There is a storm. In the past seven years, only three teams in the NBA have played in the Finals twice, and no team has won the championship twice

The NBA's roster of the East Finals and West Finals has been confirmed, that is Pacers VS Knicks, Timberwolves VS Thunder.

Because these four teams have not won the championship for a long time and have not reached the finals, the following conclusion is:

In the seven seasons after the Warriors, only 3 teams in the NBA can reach the Finals twice, and no team can win the championship twice, let alone 2 consecutive championships. It has been a long time since the NBA has had a slightly dominant team.

Look first, after Jordan retired, the Lakers achieved three consecutive championships in 2000-02. After 6 years of chaos, the Lakers achieved two consecutive championships in 2009-10, followed by two consecutive championships in 2012-13, and the Warriors won two consecutive championships in 2017-18.

Although there were no consecutive championships in the last six-year battle, the Spurs won three championships, one each of the Pistons, the Heat and the Celtics, at least the Spurs were holding on.

And this time, in 7 years, not only did not have any teams that won the championship, but there were not even teams that won the championship twice. Even the standards were lowered to the finals, and only three teams reached the finals twice.

In the past seven years, the champions are the Raptors, Lakers, Bucks, Warriors, Nuggets, Celtics, and To be determined (one of the Pacers, Knicks, Timberwolves, and Thunder). There are exactly 3 pieces of each east and west.

The Warriors, Celtics and Heat are able to reach the finals twice.

The Warriors lost to the Raptors in 2019 and defeated the Celtics in 2022; while the Celtics lost to the Warriors in 2022 and defeated the Mavericks in 2024. Only the Heat run with him. Although the Heat reached the finals twice, they basically had no chance of winning in the finals.

In those years, some teams in the Eastern Conference had the ability to compete for the championship, but they were not tough enough. In this case, Jimmy Butler, the hardest, led the Heat to disrupt the situation in the Eastern Conference. In those years, the Bucks and Celtics in the Eastern Conference were often defeated by the Heat, and they played against the Heat until the last moment.

In fact, if it weren't for Jimmy Butler's injury, it wouldn't be the Celtics who reached the finals in the 2021-2022 season, but the Heat. Why does this kind of battle happen in the NBA?

One is in terms of the ability of the stars, and on the other hand, some stars are old and their dominance is not as good as when they were young, such as Curry, James, Durant, etc. On the other hand, the new generation of stars do not dominate enough, such as Tatum, Antetokounmpo, Doncic, etc.

The other is the issue of grouping. Although there are groups now, they are not as exaggerated as before. For example, the Warriors' lineup from 2017 to 2018 and the Heat's lineup from 2012 to 2013 are all against the sky, and it is reasonable to win two consecutive championships.

The next is the game system issue. The current NBA is faster, the league intervenes more, and the defense is weakened, which makes the game very unstable, prone to big ups and downs, and stars are also prone to injuries.

The Pacers and Timberwolves have never won the championship for the remaining four teams this year, and the Knicks won the championship last time in 1973. The Thunder's predecessor, Supersonics, last won the championship in 1978, and it has at least 40 years of history now.

Plus, their core Halliburton, Brunson, Edwards, and Alexander have never won the championship. This year, a new king is destined to be born, and a team is destined to make history.