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#2016 western conference finals series#

With their Game 7 win over the Pacers, the Raptors won their first playoff series since 2001.

Game 7 between the Raptors and Pacers and the Heat and Hornets ensured a 17th straight postseason in which at least one Game 7 was played 1999 was the last postseason to not feature a Game 7.

The Pistons missed the playoffs the next year and moved to their new arena for the 2017–18 season.

Game 4 between the Cavaliers and the Pistons was the last playoff game played at the Palace of Auburn Hills, as well as the last major league postseason game played in Oakland County.

In addition, all Eastern Conference teams finished with records over.

For the first time since 1999, all teams from the Eastern Conference finished with a better record against at least one team from the Western Conference.

The Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets, and Indiana Pacers returned to the playoffs after a one-season absence.

The Detroit Pistons qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2009.

However, they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Conference Finals.

They finished one game shy of the Cleveland Cavaliers for the best record in the Eastern Conference.

The Toronto Raptors also finished with a franchise record for single-season victories, winning 56 games.However, they lost in the Conference Semifinals to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Spurs' 40–1 home record equaled the feat set by the 1985–86 Boston Celtics. The San Antonio Spurs finished just six games behind the Warriors for the best record in the NBA, entering their 19th consecutive postseason, having just one home loss in the regular season, setting a new single-season franchise record for wins.The Oklahoma City Thunder returned to the postseason after a one season absence.However, they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. Golden State appeared in their fourth consecutive postseason for the first time since making six straight appearances from 1947–52. The Warriors won 73 games, breaking the previous record of 72 wins set by the Chicago Bulls in the 1995–96 season. The Golden State Warriors entered the playoffs with the best regular-season record in NBA history.Cleveland wound up repeating this feat the next year when they swept the conference opening round, semifinal round, and winning the first 2 conference final games this feat would be surpassed in those same 2017 NBA playoffs, when the Golden State Warriors won 15 straight games. They matched the 2012 San Antonio Spurs, though the 19 Western Conference Los Angeles Lakers had won their first eleven games en route to sweeping the first three rounds of those playoffs. The Cavaliers swept their first two series and won the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Raptors to become the fourth team in NBA history to open a post-season with 10 straight victories. In the NBA Finals, LeBron James was named NBA Finals MVP. The tournament ended with the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers defeating the defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors 4 games to 3 after the Warriors led the series 3 games to 1. 2016 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2015–16 season. This was Kevin Durant's final game with OKC. The Warriors beat the Thunder 96-88 in GM7 of the WCF. He signed with the Warriors less than two months later in a controversial move. The Warriors were led by Steph Curry’s 36 points on 13-of-24 shooting he went 7-of-12 from 3.Īs mentioned, this was Durant’s final game of his nine-year tenure with the Thunder. Russell Westbrook finished with 19 points on 7-of-21 shooting, 13 assists and seven rebounds. In his final game with the Thunder, Kevin Durant had 27 points on 10-of-19 shooting and seven rebounds. Ultimately, the Warriors pulled through in the second half, enjoying a 96-88 win and clinching a second consecutive NBA Finals appearance against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Despite that, the Thunder held a double-digit lead at various points throughout the winner-take-all game. The Thunder entered the game still looking shell-shocked from what transpired in Game 6. Seven years ago today, the Oklahoma City Thunder officially blew a 3-1 series lead against the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 Western Conference finals.