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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 5299641, member: 833"]
A team is what its record says it is.  There is no way that the Pacers win the East if Cavaliers, Celtics and Bucks stay healthy and fresh.  They barely got by an average Knicks team.  The Pacers got some breaks in this playoff.

Breaks happen in tournaments.  This is a UConn board, so we know that better than anyone.  Tyus Edny takes one step left or right in his coast to coast drive against Missouri in 1995, or Donyell hits either free throw against Florida in 1994, and Calhoun wins his first title one or both of those years.  Brimah doesn’t make a 3 point play against St. Joe’s in 2014, or the AZ 3 attempt in the 2011 Regional Final is 2 inches more on target, or Coach K manages his front court better against us in 2004, and any or all of those championships go away.

The 2004 Pistons are the closest comparable, but that team was really strong in the regular season.  Siakam is the only likely Hall of Famer on this team, and he is not a lock.  There are no generational superstars like other upset teams have had, like the 1995 Rockets.
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