Published 3/28/2008
by Sean Stancill
at Bleacher Report - NBA
With the Pau Gasol trade, Andrew Bynum showing flashes of dominance before he got hurt, anything less then the one seed in the Western Conference would be a let down right? Wrong. In fact, it wouldn’t be that bad at all. It would be the perfect slot for a championship team. Dating back at the past 5 champions of the league, (the Spurs, the Heat, Spurs, Pistons, and Spurs again) in the years these teams won the Larry O’Brien Trophy, none were the first seed in their conference. 06-07 San Antonio Spurs NBA Champions Dallas 67 15 .817 Phoenix 61 21 .744 San Antonio 58 24 .707 Utah 51 31 .622 Houston 52 30 .634 Denver 45 37 .549 LA Lakers 42 40 .512 Golden State 42 40 .512 05-06 Miami Heat NBA Champions Detroit 64 18 .780 Miami 52 30 .634 New Jersey 49 33 .598 Cleveland 50 32 .610 Washington 42 40 .512 Indiana 41 41 .500 Chicago 41 41 .500 Milwaukee 40 ...
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