4th Seed Teams That Made the NBA Finals
Summary of how many teams won and lost the NBA Championship after entering the playoffs as the 4 seed, and a full list with all of them one by one with details of year, rival and result of the Finals.
How many 4 seeds have reached the NBA Finals?
Only 5 teams that arrived to the Playoffs as the 4th seed reached the Finals. So far, there has never been a Finals played between two number 4 seeds.
And how many 4 seeds won the NBA Championship?
Of those 5 teams, 1 won the title (20.0%), while the other 4 lost the Finals.
Summary - 4th Seeded Teams
Champions | Lost Finals | Winning % | Finalists | Finals Made |
1 |
4 |
.200 |
5 |
5 |
Notes: in multiple years between 1954 and 1972 the Playoffs only had seeds 1, 2 and 3. Seeds are Conference seeds since 1973 and Division seeds previous to that.
4 Seeds that reached the Finals - One by one
Finals
Champion
Runner-up