Only two won more than one road playoff game. Only 11 of the 37 won a road game in the playoffs.One of the six, the 1983-84 Phoenix Suns, won two series, losing in the Western Conference finals. Only six - including both of the teams above - won a series.Only two of 36 - the 1979-80 Rockets and the 1983-84 Mavs - had home-court advantage in the first round.One of those was in the 1998-99, lockout-shortened season and the other two - the 2007-08 Hawks (12-29 on the road) and the 2006-07 Warriors (12-29) - are the only teams to make the playoffs in a 30-team league having won less than 30% of their road games. Only three of those 36 instances have been in the last 30 years.In the 45 previous seasons since the merger (and removing 2019-20), there have been 36 teams that have reached the playoffs while winning fewer than 30% of their road games in the regular season. The Warriors have won their last two road games, but the best road record they can possibly finish with is 12-29 (.293).

Will the Warriors suffer a similar fate? Here’s a deeper look at the history Golden State will need to overcome. So they were 9-32 on the road in the regular season and 0-2 on the road in the playoffs. The ’88-89 Nuggets were also swept (in a best-of-five series) by the third-seeded Phoenix Suns in the first round. The 2020 playoffs were played at a neutral site, where the Sixers were swept by the Boston Celtics.

Two of the other four teams above - the 2019-20 Sixers and the 1988-89 Nuggets - reached the playoffs, both as the No.

* Doesn’t include games played in the bubble.

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