Trying to Rank the Best Playoff Teams in History

[dankok8]

Here are the best 3-year postseason stretches ranked by rNet which adjusts for both offensive and defensive rating of competition.

Calculated using Basketball Reference data.

[dankok8]

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[Da_Realist]

Here are the best 3-year postseason stretches ranked by rNet which adjusts for both offensive and defensive rating of competition.

Calculated using Basketball Reference data.

Should be ranked by the number of titles won first then rNet and any other consideration after that.

[NBAGOAT]

spurs were unlucky running into heat and the cavs running into he warriors. People only think that way with the 80s teams but based on this list you can argue the 2010's teams were even more unlucky

[tpols]

spurs were unlucky running into heat and the cavs running into he warriors. People only think that way with the 80s teams but based on this list you can argue the 2010's teams were even more unlucky

If anything the cavs net rating is inflated due to how they plowed through the East those years. The warriors still had to face legit contenders out West like the Thunder who had them down 3-1.

Overall it's a good list though. I'm surprised the spurs are ranked ahead of the Shaq Kobe Lakers.

[tpols]

Also this list proves Lebron + Kyrie > Lebron + Wade.

[1987_Lakers]

Also this list proves Lebron + Kyrie > Lebron + Wade.

Wade was playing injured in both the 2012 & 2013 playoff runs.

East was also better in 2011-2013 compared to 2015-2017.

[ShawkFactory]

Also this list proves Lebron + Kyrie > Lebron + Wade.

Well yea they complimented each other better.

[tpols]

Wade was playing injured in both the 2012 & 2013 playoff runs.

East was also better in 2011-2013 compared to 2015-2017.

Lebron lost with Wade even when he was at peak health in 2011.

And competition wise... eh, nah it really wasn't. The East was weak in both periods. Facing bums up to the ECF and having to beat derrick rose and Noah or Paul George and Hibbert is a weak path.

[1987_Lakers]

Lebron lost with Wade even when he was at peak health in 2011.

And competition wise... eh, nah it really wasn't. The East was weak in both periods. Facing bums up to the ECF and having to beat derrick rose and Noah or Paul George and Hibbert is a weak path.

3ball who is your idol called those Pacers teams as good as the 90's Knicks.

[Axe]

Funny how the jazz had to be listed rt, even though they're the only team that doesn't have any rings until now.

[tpols]

That was the weakest "gotcha" attempt ever. The East was trash in both time periods due to the collusion of star talent.

Which is what OPs list doesn't quite factor in. If Shaq Kobe played in the East in either time period and had to face that competition they'd have a higher net rating than having to play the Kings, Spurs, and Blazers.

[tpols]

Funny how the jazz had to be listed rt, even though they're the only team that doesn't have any rings until now.

Jazz were good enough to win. They have a top 10 rating all time and played brutal gauntlets. Unfortunately they ran into the MJ buzz saw.

[Axe]

Jazz were good enough to win. They have a top 10 rating all time and played brutal gauntlets. Unfortunately they ran into the MJ buzz saw.

They should made have made the finals again shortly after '98. Yet nothing like that happened at all.

[1987_Lakers]

That was the weakest "gotcha" attempt ever. The East was trash in both time periods due to the collusion of star talent.

Which is what OPs list doesn't quite factor in. If Shaq Kobe played in the East in either time period and had to face that competition they'd have a higher net rating than having to play the Kings, Spurs, and Blazers.

A weak attempt is somehow justifying LeBron/Kyrie > LeBron/Wade strictly from this list. Kyrie and Bron were a better fit together, but LeBron and Wade at one point won 27 straight games together.

The list disregards other factors like injury (Wade), & competition.

Nobody is picking the 2015 Hawks, 2016 Raptors, & 2017 Celtics over the 2011 Bulls, 2012 Celtics, & 2013 Pacers.