The media column articles also analyze this situation, the last occurrence was in the 00-01 season, what was the situation that season—
The sixth seed in the East could sweep the third seed in the East, then battle the second seed in the East for seven games, and the second seed also fought the first seed to game seven; meanwhile, the fourth and fifth seeds in the East battled to game five, and the fourth seed also took the first seed to game seven. Out of the 7 series in the Eastern playoffs, 4 series went to the final game.
The West was originally very intense that season as well, with even the seventh seed having 50 wins, the eighth-seeded Timberwolves having 47 wins, and the first-seeded Spurs only having 58 wins.
In the first round, the Timberwolves lost both road games, then returned home to win one, pulling the big score to 1-2, and by game 4, Garnett had defended Duncan to a mere 8 out of 23 shots.
