Stats of Playoff Series with a 2-1 Lead
Statistics about how many times the team with a 2-1 lead won the series and how many teams recovered from a 1-2 deficit. Details by playoff round and games played.
A total of 600 playoff series had at some point a status of 2-1. Here you have the details.
Summary |
| Series status: 2-1 |
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How many teams won their series after having a 2-1 lead?
480
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How many teams recovered from a 1-2 deficit?
120
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Details by Playoff Round |
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| Team with 2-1 lead won series |
Team with 1-2 deficit won series |
Total Series | |
| NBA Finals |
50
(78.1%)
|
14
(21.9%)
|
64 |
| NBA Conference Finals |
64
(79.0%)
|
17
(21.0%)
|
81 |
| NBA Conference Semifinals |
137
(79.7%)
|
35
(20.3%)
|
172 |
| NBA Conference First Round |
188
(81.4%)
|
43
(18.6%)
|
231 |
| NBA Division Finals (1949 to 1970) |
24
(80.0%)
|
6
(20.0%)
|
30 |
| NBA Division Semifinals (1949 to 1970) |
16
(76.2%)
|
5
(23.8%)
|
21 |
| NBA Quarterfinals (1947 to 1948) |
0
(0%)
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0
(0%)
|
0 |
| NBA Semifinals (1947 to 1948) |
1
(100.0%)
|
0
(0.0%)
|
1 |
| Total Series:
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480 |
120 |
600 |
| Details by Total Games Played | ||||
| Team with 2-1 lead won series |
Team with 1-2 deficit won series |
Total Series | ||
| Best of 7 series... | ||||
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finished in 5 games (final result 4-1)
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132
(100.0%)
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- * | 132 |
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finished in 6 games (final result 4-2)
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152
(79.6%)
|
39
(20.4%)
|
191 |
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finished in 7 games (final result 4-3)
|
90
(59.6%)
|
61
(40.4%)
|
151 |
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| Best of 5 series... | ||||
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finished in 4 games (final result 3-1)
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64
(100.0%)
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- * | 64 |
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finished in 5 games (final result 3-2)
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42
(67.7%)
|
20
(32.3%)
|
62 |
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| Total Series:
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480 |
120 |
600 |
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* not possible because here we are analyzing a situation where the losing team had already won more games