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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 5299580, member: 833"]
Pressure is on Daigneault.  OKC is really good and Indiana is just ok and has injuries.  This would be a really bad loss for him.

What are the biggest upsets in NBA finals history?  Detroit 2004 was a legitimate upset although the teams were close in the regular season.  I don’t count the 2006 Heat or Cavaliers as significant upsets because both teams were very good and had generational superstars.  Mavericks win was kind of an upset, although much of that turned out to be sandbagging by Carlisle, Dirk and Kidd in interviews.

OKC won 18 more games than Indiana, and it wasn’t like Indiana was missing a star for extended stretches or didn’t care about the regular season like Shaq or Hakeem used to do in their prime.  Indiana needed every win it got.  Its 50-32 regular season record is reflective of the above average, but nothing more, team that Indiana is.  Indiana is only in the finals because Cleveland and Boston were gutted by injuries and Milwaukee has a lousy coach and was gutted by injuries.

There is no close comparable in NBA history for the level of upset this would be if Indiana wins.
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