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Top 10 Unlikeliest NBA Champions ('04 Pistons, '11 Mavs, etc.)

No Dunks

iHeartPodcasts

Sports, Comedy, Basketball

4.9 β€’ 4.8K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Over the course of NBA history, there have been quite a few teams who were initially given no chance to win the title but still went on to prove us all wrong. On today's No Dunks, Leigh uses science (!) to count down the NBA's most surprising NBA champions from the past 40 years. --- πŸ‘• Buy the new Stream Team gear: http://www.nodunks.com πŸ“ˆ Subscribe to No Dunks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/NoDunksInc 🏝 Subscribe to No Buffs on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3EArS6d πŸ—ž Subscribe to The Athletic: http://www.theathletic.com/nodunks

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0:00.0

Good morning, sweet world and welcome to the No Ducks podcast on the Athletic Network.

0:18.8

Got the whole squad here today for a special episode of No Dunks. I'm Jay E. Skeets. Rolling with the homie, Tass Mellis. What's up, everybody? What's up, Tass? Got my top shot hot boy. Trey Kirby. Hey, yo. Hey, yo. The international man of mystery. Taking it to the le Ellis friends and finally the man making the

0:42.2

magic happens jd hello there he is and here we are guys keep sending in your questions and your

0:47.9

comments for beach step-in podcast all summer long email them in no dunks at theathletic.com and oh yeah go grab your no dunks

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1:02.3

and the mugs so many immaculate items available for sale over at no dunks.com but like I said we got a

1:09.7

special episode here on no dunks today.

1:12.9

Lee Ellis is in charge because Lee, you came to us. You said, guys, I think I got a top 10

1:19.2

brewing. Like your coffee machine that takes forever. This one's been percolating for a while

1:27.1

here basically since the finals, Lee,

1:29.1

and you, I guess, have completed the list and you're ready to go.

1:32.7

We don't even really know what the heck we're talking about here today.

1:35.3

What's your top 10 list, mate?

1:36.7

Yeah, so this one comes after the Milwaukee Bucks were crowned 2021 NBA championships,

1:41.2

because no title is won without a little bit of luck along the way.

1:44.2

And in the Bucks case, especially in that second round, they got lucky.

1:47.7

James Hardin injures his hamstring, 43 seconds into game one.

1:50.9

Kari Ervin hurts his ankle in game four.

1:53.0

And even Kevin Durand's giant toe all had a little helping hand in the Bucks getting

1:58.3

out of that second round.

1:59.5

Okay.

2:00.0

Now, in the conference finals, the Bucks had their own injury issues because Yarnas went

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