the last time there was a nba finals sweep was in 2018.
when was the last time there was a nba finals sweep?
2018
the 2018 nba finals was the championship series of the national basketball association (nba)'s 2017–18 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. in this best-of-seven playoff, the defending nba champion and western conference champion golden state warriors swept the eastern conference champion cleveland cavaliers four games to none. this finals was the first time in any of north america's four major professional sports leagues that the same two teams met for the championship four years in a row. this was also the first time that a team was swept in the nba finals since 2007, in which the cavaliers were also the losing team. lebron james, in his eighth consecutive and ninth overall nba finals appearance, suffered the second finals sweep of his career, having also played in the 2007 finals. kevin durant was named nba finals mvp for the second straight year.
2018 nba finals
the rockets became the first team in nba history to beat four 50-win teams in a single postseason en route to the championship. the rockets would win a playoff-record nine road games in the 1995 playoffs. it was the second nba finals sweep in the 2–3–2 finals format (after the detroit pistons did so against the los angeles lakers in 1989). the rockets also became the first repeat nba champion in history to keep the title with a sweep. in addition, the rockets became the first team in nba history to win the title without having home-court advantage in any of the four playoff rounds since the playoffs was expanded to a 16 team format in 1984. coincidentally, this feat would also be achieved by the new jersey devils that same year, when they won the stanley cup over the detroit red wings.
1995 nba finals