There are many cases of NBA 0-2 start and then reversal, such as Yao Mai's Rockets successively 2:0 Mavericks, 2:0 Jazz and then turned over, and the 16 Finals Cavaliers reversed the Warriors, and the 21 Finals Bucks reversed the Suns are also things that have just happened, in fact, in the entire NBA history, there are nearly 30 teams that fell behind 0:2 and then turned over to win, but most of them were away 0:2 and then returned to the home court to turn the tables successfully, So what are some examples of a series that loses two home games and then comes back from behind?
The first team: the Lakers, trailing the Warriors 0:2 in the first round in '69, and the final ending: the overall runner-up!
This is Chamberlain's first season with the Lakers, with Chamberlain's 20.5 points and 21.1 rebounds, the Lakers got 55 wins and the first record in the West, when the league had a total of 14 teams and then the top four in the East and West entered the playoffs, of which the first-round rules are the first in the West against the third in the West, the second in the West against the fourth in the West, and there is a big difference between the first and last matchups now, so in the first round of the 69 series, the Lakers met the Warriors who had the Big Three and were also not easy to mess with.
In the regular season, the Warriors Mullins 22.8 points, LaRusso 20.7 points, Thurmond 21.5 points and 19.7 rebounds, this configuration is not inferior to the Lakers Baylor, West, Chamberlain combination, the first game Chamberlain 11 points, the second game Chamberlain's 10 points were completely suppressed by the younger Thurmond, so the Lakers changed their tactics to focus on the outside, and finally Jerry West averaged 31.8 points per game to lead the team to four consecutive games to reverse the series.
This year's Finals, Chamberlain, who averaged 11.7 points per game, still did not regain his form, and after seven games in the series, the Lakers still fell in front of the Celtics.
Chamberlain and Baylor fell into a slump, and West was the loser FMVP this year
The second team: the Rockets, 0:2 behind the Suns in the semifinals in '94, the final ending: the championship!
1994 was the best chance of Charles Barkley's career to win the championship, Jordan announced his retirement in 93, and then the supersonic in the top five in the West was reversed by the Nuggets in the first round, the Jazz was reversed by the Rockets 2:3 in the first round, and the Spurs were defeated by the Suns in 93.
Then in the third game, Kevin Johnson cut 38 points and 12 assists to try to win the Rockets in one go, but Maxwell, who only scored 3 points in the first game of the Rockets, suddenly exploded and scored 34 points.
Barkley and Jordan stood at the top of the league in '93, and after Jordan's absence, Barkley had some meaning that he thought he was the first in the world
The third team: the Mavericks, 0:2 behind the Rockets in the first round in '05, the final ending: Western Conference semifinals!
This is Maddy's first season with the Rockets, when there was a division champion must be in the top three rules, this year the Mavericks 58 wins, SuperSonics 52 wins, if there is no this rule, the Rockets should play against the SuperSonics in the first round, the Rockets regular season 97:95, 90:78, 106:78 three kills SuperSonics have an absolute advantage.
Although the overall strength of the 58-win Mavericks is stronger, the Rockets still won two games in a row 2:0 at the beginning, but the disgusting thing came, the referees began to play the third game of the series, especially the referee Donaghi, "strictly" blew Yao Ming for moving cover and walking violations, the third and fourth games were originally the home court of the Rockets, and as a result, Yao Ming was back 5 fouls in both games, such as the fourth game Yao Ming got 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 blocks on 6 of 7 shots, and the efficiency on the court was extremely high, and the result was that he played a total of 25 minutes because of 5 fouls on his back, and finally the Rocket 93: 97 lost to Mavericks by 4 points.
Head coach Van Gundy was also fined $100,000 for lashing out at the referee
Fourth: Celtics, trailing the Bulls 0:2 in the first round in '17, and the final ending: Eastern Conference Finals!
At that time, the Bulls had Rondo, Wade, and Butler on the outside, and the 1.75-meter-small Thomas was completely not enough to see in front of these three, but unfortunately the point guard Rajon Rondo was reimbursed for the season due to injury after the 2:0 start, and Rondo averaged 11.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 10 assists and 3.5 steals per game in the first two games of the series.
After Rondo was injured and reimbursed, Thomas Jr. was unstoppable
Fifth team: Clippers, trailing the Mavericks 0:2 in the first round in '21, the final ending: Western Conference Finals!
In the first two games of the series, the Clippers used a traditional big man lineup to play against the Mavericks, and as a result, Zubac completely became Doncic's sight on the court, such as Doncic scored 39 points on 16-of-29 shooting in the second game, Hardaway scored 28 points on 9-of-14 shooting, while Zubac of the Clippers only had 2 points and 6 rebounds in the whole game, with a plus/minus of -16.
Then in the third game, the Clippers began to change formations, Zubac played a total of 11 minutes in the whole game, and in the fourth game, Zubac simply entered the bench and then Batum was promoted to the starting line and played 36 minutes, and finally relied on the five-small lineup of the Clippers to turn the situation around.
Leonard had a long break in the '21 regular season, but only lasted 10 high-intensity games in the playoffs
Leonard played four games in the Western Conference semifinals and was reimbursed for the injury season, but Paul George still led the team to win the Jazz 4:2, and then the Clippers still fought with the Suns to the sixth game in the Western Conference finals, and Leonard averaged 30.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game in the playoffs this year, with a shooting rate of 57.3% and 39.3% three-pointers.