5 largest comebacks in NBA Playoffs history
It's safe to say this year's playoffs have been a blast compared to last season. Whether it be the epic 7 game series between Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers or the one between Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, it's been a lot of fun to watch, but the standout moment of possibly the whole playoffs is the historic comeback by the Oklahoma City Thunder against the Utah Jazz.
That got us thinking about some of the other great playoff comebacks over the years. So, today we rank the largest comebacks we've seen in the playoffs.
#5 Oklahoma City Thunder 107-99 Utah Jazz: 25 Points, 2018
The Thunder seemed dead and buried. Down 3-1 in the series, the humiliation of getting blown out at home to an unfancied Utah squad seemed to be on the cards. The Thunder seemed lifeless and so was the crowd, but then the tables turned with a bit of luck.
Utah's defensive monster Rudy Gobert, the Stifle Tower picked up his 4th foul on a phantom call. Gobert made little to no contact with Carmelo Anthony but the refs bizarrely called him for a foul and the game flipped on its head.
Gobert went to the bench with Utah up 21 in the 3rd quarter and the lead evaporated as Russell Westbrook scored 20 in the 3rd quarter to tie it up. He then scored 13 in the 4th quarter to end up with 45 points, in one of the greatest elimination game performances we have ever seen. His heroics were however ultimately in vain, as the Jazz won Game 6 to knock OKC out.