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30 worst NBA playoff teams of all time

By Charles Rahrig V

MILWAUKEE, WI - APRIL 25: Bradley Center filled with rally towels before the game between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks during Game Three of the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at Bradley Center on April 25, 2013 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike McGinnis/Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE, WI - APRIL 25: Bradley Center filled with rally towels before the game between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks during Game Three of the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at Bradley Center on April 25, 2013 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike McGinnis/Getty Images) /
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19. 1984-85 Chicago Bulls

A Chicago Bulls team with Michael Jordan on this list should almost be blasphemy. However, this was Michael Jordan as a dominant rookie with not much around him. Needless to say, the Bulls were far from a finished product and Phil Jackson hadn’t walked through the door yet.

As a rookie, Jordan instantly became one of the most dynamic players in the NBA. He managed to drag the Bulls to 38 wins and first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks. Surprisingly, they weren’t even the last team in.

That dubious honor belonged to the Cleveland Cavaliers that year and that team is also on this list. The Bucks defeated the Bulls in four games, but there was that cool moment in Game 3 where Jordan hit the first of many game-winning shots in the playoffs.

This playoff team was a bad one but it was an early trip down the lit fuse of dynasty dynamite in Chicago. Being a bad playoff team can clearly have an upside too and this was just the beginning of many great things for the franchise.

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