The Bucks were the lowest-seeded team to win the NBA Finals in the last 10 years. Milwaukee went 46-26 and finished as the No. 3 seed in the East en route to its championship. It also broke the streak of nine consecutive 1 or 2 seeds to win it all.
So, there’s a relatively strong correlation between regular season success and postseason success in recent years. That’s not surprising, but the track record of teams with the best record winning the championship is a bit more spotty.
The Warriors did so in the 2016-17 season, as well as the 2014-15 season.