of 19 Lakers games and the other 5 was started by Samaki Walker.
9.8. Jason Kidd also averaged 20.8 Points in the Finals.
Tracy McGrady. Tracy McGrady averaged 30.8 Points over Allen Iverson's 30.0.
| In the Western Conference Finals in Game 7, what is the score between the Lakers and the Kings? | NBA Playoffs 2002
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112-106. Los Angeles Lakers won 112-106 in overtime.
Portland Trail Blazers. Los Angeles Lakers swept them (3-0).
| What team did the New Jersey Nets face in the Eastern Conference Finals? | NBA Playoffs 2002
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Boston Celtics. New Jersey Nets won (4-2).
Los Angeles Lakers. Lindsey Hunter later transferred to the Toronto Raptors in th 2002-03 season.
| How many sweeps were there total (4-0 in best-of-seven) in the entire playoffs? | NBA Playoffs 2005
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3. The Miami Heat had two: vs. #8 New Jersey and #5 Washington Wizards and the Phoenix Suns swept the #8 seed Memphis Grizzlies.
Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs won the series 4-3.
t. Their playoffs hopes ended after losing 4-1 in the first round.
| Which player scored the most points in one game during the playoffs? | NBA Playoffs 2005
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Steve Nash. Steve Nash had 48 against the Dallas Mavericks in game four.
Spurs in seven. The Spurs won game seven 81-74.
4. The list: Houston Rockets vs. Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics vs. Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat vs. Detroit Pistons, and Detroit Pistons vs. San Antonio Spurs.
Reggie Miller. Reggie Miller scored 27 points in his last game.
Seattle Supersonics. The Spurs won 4-2 in that series.
| Who was the #7 seed in the Eastern Conference going into the playoffs? | NBA Playoffs 2005
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Philadelphia 76ers. Cleveland, Orlando, and Toronto didn't even make the playoffs, as Philadelphia did.
Dallas Mavericks. The Dallas Mavericks ended the season with 67 wins and 15 losses, Phoenix was six games back at 61-21, San Antonio a further two back at 59-23, and Detroit won only 53 games.
3. In the Eastern Conference, both the New Jersey Nets (6) and the Chicago Bulls (5) won their series against the Toronto Raptors (3) and Miami Heat (4), respectively. In the West, only the Golden State Warriors (8) defeated the Dallas Mavericks (1).
No. Both Dallas and Miami were defeated in their first round series, by Golden State, and Chicago, respectively. Miami was swept in four games, and Dallas lost in six.
All these. Dallas had locked up the playoffs after 60 games when they were at an astonishing 51-9, and Golden State actually gained their playoff spot on the last day of the season. Golden State was 25 games back of Dallas in the West (67-15 vs 42-40). Seattle in 1994 and New York in 1999 did defeat a top seed in the first round (New York eventually becoming the first ever 8th seed to make the NBA Finals), but both of those series were a best-of-5 format.
Yes. In three cases, the lower seeded team had home court advantage. In the first round, both 5th seeds had better records than the 4th seeds (Houston 51-31 vs Utah's 50-32, and Chicago's 49-33 vs Miami's 44-38). In the NBA Finals, the 3rd seed San Antonio Spurs (59-23) had home court against the 2nd seed Cleveland Cavaliers (50-32).
| In the second round series between the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs, what kind of player did Amare Stoudamire feel Bruce Bowen was? | NBA Playoffs 2007
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Dirty. When the series was in San Antonio, the crowd at the AT&T Center chanted "dirty" to Amare, due to him calling Bowen a "dirty" player after the Spurs' game 1 win. San Antonio went on to win the series in six games.
3. All three suspensions came after the Suns-Spurs game 4 altercation where Robert Horry hip-checked Steve Nash to the floor. Horry received a flagrant 2, which lands an ejection. Amare Stoudamire and Boris Diaw both left their benches after the foul, causing a one game suspension of both players. Horry was suspended two games for the hit on Nash.
| In the Western Conference Finals, were both teams coached by coaches who had been with that particular team for more than 10 years? | NBA Playoffs 2007
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Yes. Both Gregg Popovich and Jerry Sloan were with the same team for more than 10 years (Popovich at 11 - all with San Antonio) and Sloan for 22 (19 with Utah).
San Antonio and Cleveland. San Antonio defeated the Utah Jazz in five games, and the Cleveland Cavaliers crawled out of an 0-2 hole, winning their series in six over the top seeded Detroit Pistons.
San Antonio . The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers four games to none.
Utah over Houston. Even though the Utah Jazz was the #4 seed, the Houston Rockets (#5 seed) had a better regular season record and had home court advantage. The Jazz eliminated the Rockets in six games, 4-2.
| The Detroit Pistons made the Eastern Conference Finals for the _________ consecutive time in the 2007-08 season? | NBA Playoffs 2007-08
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6th. They had 2 NBA Finals appearances to show for it and one championship.
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