So I'm bored, and I decided to think back over the last 20 years and put together a list of all the teams that **SHOULD** have won the championship in each given year, based on a number of factors (expectations, regular season performance, playoff performance before elimination, how they were eliminated, etc)
Team with an asterisk* actually won that year.
1990 Detroit Pistons*
1991 Portland Trailblazers
1992 Chicago Bulls*
1993 Phoenix Suns
1994 Seattle Supersonics
1995 Orlando Magic
1996 Chicago Bulls*
1997 Chicago Bulls*
1998 Utah Jazz
1999 San Antonio Spurs*
2000 Portland Trailblazers
2001 Los Angeles Lakers*
2002 Sacramento Kings
2003 San Antonio Spurs*
2004 Los Angeles Lakers
2005 Phoenix Suns
2006 Dallas Mavericks
2007 Dallas Mavericks
2008 Boston Celtics*
Interesting that only 8 of the last 19 championships were won by teams that should have won them that season, in my opinion.
But you know what I mean. Everybody had the Lakers that season, from Day 1 all the way to Game 1 of the Finals. Remember the David vs. Goliath comparisons?
