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Looking Back at Prior Championship Teams and Their Regular Season Finishes

Published by
Brad Sullivan

2013: Miami Heat

Back to a full schedule, this Heat team was practically unbeatable for much of the year, which included a 15-2 mark in the final month to close at 66-16. In the playoffs they lost just once in the opening two rounds, then were forced to seven games in each of the latter two matchups to gain a hard-fought second consecutive ring. Those struggles were a severe contrast to the 39-4 close to what had begun as a 27-12 campaign. In their last 38 games, they held a 36-2 mark.

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Brad Sullivan

Brad Sullivan is a lead writer for Cavaliers Nation. He has spent much of life in the Cleveland, Ohio area, and has remained a Cavalier fan from their 1970 beginnings through the return of LeBron James. While that fandom was sorely tested during the Reign of Error known simply by one word, Stepien, that overall historical perspective will be part of his writing for Cavaliers Nation in the months ahead.

Published by
Brad Sullivan

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