NBA playoff upsets: No. 8 seeds who have upset No. 1 seeds
No. 1 vs. No. 8
The NBA first used a 16-team playoff format in 1984, which matches the No. 1 seed against the No. 8 seed in each conference.
From 1984-2002, the first round was a best-of-5 series, before changing to best-of-7 in 2003.
Only three times has a No. 8 seed eliminated a No. 1 seed — Denver beat Seattle (3-2) in 1994; New York beat Miami (3-2) in the strike-shortened 1999 season; and ...
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