With the 94-118 loss of the play-off Warriors to the Kings, the Golden State Warriors, who have been called the dynasty team of the league for nearly a decade, will miss the playoff stage in the 2023-24 season after returning from the division semifinals last year。 Under the appearance of all beings, the people of Golden State seem to have no future, and parting ways seems to have become the only destination of this team that has dominated the league for decades, no matter which strong team, in the long river of time, it seems that it cannot stand, this time it is the turn of Golden State-Warriors.
Today, take stock of the five major dynastic teams that have collapsed in the NBA.
Fifth Dynasty Team: Los Angeles-Lakers three-game winning streak
In the 1999-00 season, the Bulls' six-time champion Phil Jackson feared the Los Angeles-Lakers, under the deterrence of Phil Jackson's triangle offense, so that the deterrence of the OK combination continued to explode, O'Neal at the peak of the season, with the fledgling Kobe, played a bloodthirsty performance, and led the team to cash in on his talent, successfully won the championship trophy that season, O'Neal also won the first championship trophy in his career and the finals FMVP trophy, although Kobe Bryant was extremely envious, but O'Neal as the leader of the team, the league's first center, can also be said to be well-deserved, with a championship, but also made the OK combination famous, so that the dynasty belonging to the Lakers will branch out.
In the next two seasons, under the deterrent power of the OK combination, the Lakers continued to dominate the group in an overwhelming way, which also allowed the Lakers to start a three-in-a-row dynasty moment, but due to Kobe's continuous growth, after O'Neal won the Finals FMVP trophy three times, the friction of the OK combination continued to intensify, and the dynasty team became precarious.
In the 2002-03 season, O'Neal refused to have surgery on his toe in the summer, which left him limited to 67 games and the team was 50-32, and although his All-Star teammate Kobe Bryant averaged a career-best 30 points per game at the time, he struggled to escape the defeat of the Spurs in the second round of the West. The team later scapegoated Horry to save O'Neal's face, but it also deepened the feud between him and Kobe.
In the 2003-04 season, the Lakers were joined by Karl Malone and Gary Payton, forming what is known as the strongest fantasy team in the league and reaching the Finals again. But the result was unexpected, and the Lakers lost 4-1 to the Detroit Pistons in the Finals, despite O'Neal, who is 32 years old with a leg injury, scored 26.6 points, 10.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and shot 63% from the field against a double Wallace defense.
The Lakers' "golden lineup" also collapsed after the game. O'Neal's relationship with Bryant deteriorated even further, to the point of no return. With the Lakers' top management losing negotiations with O'Neal and the transfer of the "Big Sharks" to Miami, the Lakers' "O'Neal era" came to an end. The former dynasty team and the former OK combination also parted ways completely with O'Neal's departure, which also made the dynasty of the Los Angeles people disappear, and Los Angeles also started a long waiting and dormant journey.
Fourth Dynasty Team: Cleveland - Cavaliers
In the 2013-14 season, James chose to leave the Miami-Heat with the Thunder, and returned to his old club after four years.
The 2015-16 season, for the Cavaliers, is definitely the most classic moment in team history, when the team fell behind 1-3 during the Finals, relying on James and Irving to play 40+ games in a rowThe performance helped the team turn the tide, once dragged the game into the tiebreaker, and Irving was in front of Curry, in Curry's way, shooting a quasi-three-pointer, helping Cleveland win the first championship trophy in team history, and the Cavaliers also became the only dynasty team that was able to achieve a reversal when they fell behind 1-3 in the finals.
However, in the following years, due to Durant's joining Golden State, the Cavaliers swallowed defeats one after another, Irving also fell out with the team, and left the team after the 2016-17 season, and in the 2017-18 season, when James single-handedly led the team to the Finals stage, but after being 4-0 clean sheet by the Golden State, James was also disheartened.
Choosing to bring the talent to Los Angeles, the Cavaliers were left with only the aging Love left, the former championship team fell apart, and the Cleveland people's magical moment of breaking into the Finals stage for five consecutive years came to an end, and this small city also began a long journey of dormancy and waiting after the departure of the two giants.
Third Biggest Dynasty Team: Chicago - Bulls Three-Straight Dynasty
In the 1990-91 season, Jordan led the Bulls all the way to victory, losing only two games in the entire playoffs, and Jordan led the Bulls to win the championship for the first time. That included avenging the victory over the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, beating the Lakers in straight games after losing one game at home in the Finals. Jordan shot 55.8 percent from the field in the Finals, averaged 31.2 points, 6.6 rebounds, 11.4 assists, 2.8 steals and 1.4 blocks per game and lifted the first of his six Finals Most Valuable Player trophies.
In the 1991-92 season, Jordan averaged 30.1 points per game, winning both the regular season MVP and the Finals MVP for the second year in a row. In the first round of the playoffs against the Miami Heat, Jordan averaged 45 points per game and led the team to sweep the opponent with a total score of 3-0. This season, Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to two consecutive championships.
In 1993, Jordan led the Bulls to four of the five playoff victories over Patrick Ewing's New York Knicks. In the crucial fifth game, Jordan played a "triple-double" performance: 29 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists. The Bulls then cleared in six games. In the Finals, Jordan set a record in six games against the Phoenix Suns: he averaged 41.0 points per game and won three consecutive championships.
However, not long after the joy of three consecutive championships, Jordan received the bad news that his father had been murdered. On October 6, just before the start of training camp for the new season, Jordan announced his retirement and was ready to start his baseball career. Baseball was a sport that his father inspired him from a young age, and Jordan eventually joined Major League Baseball. In fact, he wasn't too successful on the baseball field.
At the end of the 1994-95 season, Jordan famously uttered the phrase "I'm Back." Jordan, who returned to the NBA, averaged 26.9 points per game in 17 regular season games, and the Bulls had a 13-4 record. In the playoffs, Jordan averaged 31.5 points per game, but the Bulls still lost to the Orlando Magic, who have Shaquille O'Neal.
In the 1995-96 season, Jordan averaged 30.4 points per game and led the Bulls to a 72-10 record. Jordan won the regular season, All-Star Game and Finals MVP this season, and only Willis Reed could accomplish this feat.
In the 1996-97 season, after six games, Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to defeat the Utah Jazz and win the championship for the second and fifth consecutive season. Jordan won the scoring title for the second time in a row and the ninth time in his career, and won the Finals MVP for the second consecutive season.
In the 1997-98 season, Jordan won the title of scoring champion for the third consecutive season and the 10th time in his career, and once again won the regular season MVP, All-Star Game MVP, and Finals MVP. On June 14, 1998, in the final minute of the six finals, it was again the Chicago Bulls vs. the Utah Jazz, Jordan successfully broke the ball from Malone and scored the winning goal after shaking off his defender Cassel. With the goal, the Chicago Bulls won their second three-peat, and the sixth in eight years.
On January 13, 1999, when collective bargaining stalled, Jordan announced his retirement again, saying that he "no longer had the goal of challenging himself as a basketball player."
Jordan's two consecutive announcements of retirement, but also became the key factor for the Bulls to come to an abrupt end of the two consecutive three-consecutive championship dynasty, compared with the last retirement after the return, and once again helped the team to establish a three-consecutive championship dynasty, this time again, age and other factors, so that Jordan failed to write a legend again, and Jordan also chose to join the Wizards, which also made the Bulls' two three-consecutive championship dynasty come to an abrupt end, and also made this dynasty team that won 6 championships in 8 years, with the fall of the basketball god, also opened a long waiting and accumulation moment。
Second biggest dynasty team: Miami Heat
In the 2010-11 season, James teamed up with Bosh to parachute into Miami-Heat, and the three stars of the class of 2003 also teamed up in Miami to discuss the plan, and the three teamed up for four years to reach the finals stage and help the team win two championship trophies, making the Heat a dynasty team worthy of the name.
Although in the first year of formation, it encountered a crazy counterattack from the old king, and made Nowitzki the biggest city hero of the season, which also made the Heat unfavorable, but in the second season, after defeating the young Thunder three young, the Heat started a two-game championship period, and defeated the Thunder three young and Spurs GDP combination for two consecutive years, making the Heat triumvirate once again the craziest trio dynasty team that year.
In the 2013-14 season, the Heat was hit by the avenging Spurs, and the dynasty team was defeated. Wade couldn't support the team, the Heat went downhill, and the little emperor once again moved forward for his dream, leaving the remnants of the Heat to start a long journey of dormancy and waiting.
No. 1 Dynasty Team: Golden State - Warriors
In the summer of 2016, Durant parachuted into Golden State-Warriors to help the team with 73 wins and runners-up, and once again played a bloodthirsty performance, that season, the Warriors' 12-0 performance in the playoffs in the West, for revenge, facing the defending champion, Durant's desire for a championship and the overall strength of the Warriors, let the team achieve a fatal blow to the Cavaliers, and let Golden State win the championship trophy again.
The following season, the Warriors continued to win two championships in three years, although the 2018-19 season was plagued by injuries and internal conflicts within the team.
It has also become an important factor in the team's return, but Green's remarks have undoubtedly become an important factor for Durant to go abroad, driven by this situation, the Warriors have also started a long waiting journey after Durant's departure.