when was the last time a team came in the playoffs with a 5 - 9 start

The Indiana Pacers started 5 times in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals versus the Thunder on June 22.

	TEAM	DATE	GS	5-9	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Pacers	6/22/2025	5	-4	IND	@	OKC	135	49	19	10	3	3	15	37	40.5	9	18	50.0	10	17	58.8	55.1	4	15	6	14	-21
2	Thunder	6/22/2025	5	-4	OKC	vs	IND	163	83	33	20	8	7	27	69	39.1	7	30	23.3	22	31	71.0	50.2	8	25	5	15	+47
3	Pacers	6/19/2025	5	-4	IND	vs	OKC	137	60	20	16	6	4	20	50	40.0	9	24	37.5	11	13	84.6	53.8	6	14	5	11	+100
4	Thunder	6/19/2025	5	-4	OKC	@	IND	119	54	21	4	1	1	19	46	41.3	1	13	7.7	15	17	88.2	50.5	3	18	13	11	-108
5	Pacers	6/16/2025	5	-4	IND	@	OKC	152	66	28	15	6	2	20	43	46.5	8	19	42.1	18	20	90.0	63.7	9	19	15	17	-49
6	Thunder	6/16/2025	5	-4	OKC	vs	IND	160	93	35	21	7	9	31	70	44.3	7	17	41.2	24	30	80.0	55.9	17	18	9	18	+48
7	Pacers	6/13/2025	5	-4	IND	vs	OKC	168	68	23	18	10	2	22	58	37.9	7	28	25.0	17	19	89.5	51.2	5	18	12	19	+2
8	Thunder	6/13/2025	5	-4	OKC	@	IND	167	84	34	7	5	2	27	56	48.2	2	9	22.2	28	29	96.6	61.1	8	26	9	17	+10
9	Pacers	6/11/2025	5	-4	IND	vs	OKC	154	67	23	17	6	8	26	52	50.0	7	18	38.9	8	10	80.0	59.4	3	20	9	17	+5
10	Thunder	6/11/2025	5	-4	OKC	@	IND	173	89	32	10	3	4	31	66	47.0	6	17	35.3	21	28	75.0	56.8	7	25	13	10	-20
11	Pacers	6/8/2025	5	-4	IND	@	OKC	149	73	22	18	5	4	25	56	44.6	10	29	34.5	13	17	76.5	57.5	5	17	11	11	-49
12	Thunder	6/8/2025	5	-4	OKC	vs	IND	147	75	21	16	8	3	25	53	47.2	4	17	23.5	21	23	91.3	59.4	4	17	6	16	+23
13	Pacers	6/5/2025	5	-4	IND	@	OKC	165	72	45	16	0	6	25	58	43.1	10	27	37.0	12	17	70.6	55.0	10	35	17	11	+34
14	Thunder	6/5/2025	5	-4	OKC	vs	IND	169	82	21	11	9	4	30	77	39.0	9	23	39.1	13	14	92.9	49.3	3	18	3	12	-13
15	Knicks	5/31/2025	5	-4	NYK	@	IND	172	88	31	16	6	6	36	69	52.2	5	20	25.0	11	17	64.7	57.5	11	20	15	11	-85
16	Pacers	5/31/2025	5	-4	IND	vs	NYK	151	87	19	25	10	5	33	61	54.1	11	22	50.0	10	13	76.9	65.2	2	17	8	15	+98
17	Knicks	5/29/2025	5	-4	NYK	vs	IND	157	85	31	13	6	3	34	67	50.7	6	21	28.6	11	15	73.3	57.7	6	25	10	13	+75
18	Pacers	5/29/2025	5	-4	IND	@	NYK	133	37	14	14	9	5	13	39	33.3	3	13	23.1	8	13	61.5	41.4	3	11	10	12	-89
19	Thunder	5/28/2025	5	-4	OKC	vs	MIN	151	95	31	14	8	6	37	68	54.4	9	22	40.9	12	15	80.0	63.7	4	27	9	10	+104
20	Timberwolves	5/28/2025	5	-4	MIN	@	OKC	131	50	21	8	3	3	18	49	36.7	6	19	31.6	8	11	72.7	46.4	4	17	10	9	-102
21	Knicks	5/27/2025	5	-4	NYK	@	IND	167	100	28	12	6	3	32	68	47.1	8	20	40.0	28	33	84.8	60.6	9	19	10	20	-47
22	Pacers	5/27/2025	5	-4	IND	vs	NYK	167	94	25	22	8	4	33	70	47.1	12	27	44.4	16	19	84.2	60.0	4	21	9	21	+48
23	Thunder	5/26/2025	5	-4	OKC	@	MIN	158	101	29	18	8	4	37	72	51.4	11	23	47.8	16	20	80.0	62.5	15	14	11	17	+10
24	Timberwolves	5/26/2025	5	-4	MIN	vs	OKC	152	62	26	17	5	3	22	51	43.1	6	21	28.6	12	18	66.7	52.6	12	14	15	10	-4
25	Knicks	5/25/2025	5	-4	NYK	@	IND	166	84	27	6	4	4	29	66	43.9	9	24	37.5	17	20	85.0	56.1	6	21	11	18	+4