Cavs with a 12-0 Run | Raptors vs Cavaliers | Game 1 | May 17, 2016 | 2016 NBA Playoffs
By: Nate Scott| May 19, 2016 9:42 amFollow @aNateScott
The Eastern Conference playoffs this year havent been nearly as exciting as the Western Conference, so its understandable that a lot of the focus has been on the Warriors, Spurs and Thunder.
But LeBron James and the Cavaliers are sneakily putting together one of the greatest starts to a postseason ever.
The Cavaliers have started the playoffs 9-0, something no Michael Jordan Bulls team ever accomplished. The 1990-91 Bulls did go 15-2 in the playoffs on the road to a title, but stumbled in the second round, dropping a game to the 76ers.
Similarly, the 1995-96 Bulls went 15-3 in the playoffs, but dropped a second round game to the New York Knicks.
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Both the 1989 and 2001 Lakers playoff runs went longerthan this years Cavaliers start, with the 1989 Lakers run made strange by the fact that they started the playoffs 11-0 before being swept in the Finals by the Detroit Pistons.
The 2001 Lakers set the gold standard for playoff runs, sweeping the first three rounds and only dropping one game in the Finals to the 76ers.
The longest NBA playoff win streak ever belongs to the 1999 Spurs team, which won 12 straight, but did so after dropping a game in their opening series to the Timberwolves.
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