With their sweep of the Portland Trail Blazers, the Golden State Warriors punched their tickets to their fifth consecutive NBA Finals. This is an accomplishment that hasn’t been done by one single team since the 1963 Boston Celtics. To keep the streak of history going, a championship would mark the Dubs as just the third franchise in NBA history to three-peat.
Winning three championships in a row is something that only the best of the best were ever able to do. George Mikan secured the first three-peat when his Lakers team five of the first eight NBA Finals.