Few are shocked the Spurs beat the Heat in the 2014 NBA Finals.
But not many expected this.
Blowout after blowout after blowout, the Spurs cruised to a 4-1 series win. Despite dropping Game 2 by two points, San Antonio won by 15, 19, 21 and 17 points.
By outscoring Miami by 70 points in the series, the Spurs set a record for point advantage in an NBA Finals. That +70 supplants five Celtics teams from the top of the leaderboard.
Here’s every NBA champion with their net points (click to enlarge):
Finals | Net points |
2014: SAS d. MIA, 4-1 | 70 |
1965: BOS d. LAL, 4-1 | 63 |
1961: BOS d. STL, 4-1 | 62 |
1981: BOS d. HOU, 4-2 | 59 |
1960: BOS d. STL, 4-3 | 55 |
2008: BOS d. LAL, 4-2 | 50 |
1991: CHI d. LAL, 4-1 | 49 |
1971: MIL d. BAL, 4-0 | 49 |
2009: LAL d. ORL, 4-1 | 47 |
1998: CHI d. UTA, 4-2 | 47 |
2004: DET d. LAL, 4-1 | 45 |
1992: CHI d. POR, 4-2 | 44 |
1978: WSB d. SEA, 4-3 | 44 |
1959: BOS d. MNL, 4-0 | 41 |
1983: PHI d. LAL, 4-0 | 40 |
1967: PHI d. SFW, 4-2 | 40 |
1977: POR d. PHI, 4-2 | 38 |
1949: MNL d. WSC, 4-2 | 38 |
2002: LAL d. NJN, 4-0 | 37 |
1986: BOS d. HOU, 4-2 | 37 |
1951: ROC d. NYK, 4-3 | 37 |
1957: BOS d. STL, 4-3 | 36 |
2003: SAS d. NJN, 4-2 | 35 |
2001: LAL d. PHI, 4-1 | 34 |
1974: BOS d. MIL, 4-3 | 33 |
1980: LAL d. PHI, 4-2 | 32 |
1962: BOS d. LAL, 4-3 | 29 |
1947: PHW d. CHS, 4-1 | 29 |
1995: HOU d. ORL, 4-0 | 28 |
1954: MNL d. SYR, 4-3 | 28 |
1989: DET d. LAL, 4-0 | 27 |
1976: BOS d. PHO, 4-2 | 26 |
1950: MNL d. SYR, 4-2 | 26 |
1999: SAS d. NYK, 4-1 | 25 |
1990: DET d. POR, 4-1 | 25 |
1987: LAL d. BOS, 4-2 | 25 |
1966: BOS d. LAL, 4-3 | 25 |
2010: LAL d. BOS, 4-3 | 24 |
2007: SAS d. CLE, 4-0 | 24 |
1979: SEA d. WSB, 4-1 | 24 |
1996: CHI d. SEA, 4-2 | 23 |
1972: LAL d. NYK, 4-1 | 22 |
1952: MNL d. NYK, 4-3 | 22 |
2012: MIA d. OKC, 4-1 | 20 |
1964: BOS d. SFW, 4-1 | 20 |
1956: PHW d. FTW, 4-1 | 20 |
1973: NYK d. LAL, 4-1 | 19 |
1953: MNL d. NYK, 4-1 | 18 |
1985: LAL d. BOS, 4-2 | 16 |
1975: GSW d. WSB, 4-0 | 16 |
2011: DAL d. MIA, 4-2 | 14 |
1968: BOS d. LAL, 4-2 | 9 |
2006: MIA d. DAL, 4-2 | 6 |
1970: NYK d. LAL, 4-3 | 6 |
1997: CHI d. UTA, 4-2 | 4 |
1948: BLB d. PHW, 4-2 | 3 |
1993: CHI d. PHO, 4-2 | 0 |
1982: LAL d. PHI, 4-2 | -1 |
1969: BOS d. LAL, 4-3 | -3 |
1955: SYR d. FTW, 4-3 | -4 |
2013: MIA d. SAS, 4-3 | -5 |
1994: HOU d. NYK, 4-3 | -5 |
2000: LAL d. IND, 4-2 | -11 |
1963: BOS d. LAL, 4-2 | -11 |
2005: SAS d. DET, 4-3 | -13 |
1984: BOS d. LAL, 4-3 | -16 |
1988: LAL d. DET, 4-3 | -18 |
1958: STL d. BOS, 4-2 | -27 |