Virginia Commonwealth beating Kansas four times in a seven-game series

It is also rare for the eighth seed in the conference to win a playoff series. In the 54 first-round series pitting the eighth seed against the first seed, the eighth seeds have a series record of 3-51, a winning percentage of 5.6 percent Prada Sunglasses. The three wins occurred in 1994, when Denver beat Seattle; in 1999, when the Knicks upended the Heat (and also became the first eighth seed to advance to the N.B.A. finals); and in 2007, when Golden State stunned Dallas.
If the two previous criteria are combined — an eighth seed making the playoffs with a losing record — the results are grim. Those teams had a series record of 0-22, won only 11 of 82 games, and were outscored by an average of 12.1 points per game Louis Vuitton Sunglasses.
It’s no mystery why underdogs have so little chance in the N.B.A. playoffs. Unlike the N.C.A.A. tournament, where teams need to beat an opponent once to advance, N.B.A. teams must beat their opponent four times. And it became more difficult in 2003, when the first round was expanded from five to seven games Replica Oakley Sunglasses. Try to imagine, for instance, Virginia Commonwealth beating Kansas four times in a seven-game series.