last time underdogs won first game nba playoffs

The Indiana Pacers won as underdogs in Game 1 of the 2016 First Round against the Raptors on April 16, 2016.

	TEAM	DATE	W	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Pacers	4/16/2016	1	IND	@	TOR	W 100-90	240	100	38	19	11	8	34	79	43.0	11	21	52.4	21	29	72.4	54.5	9	29	13	25
2	Mavericks	4/18/2016	1	DAL	@	OKC	W 85-84	240	85	45	14	8	4	35	82	42.7	5	19	26.3	10	19	52.6	47.0	11	34	13	17
3	Rockets	4/21/2016	1	HOU	vs	GSW	W 97-96	240	97	52	18	9	4	36	92	39.1	11	36	30.6	14	23	60.9	47.5	16	36	16	24
4	Pacers	4/23/2016	1	IND	vs	TOR	W 100-83	240	100	43	24	10	5	40	85	47.1	6	16	37.5	14	18	77.8	53.8	15	28	13	22
5	Trail Blazers	4/23/2016	1	POR	vs	LAC	W 96-88	240	96	56	15	5	3	37	87	42.5	6	25	24.0	16	23	69.6	49.4	16	40	16	24
6	Trail Blazers	4/25/2016	1	POR	vs	LAC	W 98-84	240	98	58	27	5	7	36	88	40.9	13	31	41.9	13	15	86.7	51.8	16	42	17	25
7	Hornets	4/27/2016	1	CHA	@	MIA	W 90-88	240	90	41	21	8	3	33	84	39.3	12	24	50.0	12	15	80.0	49.7	5	36	12	14
8	Heat	4/29/2016	1	MIA	@	CHA	W 97-90	240	97	46	14	4	10	38	83	45.8	8	16	50.0	13	15	86.7	54.1	11	35	13	24
9	Thunder	5/2/2016	1	OKC	@	SAS	W 98-97	240	98	48	16	8	8	38	79	48.1	5	19	26.3	17	21	81.0	55.5	9	39	18	19
10	Heat	5/3/2016	1	MIA	@	TOR	W 102-96	265	102	52	12	12	4	40	89	44.9	8	11	72.7	14	21	66.7	51.9	11	41	20	17
11	Raptors	5/7/2016	1	TOR	@	MIA	W 95-91	240	95	35	16	5	0	33	70	47.1	8	18	44.4	21	28	75.0	57.7	6	29	13	22
12	Trail Blazers	5/7/2016	1	POR	vs	GSW	W 120-108	240	120	41	19	5	4	40	86	46.5	17	30	56.7	23	29	79.3	60.8	11	30	10	19
13	Thunder	5/10/2016	1	OKC	@	SAS	W 95-91	240	95	54	18	6	6	34	78	43.6	7	20	35.0	20	26	76.9	53.1	15	39	20	22
14	Thunder	5/12/2016	1	OKC	vs	SAS	W 113-99	240	113	50	21	7	7	40	85	47.1	6	22	27.3	27	31	87.1	57.3	14	36	12	18
15	Thunder	5/16/2016	1	OKC	@	GSW	W 108-102	240	108	52	22	12	6	39	89	43.8	8	17	47.1	22	32	68.8	52.4	10	42	12	15
16	Raptors	5/21/2016	1	TOR	vs	CLE	W 99-84	240	99	54	15	1	4	38	83	45.8	12	31	38.7	11	13	84.6	55.8	12	42	10	17
17	Thunder	5/22/2016	1	OKC	vs	GSW	W 133-105	240	133	52	21	6	8	46	92	50.0	8	25	32.0	33	37	89.2	61.4	11	41	12	23
18	Raptors	5/23/2016	1	TOR	vs	CLE	W 105-99	240	105	35	17	8	3	42	78	53.8	7	22	31.8	14	19	73.7	60.8	9	26	9	16
19	Thunder	5/24/2016	1	OKC	vs	GSW	W 118-94	240	118	56	23	16	8	39	90	43.3	9	26	34.6	31	40	77.5	54.8	16	40	18	22
20	Warriors	5/28/2016	1	GSW	@	OKC	W 108-101	240	108	44	23	11	4	36	88	40.9	21	45	46.7	15	24	62.5	54.8	13	31	15	25
21	Warriors	6/10/2016	1	GSW	@	CLE	W 108-97	240	108	43	23	7	6	33	81	40.7	17	36	47.2	25	31	80.6	57.1	14	29	9	22
22	Cavaliers	6/13/2016	1	CLE	@	GSW	W 112-97	240	112	41	15	11	9	44	83	53.0	10	24	41.7	14	23	60.9	60.1	8	33	16	22
23	Cavaliers	6/19/2016	1	CLE	@	GSW	W 93-89	240	93	48	17	7	6	33	82	40.2	6	25	24.0	21	25	84.0	50.0	9	39	11	15
24	Bucks	4/15/2017	1	MIL	@	TOR	W 97-83	240	97	43	22	5	5	38	85	44.7	9	23	39.1	12	15	80.0	52.9	9	34	5	23
25	Jazz	4/15/2017	1	UTA	@	LAC	W 97-95	240	97	34	21	7	4	38	79	48.1	8	19	42.1	13	19	68.4	55.5	6	28	13	19

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11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
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Wed 10/21	IND	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Fri 10/23	DAL	@	IND	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	IND	@	BKN	6:00 PM
Mon 10/26	IND	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
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6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
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Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
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The Indiana Pacers won as underdogs in Game 1 of the 2016 First Round against the Raptors on April 16, 2016.

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