The 2017 NBA Finals feature the two very best teams in the Association — but that's not always how things shake out in June.
Injuries, fluke upsets, and bad matchups have sent some of the greatest single-season squads to an early vacation.
With the Golden State Warriors' Game 1 blowout of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the books — and with the very real chance this series will be over far sooner than anyone would prefer — we're running down the 10 best teams in NBA history that failed to make the Finals in their year of dominance.