NBA Finals Runner-Ups Ranked: 2026 Spurs, 2025 Pacers, 2024 Mavs, 2023 Heat, 2022 Celtics, 2021 Suns
Jason ranks the last six NBA Finals runner-ups: the 2026 San Antonio Spurs who lost to the New York Knicks, the 2025 Indiana Pacers who lost to the OKC Thunder, the 2024 Dallas Mavericks who lost to the Boston Celtics, the 2023 Miami Heat who lost to the Denver Nuggets, the 2022 Boston Celtics who lost to the Golden State Warriors, and the 2021 Phoenix Suns who lost to the Milwaukee Bucks.
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23 heat team beats 21 suns in a 7 game series let’s be real
Pacers were not better than Suns in 21
The 22 Celtic are beating the 26 spurs. I think recency bias is blinding you from how good that Celtics team actually was.
The pacers took the best team to 7 games. wtf are we talking about
The spurs got spanked by a team the pacers took out 2 years in a row.
I was reminded of the 22 Celtics so much warching the 26 Spurs, for all the worst reasons though lol. Shooring going ice cold, blowing huge leads, and shooting yourself in the foot late in games to lose games you 100% should have won leading to you losing the finals as the better team.
At the time, those Celtics were talked about as being one of the best defenses ever and they'd aleady had multiple playoff runs by then. Putting the Spurs over them is laughable.