no the lowest seed that has ever won an nba championship was the 7th seed Houston Rockets in the 90s.
Actually, that Houston rockets team was 6th, but yes they were the lowest seeded team to ever win an nba title, in the 1995 NBA Finals
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the 1999 New York Knicks are the only 8th seed to ever reach the NBA finals. they eventually lost to the San Antonio Spurs.
the lowest seed to ever win the NBA Finals was the 6th seeded 94-95 Houston Rockets.
No
Villanova was an eighth seed in 1985.
In 1985 Villanova won a national championship as an 8 seed beating Georgetown the highest seed ever to win a national championship
Portland Trailblazers in 1977
Yes, the Philadelphia Eagles have played the Carolina Panthers in the playoffs. The played in the 2003 NFC Conference Championship game. The Eagles lost 14-3.
Yes last number 1 seed to win was Duke in 2010
Through the 2009 season, once. That was the 2005 NFC Championship game when the Seahawks defeated the Panthers, 34-14.
Yes, the 2009 Indianapolis Colts did this (amongst others).
Yes. Several times. One of the most recent times was in 2007 when Golden State Warriors beat the heavily favored Dallas Mavericks.
No. The Rens played two years in Pittsburgh in the American Basketball League, losing in the preliminary round of the playoffs in 1962 and not making the playoffs in 1963. However, the Pittsburgh Pipers won the ABA championship in 1968 led by Connie Hawkins (who was also a member of the 62 Rens team before they folded).
No 30 out of 30 teams that had a 3-1 lead in the finals won the championship.
yes melo led them to it No they were not 1 seed with Melo... they were a 3 seed that year and went on to win the championship. However, they were a 1 seed in 1980 with a smaller field. They lost in the east region semi's to Iowa. they were a 1 seed in 1980 with a smaller field, and they were a 1 seed in 2010.