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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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25. 1979-80 Portland Trail Blazers

By the time the 1979-80 Portland Trail Blazers were fortunate enough to make the playoffs with a 38-44 record, the field had expanded to six teams. That meant futility still had a spot in the postseason and the Trail Blazers were the lucky recipients.

Now there were two sets of three-game series that would go on to play the top two seeds in the next round. In a three-game series with their rivals to the north, the Trail Blazers took the Seattle Super Sonics to the third and final game of the series.

This team that won a championship with Bill Walton recently, was in a different place by this point. Walton was gone and the Trail Blazers were not the team that had finally hoisted an NBA Championship a few years before.

They would rebound to a winning record the very next year, but it wasn’t enough as they would be bounced in another three-game series. Every team goes through some lean years after a championship window has closed and for this Trail Blazers’ team, a 38-win season was about as lean as it could have gotten for them.

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