List of NBA game sevens

For game seven of other sports, see game seven.

Since its opening in 1995, nine game sevens have been played at the TD Garden, formerly known as FleetCenter and TD Banknorth Garden.

The Forum in Inglewood, California hosted eight game sevens when it was the home of the Los Angeles Lakers.

In the National Basketball Association (NBA), a game seven is the final game of a best-of-seven series in the NBA playoffs. Based on the playoffs format arrangement,^[a] it is played in the venue of the team holding home-court advantage for the series. The necessity of a game seven cannot be known until the outcome of game six is determined, assuming that a series reaches the sixth contest. In other words, game seven is the only one in a series that cannot be guaranteed more than one game in advance. Due to the decisive nature of game sevens, they are often "played more conservatively" and receive more media and fan attention.^[1]

The NBA Finals has always employed a best-of-seven series format. The Conference (or Division) Finals have used this format since 1958;^[2] the Conference (or Division) Semifinals since 1968;^[3] and the First Round since 2003.^[4][5] During the 1947 and 1948 playoffs, in which teams from different divisions met each other in the opening rounds, the first-place teams from each division played a best-of-seven series against each other before one advanced to the league finals. The other teams in the playoffs competed against each other in three best-of-three series to determine the other spot in the finals.^[6]

Since the inception of the NBA, 132 game sevens have been played. Of those, six went into overtime, and one into double overtime. 28 game sevens have been won by the road team.^[7] Every active NBA franchise has played in at least one game seven. There have been 12 playoff seasons in which no game sevens were played: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1967, 1972, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, and 1999. The 1994, the 2014 and the 2016 postseasons held the record for most game sevens played, with five. In 1979, 1981, 1988, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2018 four game sevens were played. The Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks both hold the record for most game sevens played in a single postseason, having played three game sevens in 1988 and 1994, respectively, the maximum possible at that time.

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  2 All-time game sevens
  


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  3 All-time standings
  


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  4 Notes
  


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Key

OT	Overtime (the number in front indicates the number of overtime periods played, if there were more than one)
*	Indicates a game seven that was won by the road team
Year (X)	Indicates the number of games seven played in that year's postseason Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season
#	Indicates the team that lost a game seven after coming back from an 0–3 series deficit
Team (#)	Indicates team and the number of game sevens played by that team at that point
^	Indicates game seven in the NBA Finals

All-time game sevens

Year	Playoff round	Date	Venue	Winner	Result	Loser	Ref.
1948 (1)	Semifinals	April 6, 1948	St. Louis Arena	Philadelphia Warriors (1)	85–46*	St. Louis Bombers (1)	[8]
1951 (1)	Finals	April 21, 1951	Edgerton Park Arena	Rochester Royals (1)	79–75^	New York Knicks (1) #	[9]
1952 (1)	Finals	April 25, 1952	Minneapolis Auditorium	Minneapolis Lakers (1)	82–65^	New York Knicks (2)	[10]
1954 (1)	Finals	April 12, 1954	Minneapolis Auditorium	Minneapolis Lakers (2)	87–80^	Syracuse Nationals (1)	[11]
1955 (1)	Finals	April 10, 1955	Onondaga War Memorial	Syracuse Nationals (2)	92–91^	Fort Wayne Pistons (1)	[12]
1957 (1)	Finals	April 13, 1957	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (1)	125–123 (2OT)^	St. Louis Hawks (1)	[13]
1959 (1)	Division Finals	April 1, 1959	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (2)	130–125	Syracuse Nationals (3)	[14]
1960 (1)	Division Finals	March 26, 1960	Kiel Auditorium	St. Louis Hawks (2)	97–86	Minneapolis Lakers (3)	[15]
1960 (2)	Finals	April 9, 1960	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (3)	122–103^	St. Louis Hawks (3)	[15]
1961 (1)	Division Finals	April 1, 1961	Kiel Auditorium	St. Louis Hawks (4)	105–103	Los Angeles Lakers (4)	[16]
1962 (1)	Division Finals	April 5, 1962	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (4)	109–107	Philadelphia Warriors (2)	[17]
1962 (2)	Finals	April 18, 1962	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (5)	110–107 (OT)^	Los Angeles Lakers (5)	[17]
1963 (1)	Division Finals	April 10, 1963	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (6)	142–131	Cincinnati Royals (2)	[18]
1963 (2)	Division Finals	April 11, 1963	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	Los Angeles Lakers (6)	115–100	St. Louis Hawks (5)	[18]
1964 (1)	Division Finals	April 16, 1964	Cow Palace	San Francisco Warriors (3)	105–95	St. Louis Hawks (6)	[19]
1965 (1)	Division Finals	April 15, 1965	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (7)	110–109	Philadelphia 76ers (4)	[20]
1966 (1)	Division Finals	April 15, 1966	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	Los Angeles Lakers (7)	130–121	St. Louis Hawks (7)	[21]
1966 (2)	Finals	April 28, 1966	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (8)	95–93^	Los Angeles Lakers (8)	[21]
1968 (1)	Division Finals	April 19, 1968	The Spectrum	Boston Celtics (9)	100–96*	Philadelphia 76ers (5)	[22]
1969 (1)	Finals	May 5, 1969	The Forum	Boston Celtics (10)	108–106*^	Los Angeles Lakers (9)	[23]
1970 (1)	Division Semifinals	April 6, 1970	Madison Square Garden	New York Knicks (3)	127–114	Baltimore Bullets (1)	[24]
1970 (2)	Division Semifinals	April 9, 1970	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (10)	129–94	Phoenix Suns (1)	[24]
1970 (3)	Finals	May 8, 1970	Madison Square Garden	New York Knicks (4)	113–99^	Los Angeles Lakers (11)	[24]
1971 (1)	Conference Semifinals	April 4, 1971	Baltimore Civic Center	Baltimore Bullets (2)	128–120	Philadelphia 76ers (6)	[25]
1971 (2)	Conference Semifinals	April 6, 1971	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (12)	109–98	Chicago Bulls (1)	[25]
1971 (3)	Conference Finals	April 19, 1971	Madison Square Garden	Baltimore Bullets (3)	93–91*	New York Knicks (5)	[25]
1973 (1)	Conference Semifinals	April 15, 1973	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (13)	95–92	Chicago Bulls (2)	[26]
1973 (2)	Conference Finals	April 29, 1973	Boston Garden	New York Knicks (6)	94–78*	Boston Celtics (11)	[26]
1974 (1)	Conference Semifinals	April 12, 1974	Madison Square Garden	New York Knicks (7)	91–81	Capital Bullets (4)	[27]
1974 (2)	Conference Semifinals	April 13, 1974	Chicago Stadium	Chicago Bulls (3)	96–94	Detroit Pistons (2)	[27]
1974 (3)	Finals	May 12, 1974	Milwaukee Arena	Boston Celtics (12)	102–87*^	Milwaukee Bucks (1)	[27]
1975 (1)	Conference Semifinals	April 25, 1975	Capital Centre	Washington Bullets (5)	115–96	Buffalo Braves (1)	[28]
1975 (2)	Conference Finals	May 14, 1975	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	Golden State Warriors (4)	83–79	Chicago Bulls (4)	[28]
1976 (1)	Conference Semifinals	April 29, 1976	Coliseum at Richfield	Cleveland Cavaliers (1)	87–85	Washington Bullets (6)	[29]
1976 (2)	Conference Finals	May 16, 1976	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	Phoenix Suns (2)	94–86*	Golden State Warriors (5)	[29]
1977 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 1, 1977	The Spectrum	Philadelphia 76ers (7)	83–77	Boston Celtics (13)	[30]
1977 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 4, 1977	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (14)	97–84	Golden State Warriors (6)	[31]
1978 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 3, 1978	McNichols Sports Arena	Denver Nuggets (1)	116–110	Milwaukee Bucks (2)	[31]
1978 (2)	Finals	June 7, 1978	Seattle Center Coliseum	Washington Bullets (7)	105–99*^	Seattle SuperSonics (1)	[31]
1979 (1)	Conference Semifinals	April 29, 1979	Capital Centre	Washington Bullets (8)	100–94	Atlanta Hawks (8)	[32]
1979 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 2, 1979	HemisFair Arena	San Antonio Spurs (1)	111–108	Philadelphia 76ers (8)	[32]
1979 (3)	Conference Finals	May 17, 1979	King County Domed Stadium	Seattle SuperSonics (2)	114–110	Phoenix Suns (3)	[32]
1979 (4)	Conference Finals	May 18, 1979	Capital Centre	Washington Bullets (9)	107–105	San Antonio Spurs (2)	[32]
1980 (1)	Conference Semifinals	April 20, 1980	King County Domed Stadium	Seattle SuperSonics (3)	98–94	Milwaukee Bucks (3)	[33]
1981 (1)	Conference Semifinals	April 17, 1981	HemisFair Arena	Houston Rockets (1)	105–100*	San Antonio Spurs (3)	[34]
1981 (2)	Conference Semifinals	April 19, 1981	The Spectrum	Philadelphia 76ers (9)	99–98	Milwaukee Bucks (4)	[34]
1981 (3)	Conference Semifinals	April 19, 1981	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Kansas City Kings (3)	95–88*	Phoenix Suns (4)	[34]
1981 (4)	Conference Finals	May 3, 1981	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (14)	91–90	Philadelphia 76ers (10)	[34]
1982 (1)	Conference Finals	May 23, 1982	Boston Garden	Philadelphia 76ers (11)	120–106*	Boston Celtics (15)	[35]
1984 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 13, 1984	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (16)	121–104	New York Knicks (8)	[36]
1984 (2)	Finals	June 12, 1984	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (17)	111–102^	Los Angeles Lakers (15)	[36]
1986 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 11, 1986	MECCA Arena	Milwaukee Bucks (5)	113–112	Philadelphia 76ers (12)	[37]
1987 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 17, 1987	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (18)	119–113	Milwaukee Bucks (6)	[38]
1987 (2)	Conference Finals	May 30, 1987	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (19)	117–114	Detroit Pistons (3)	[38]
1988 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 21, 1988	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (16)	109–98	Utah Jazz (1)	[39]
1988 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 22, 1988	Boston Garden	Boston Celtics (20)	118–116	Atlanta Hawks (9)	[39]
1988 (3)	Conference Finals	June 4, 1988	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (17)	117–102	Dallas Mavericks (1)	[39]
1988 (4)	Finals	June 21, 1988	The Forum	Los Angeles Lakers (18)	108–105^	Detroit Pistons (4)	[39]
1990 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 19, 1990	Memorial Coliseum	Portland Trail Blazers (1)	108–105 (OT)	San Antonio Spurs (4)	[40]
1990 (2)	Conference Finals	June 3, 1990	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Detroit Pistons (5)	93–74	Chicago Bulls (5)	[40]
1992 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 17, 1992	Chicago Stadium	Chicago Bulls (6)	110–81	New York Knicks (9)	[41]
1992 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 17, 1992	Coliseum at Richfield	Cleveland Cavaliers (2)	122–104	Boston Celtics (21)	[41]
1993 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 22, 1993	Seattle Center Coliseum	Seattle SuperSonics (4)	103–100 (OT)	Houston Rockets (2)	[42]
1993 (2)	Conference Finals	June 5, 1993	America West Arena	Phoenix Suns (5)	123–110	Seattle SuperSonics (5)	[43]
1994 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 21, 1994	The Summit	Houston Rockets (3)	104–94	Phoenix Suns (6)	[44]
1994 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 21, 1994	Delta Center	Utah Jazz (2)	91–81	Denver Nuggets (2) #	[45]
1994 (3)	Conference Semifinals	May 22, 1994	Madison Square Garden	New York Knicks (10)	87–77	Chicago Bulls (7)	[46]
1994 (4)	Conference Finals	June 5, 1994	Madison Square Garden	New York Knicks (11)	94–90	Indiana Pacers (1)	[47]
1994 (5)	Finals	June 22, 1994	The Summit	Houston Rockets (4)	90–84^	New York Knicks (12)	[48]
1995 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 20, 1995	America West Arena	Houston Rockets (5)	115–114*	Phoenix Suns (7)	[49]
1995 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 21, 1995	Madison Square Garden	Indiana Pacers (2)	97–95*	New York Knicks (13)	[50]
1995 (3)	Conference Finals	June 4, 1995	Orlando Arena	Orlando Magic (1)	105–81	Indiana Pacers (3)	[51]
1996 (1)	Conference Finals	June 2, 1996	KeyArena at Seattle Center	Seattle SuperSonics (6)	90–86	Utah Jazz (3)	[52]
1997 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 17, 1997	The Summit	Houston Rockets (6)	96–91	Seattle SuperSonics (7)	[53]
1997 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 18, 1997	Miami Arena	Miami Heat (1)	101–90	New York Knicks (14)	[54]
1998 (1)	Conference Finals	May 31, 1998	United Center	Chicago Bulls (8)	88–83	Indiana Pacers (4)	[55]
2000 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 21, 2000	American Airlines Arena	New York Knicks (15)	83–82*	Miami Heat (2)	[56]
2000 (2)	Conference Finals	June 4, 2000	Staples Center	Los Angeles Lakers (19)	89–84	Portland Trail Blazers (2)	[57]
2001 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 20, 2001	First Union Center	Philadelphia 76ers (13)	88–87	Toronto Raptors (1)	[58]
2001 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 20, 2001	Bradley Center	Milwaukee Bucks (7)	104–95	Charlotte Hornets (1)	[59]
2001 (3)	Conference Finals	June 3, 2001	First Union Center	Philadelphia 76ers (14)	108–91	Milwaukee Bucks (8)	[60]
2002 (1)	Conference Finals	June 2, 2002	ARCO Arena	Los Angeles Lakers (20)	112–106 (OT)*	Sacramento Kings (4)	[61]
2003 (1)	First Round	May 4, 2003	American Airlines Center	Dallas Mavericks (2)	107–95	Portland Trail Blazers (3) #	[62]
2003 (2)	First Round	May 4, 2003	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Detroit Pistons (6)	108–93	Orlando Magic (2)	[63]
2003 (3)	Conference Semifinals	May 17, 2003	American Airlines Center	Dallas Mavericks (3)	112–99	Sacramento Kings (5)	[64]
2004 (1)	First Round	May 4, 2004	American Airlines Arena	Miami Heat (3)	85–77	New Orleans Hornets (1)	[65]
2004 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 19, 2004	Target Center	Minnesota Timberwolves (1)	83–80	Sacramento Kings (6)	[66]
2004 (3)	Conference Semifinals	May 20, 2004	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Detroit Pistons (7)	90–69	New Jersey Nets (1)	[67]
2005 (1)	First Round	May 7, 2005	FleetCenter	Indiana Pacers (5)	97–70*	Boston Celtics (22)	[68]
2005 (2)	First Round	May 7, 2005	American Airlines Center	Dallas Mavericks (4)	116–76	Houston Rockets (7)	[69]
2005 (3)	Conference Finals	June 6, 2005	American Airlines Arena	Detroit Pistons (8)	88–82*	Miami Heat (4)	[70]
2005 (4)	Finals	June 23, 2005	SBC Center	San Antonio Spurs (5)	81–74^	Detroit Pistons (9)	[71]
2006 (1)	First Round	May 6, 2006	US Airways Center	Phoenix Suns (8)	121–90	Los Angeles Lakers (21)	[72]
2006 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 21, 2006	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Detroit Pistons (10)	79–61	Cleveland Cavaliers (3)	[73]
2006 (3)	Conference Semifinals	May 22, 2006	AT&T Center	Dallas Mavericks (5)	119–111 (OT)*	San Antonio Spurs (6)	[74]
2006 (4)	Conference Semifinals	May 22, 2006	US Airways Center	Phoenix Suns (9)	127–107	Los Angeles Clippers (2)	[75]
2007 (1)	First Round	May 5, 2007	Toyota Center	Utah Jazz (4)	103–99*	Houston Rockets (8)	[76]
2008 (1)	First Round	May 4, 2008	TD Banknorth Garden	Boston Celtics (23)	99–65	Atlanta Hawks (10)	[77]
2008 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 18, 2008	TD Banknorth Garden	Boston Celtics (24)	97–92	Cleveland Cavaliers (4)	[78]
2008 (3)	Conference Semifinals	May 19, 2008	New Orleans Arena	San Antonio Spurs (7)	91–82*	New Orleans Hornets (2)	[79]
2009 (1)	First Round	May 2, 2009	TD Banknorth Garden	Boston Celtics (25)	109–99	Chicago Bulls (9)	[80]
2009 (2)	First Round	May 3, 2009	Philips Arena	Atlanta Hawks (11)	91–78	Miami Heat (5)	[81]
2009 (3)	Conference Semifinals	May 17, 2009	Staples Center	Los Angeles Lakers (22)	89–70	Houston Rockets (9)	[82]
2009 (4)	Conference Semifinals	May 17, 2009	TD Banknorth Garden	Orlando Magic (3)	101–82*	Boston Celtics (26)	[83]
2010 (1)	First Round	May 2, 2010	Philips Arena	Atlanta Hawks (12)	95–74	Milwaukee Bucks (9)	[84]
2010 (2)	Finals	June 17, 2010	Staples Center	Los Angeles Lakers (23)	83–79^	Boston Celtics (27)	[85]
2011 (1)	Conference Semifinals	May 15, 2011	Oklahoma City Arena	Oklahoma City Thunder (8)	105–90	Memphis Grizzlies (1)	[86]
2012 (1)	First Round	May 12, 2012	Staples Center	Los Angeles Lakers (24)	96–87	Denver Nuggets (3)	[87]
2012 (2)	First Round	May 13, 2012	FedExForum	Los Angeles Clippers (3)	82–72*	Memphis Grizzlies (2)	[88]
2012 (3)	Conference Semifinals	May 26, 2012	TD Garden	Boston Celtics (28)	85–75	Philadelphia 76ers (15)	[89]
2012 (4)	Conference Finals	June 9, 2012	American Airlines Arena	Miami Heat (6)	101–88	Boston Celtics (29)	[90]
2013 (1)	First Round	May 4, 2013	Barclays Center	Chicago Bulls (10)	99–93*	Brooklyn Nets (2)	[91]
2013 (2)	Conference Finals	June 3, 2013	American Airlines Arena	Miami Heat (7)	99–76	Indiana Pacers (6)	[92]
2013 (3)	Finals	June 20, 2013	American Airlines Arena	Miami Heat (8)	95–88^	San Antonio Spurs (8)	[93]
2014 (1)	First Round	May 3, 2014	Bankers Life Fieldhouse	Indiana Pacers (7)	92–80	Atlanta Hawks (13)	[94]
2014 (2)	First Round	May 3, 2014	Chesapeake Energy Arena	Oklahoma City Thunder (9)	120–109	Memphis Grizzlies (3)	[95]
2014 (3)	First Round	May 3, 2014	Staples Center	Los Angeles Clippers (4)	126–121	Golden State Warriors (7)	[96]
2014 (4)	First Round	May 4, 2014	Air Canada Centre	Brooklyn Nets (3)	104–103*	Toronto Raptors (2)	[97]
2014 (5)	First Round	May 4, 2014	AT&T Center	San Antonio Spurs (9)	119–96	Dallas Mavericks (6)	[98]
2015 (1)	First Round	May 2, 2015	Staples Center	Los Angeles Clippers (5)	111–109	San Antonio Spurs (10)	[99]
2015 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 17, 2015	Toyota Center	Houston Rockets (10)	113–100	Los Angeles Clippers (6)	[100]
2016 (1)	First Round	May 1, 2016	American Airlines Arena	Miami Heat (9)	106–73	Charlotte Hornets (2)	[101]
2016 (2)	First Round	May 1, 2016	Air Canada Centre	Toronto Raptors (3)	89–84	Indiana Pacers (8)	[102]
2016 (3)	Conference Semifinals	May 15, 2016	Air Canada Centre	Toronto Raptors (4)	116–89	Miami Heat (10)	[103]
2016 (4)	Conference Finals	May 30, 2016	Oracle Arena	Golden State Warriors (8)	96–88	Oklahoma City Thunder (10)	[104]
2016 (5)	Finals	June 19, 2016	Oracle Arena	Cleveland Cavaliers (5)	93–89*^	Golden State Warriors (9)	[105]
2017 (1)	First Round	April 30, 2017	Staples Center	Utah Jazz (5)	104–91*	Los Angeles Clippers (7)	[106]
2017 (2)	Conference Semifinals	May 15, 2017	TD Garden	Boston Celtics (30)	115–105	Washington Wizards (10)	[107]
2018 (1)	First Round	April 28, 2018	TD Garden	Boston Celtics (31)	112–96	Milwaukee Bucks (10)	[108]
2018 (2)	First Round	April 29, 2018	Quicken Loans Arena	Cleveland Cavaliers (6)	105–101	Indiana Pacers (9)	[109]
2018 (3)	Conference Finals	May 27, 2018	TD Garden	Cleveland Cavaliers (7)	87–79*	Boston Celtics (32)	[110]
2018 (4)	Conference Finals	May 28, 2018	Toyota Center	Golden State Warriors (10)	101–92*	Houston Rockets (11)	[111]

All-time standings

Team	Games played	Wins	Losses	Win–loss %
Boston Celtics	32	23	9	.719
Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers	24	16	8	.667
New York Knicks	15	7	8	.467
Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers	15	6	9	.400
St. Louis / Atlanta Hawks	13	4	9	.308
Houston Rockets	11	6	5	.545
Miami Heat	10	6	4	.600
Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder	10	6	4	.600
Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets / Washington Wizards	10	6	4	.600
Fort Wayne / Detroit Pistons	10	5	5	.500
Philadelphia / San Francisco / Golden State Warriors	10	5	5	.500
Chicago Bulls	10	4	6	.400
San Antonio Spurs	10	4	6	.400
Milwaukee Bucks	10	2	8	.200
Phoenix Suns	9	4	5	.444
Indiana Pacers	9	3	6	.333
Cleveland Cavaliers	7	5	2	.714
Dallas Mavericks	6	4	2	.667
Buffalo Braves / Los Angeles Clippers	7	3	4	.429
Rochester/Cincinnati Royals / Kansas City/Sacramento Kings	6	2	4	.333
Utah Jazz	5	3	2	.600
Toronto Raptors	4	2	2	.500
Orlando Magic	3	2	1	.667
New Jersey / Brooklyn Nets	3	1	2	.333
Denver Nuggets	3	1	2	.333
Portland Trail Blazers	3	1	2	.333
Memphis Grizzlies	3	0	3	.000
Charlotte Hornets	2	0	2	.000
New Orleans Hornets / Pelicans	2	0	2	.000
Minnesota Timberwolves	1	1	0	1.000
St. Louis Bombers (defunct)	1	0	1	.000
Note: Teams that have never played a game seven are excluded. Names of franchises before their relocation are also shown.

Notes

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  ^a The home-and-away format in every round of the playoffs is the 2–2–1–1–1 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on their home court in games one, two, five and seven). The format of the finals from 1984–2013 used the 2–3–2 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on their home court in games one, two, six and seven).^[112] In the past, there have been several other formats used in the playoffs.

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