Eight teams have swept their way to the Finals, but five of those did it before 1958, when it took just six wins (or fewer) to reach the title round. Since then, the Lakers are the only franchise to go undefeated through the conference playoffs. They did it back in 1982, but even then they needed only eight wins to run the table out West.
The only truly comparable precedents are the Lakers of 1989 and 2001, both of whom went 11-0 before the league expanded the first round to a best-of-seven format.
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No team has gone undefeated in the NBA playoffs. The LA Lakers came closest, going 15-1 in the 2001 playoffs.
Nope, the closest team to do it were the '01 Lakers who lost Game 1 in the finals to Iverson and the 76ers
No, nobody has ever won all there playoff games in just 1 year. The Lakers were 15-1 in 2001 playoffs.