The warriors are the luckiest dynasty in history.

[ArbitraryWater]

this injury, after which he scored 40 points in the comeback game and later hung 3 straight 30+ pt games on OKC to close them out while doing 360 dunks in warm-up is definitely comparable to Irving, Leonard, Paul missing entire series' or series ends

[Hey Yo]

Most rigged series in the history of professional sports disagrees

Never met a person in real life that watches basketball who counts the Cavs 2016 title as legit, just NBA shills and online trolls

Just look in the mirror cause it made you decide to leave the board for almost a year.

[tpols]

Theyre literally one shot away from a four peat...space jam esque reach.

[Hey Yo]

If luck wasn't a thing, LeGOAT would be 1*/9

The guy who leads the history of the NBA in 3 pointers made got lucky making a corner 3.



superdumb

[Uncle Drew]

Most rigged series in the history of professional sports disagrees

Never met a person in real life that watches basketball who counts the Cavs 2016 title as legit, just NBA shills and online trolls

Year 3 ACB: still fuming.

[ArbitraryWater]

Theyre literally one shot away from a four peat...space jam esque reach.

they're 3 injuries away from ringless

[JBSptfn]

The Showtime Lakers were the luckiest dynasty.

For an entire decade they had almost no real competition in their conference. The west in the 80's was utter garbage aside from a very brief blip from the Rockets.

Their 2 principal competitors, the Celtics and Rockets, fell off after '86 (Celtics to injuries and Bias' death, Rockets mostly to drugs).

3 of the teams they beat in the finals ('85 Celtics, '87 Celtics, '88 Pistons) were compromised by injuries (especially '87 Celtics).

And they had David Stern on their side to boot.

You cant top that.

What about 1984? If Henderson doesn't steal the ball, we are probably looking at a Laker sweep. And, in 87, if Isiah takes his time in Game 5 against Boston, LA is playing the Pistons that year.

I will give you the Rockets thing, though. That team matched up extremely well with LA. They should have won more. They are one of the biggest "what if" teams in NBA history.

Also, they got breaks from the Utah Jazz twice:

1. In 1976, the then New Orleans Jazz signed an old Gail Goodrich from the Lakers. Back then, FA required compensation, so the Jazz sent several #1 picks to the Lakers in return. One of those #1's: The 1979 pick that turned into Magic Johnson.

2. In 1984, if the Jazz would have scored three more points in their season finale against the Clips, Philly would have been in the last super flip with Portland instead of Houston. The reason: the Clippers would have had the worst record in the West instead of Houston, and the Sixers had that pick due to a 1978 trade with the Clippers involving World B. Free. As I understand it, MJ was Philly-bound no matter what, leaving Akeem for the Blazers.

In addition, if Allan Houston doesn't make the buzzer-beater in round 1 of the 99 playoffs against Miami, Jeff Van Gundy is fired, and Phil Jackson takes his place with the Knicks. That means no Fluker three-peat.

[And1AllDay]

Year 3 ACB: still fuming.

[LeCola]

They drafted Curry, Klay, Green without any top 5 picks. Built their system while developing their stars, now they all obey Kerr's directions, there are no ego war.

If you do the right moves, fortune would follow you. People would call it 'luck', but it would be success.