most playoff losses in a season while winning the championship

11 teams are tied for losing the most games with >0 series wins in an NBA Finals, with 3 losses. The first three are the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat.

	TEAM	L	Series W	SEASON	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Thunder	3	1	2024-25	NBA Finals	7	240.0	109.3	41.9	17.6	10.7	5.9	37.0	84.6	43.8	10.1	29.4	34.5	25.1	30.6	82.2	55.7	11.1	30.7	13.7	1,680	765	293	123	75	41	96	152
2	Cavaliers	3	1	2015-16	NBA Finals	7	240.0	100.4	43.9	18.0	9.3	5.4	37.6	82.4	45.6	8.0	24.3	32.9	17.3	23.9	72.5	54.0	11.7	32.1	14.1	1,680	703	307	126	65	38	99	147
3	Heat	3	1	2012-13	NBA Finals	7	243.6	97.0	39.7	21.1	8.7	5.1	37.4	81.6	45.9	9.1	21.1	43.2	13.0	16.9	77.1	54.5	9.9	29.9	12.3	1,705	679	278	148	61	36	86	145
4	Lakers	3	1	2009-10	NBA Finals	7	240.0	90.6	42.4	14.6	7.3	6.1	31.9	76.3	41.8	5.0	17.9	28.0	21.9	28.6	76.5	51.0	13.1	29.3	13.3	1,680	634	297	102	51	43	93	156
5	Spurs	3	1	2004-05	NBA Finals	7	243.6	84.9	41.7	16.4	4.6	5.6	30.9	71.9	42.9	7.3	18.3	39.8	15.9	22.7	69.8	51.8	12.3	29.4	15.7	1,705	594	292	115	32	39	110	142
6	Rockets	3	1	1993-94	NBA Finals	7	240.0	86.1	40.0	20.9	7.1	5.1	31.9	74.7	42.6	5.3	17.3	30.6	17.1	22.7	75.5	50.8	10.6	29.4	16.9	1,680	603	280	146	50	36	118	149
7	Lakers	3	1	1987-88	NBA Finals	7	240.0	98.7	37.6	23.7	5.9	3.0	35.4	75.9	46.7	1.4	5.7	25.0	26.4	35.3	74.9	54.0	10.3	27.3	13.1	1,680	691	263	166	41	21	92	154
8	Celtics	3	1	1983-84	NBA Finals	7	247.1	115.1	48.1	22.7	9.3	4.7	41.7	94.4	44.2	1.3	3.4	37.5	30.4	38.9	78.3	51.6	18.7	29.4	16.0	1,730	806	337	159	65	33	112	194
9	Bullets	3	1	1977-78	NBA Finals	7	243.6	105.1	49.0	23.0	7.7	4.6	42.1	96.4	43.7				20.9	30.1	69.2	47.9	17.6	31.4	14.6	1,705	736	343	161	54	32	102	190
10	Celtics	3	1	1973-74	NBA Finals	7	250.7	96.7	42.4	25.4	8.3	0.7	40.0	92.4	43.3				16.7	21.6	77.5	47.4	12.7	29.7	15.3	1,755	677	297	178	58	5	107	153
11	Knicks	3	1	1969-70	NBA Finals	7	247.1	112.3	48.9	27.4			47.4	103.1	46.0				17.4	22.9	76.3	49.6				1,730	786	342	192				178
12	Celtics	3	1	1968-69	NBA Finals	7	240.0	105.9	55.4	19.3			41.6	99.4	41.8				22.7	28.7	79.1	47.2				1,680	741	388	135				209
13	Celtics	3	1	1965-66	NBA Finals	7	243.6	118.1	61.4	21.0			44.4	101.6	43.7				29.3	35.4	82.7	50.4				1,705	827	430	147				208
14	Celtics	3	1	1961-62	NBA Finals	7	243.6	117.7	61.6	26.7			46.3	105.7	43.8				25.1	33.1	75.9	48.9				1,705	824	431	187				210
15	Celtics	3	1	1959-60	NBA Finals	7	240.0	113.1	64.0	20.6			44.9	109.9	40.8				23.4	31.6	74.2	45.7				1,680	792	448	144				156
16	Celtics	3	1	1956-57	NBA Finals	7	254.3	115.1	69.6	22.6			42.1	114.1	36.9				30.9	42.7	72.2	43.3				1,780	806	487	158				221
17	Nationals	3	1	1954-55	NBA Finals	7	240.0	90.9					29.6						31.7	42.1	75.3					1,680	636						184
18	Lakers	3	1	1953-54	NBA Finals	7	240.0	74.7					27.6	68.4	40.3				19.6	28.4	68.8	46.2				1,680	523						201
19	Lakers	3	1	1951-52	NBA Finals	7	247.1	82.6	46.3	18.9			30.7	74.4	41.3				21.1	30.1	70.1	47.1				1,730	578	324	132				196
20	Royals	3	1	1950-51	NBA Finals	7	240.0	83.3	51.9	24.3			29.4	73.7	39.9				24.4	33.1	73.7	47.2				1,680	583	363	170				182
21	Warriors	2	1	2021-22	NBA Finals	6	240.0	104.8	41.7	23.5	10.3	4.5	38.8	87.2	44.6	15.3	41.8	36.7	11.8	14.7	80.7	56.0	9.8	31.8	13.8	1,440	629	250	141	62	27	83	125
22	Bucks	2	1	2020-21	NBA Finals	6	240.0	111.7	46.3	23.0	8.0	3.5	41.8	89.5	46.7	11.0	31.2	35.3	17.0	23.3	72.9	56.0	13.2	33.2	11.3	1,440	670	278	138	48	21	68	105
23	Lakers	2	1	2019-20	NBA Finals	6	240.0	110.0	45.0	25.0	6.8	4.3	39.5	85.0	46.5	14.0	39.8	35.1	17.0	21.5	79.1	58.2	11.7	33.3	14.2	1,440	660	270	150	41	26	85	124
24	Raptors	2	1	2018-19	NBA Finals	6	240.0	111.5	41.0	23.0	8.2	4.8	38.3	84.3	45.5	12.0	34.3	35.0	22.8	26.5	86.2	58.1	9.7	31.3	12.8	1,440	669	246	138	49	29	77	133
25	Warriors	2	1	2014-15	NBA Finals	6	248.3	100.7	44.2	23.0	8.0	5.0	36.2	83.0	43.6	11.2	31.0	36.0	17.2	24.8	69.1	53.6	10.5	33.7	13.0	1,490	604	265	138	48	30	78	145

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Team Leaders

PPG

33.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

8.5

Holmgren

APG

8.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.9

7th

DRTG

107.7

1st

NETRTG

11.1

1st

3P%

36.5

9th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	64	18	.780
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0

Last Game

Thunder

4 - 0

131

Final

122

Suns

0 - 4

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

33.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Cunningham

26.8

Brown

Playoffs RPG Leaders

14.0

Jokić

11.3

Hart

10.8

Towns

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.4

Jokić

8.8

James

8.5

Tatum

Playoffs SPG Leaders

3.5

Smart

3.0

Eason

2.8

Wagner

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.3

Wembanyama

3.0

Stewart

2.0

Smart

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.8

Maxey

3.8

Bane

3.5

Smith

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Proctor

113.6

Davison

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

129.0

123.5

116.4

113.8

112.4

112.1

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

99.5

102.1

105.3

107.4

107.7

109.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

18.1

15.7

11.2

6.5

3.0

2.5

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

292.5

Jokić

208.8

Murray

207

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

312

Jokić

216

Murray

210.3

Tatum

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.8

Smith

40.1

Davison

37.1

Embiid

Playoffs MPG Leaders

43.5

Thompson

41.8

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

3.25

McLaughlin

2.40

Bryant

2.38

Newell

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.75

McLaughlin

2.33

Richardson

2.08

Bryant

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

51-35

50-36

50-37-1

47-36

48-38

Worst Record ATS

33-49

36-50

36-48

37-49

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
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
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
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

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
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
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/23	SAS	@	MIA	136-111
Mon 3/23	HOU	@	CHI	124-132
Mon 3/23	TOR	@	UTA	143-127
Mon 3/23	GSW	@	DAL	137-131
Mon 3/23	BKN	@	POR	99-134

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 4/28	PHI	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Tue 4/28	ATL	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Tue 4/28	POR	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 4/29	ORL	@	DET	7:00 PM
Wed 4/29	TOR	@	CLE	7:30 PM

11 teams are tied for losing the most games with >0 series wins in an NBA Finals, with 3 losses. The first three are the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat.

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