6th Seeded Teams That Made the NBA Finals

Stats about how many teams reached the Finals and won or lost the NBA Championship after entering the playoffs as the 6 seed. It includes a statistical summary and and an all-time full list with all of them one by one with details of year, rivals, champion and series results.

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How many 6 seeds have reached the NBA Finals?
In NBA history, only 2 teams that arrived to the Playoffs as the 6th seed reached the Finals.

And how many 6 seeds were the NBA Champions?
Of those 2 teams, 1 won the title (50.0%), while the other lost the Finals.

Summary - 6th Seeded Teams

Champions Lost FinalsWinning % Finalists Finals Made
1
1
.500
2
2

Notes: the NBA Playoffs have had 6th seeds only since 1977.

Number 6 Seeds that reached the NBA Finals - One by one

Finals
Champion
Runner-up
4-0 vs. Orlando Magic (1st)
4-2 vs. Houston Rockets (6th)