Each year, the NBA Playoffs offer ups and downs, upsets, drama, and every other adjective you can find in a dictionary or thesaurus. The team enters the competition as strong favourites, so much so that the Networks are essentially guaranteed a win, in the words of Charles Barkley.
But then come the underdogs, the feisty people, who force the analysts and opponents to take a back seat and sit back and be quiet while they celebrate. It’s when the country watches an underdog celebrate and stands up to applaud. It is a common tradition in sports. This year, we just saw the Miami Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks in five games despite being eighth seeds and having the Play-In Tournament.
But history repeats itself, and in the end, the unrest becomes part of a legend. So, how do you take a league over 70 years old and analyze the biggest upsets of all? Requires lectures, textbooks, eye tests, and calls. So, let’s start the countdown, starting with number 10.