CLEVELAND, Ohio - Just two of the 68 NBA champions were seeded as low as this season's Cleveland Cavaliers, who advanced to the Finals as the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference bracket.
But a fourth of the No. 4 seeds who made it to the Finals have gone on to win the championship (one out of four).
In other words, there isn't a lot of history to examine how lower seeded teams fare in the Finals.
Twenty-eight times the Finals have matched the No. 1 seeds from the Eastern and Western conferences.
This year is a bit unusual in that there is no No.