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#NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS 2006 SERIES#

However, they lost in the Conference Semifinals to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Spurs' 40–1 home record equaled the feat set by the 1985–86 Boston Celtics.

The San Antonio Spurs finished just six games behind the Warriors for the best record in the NBA, entering their 19th consecutive postseason, having just one home loss in the regular season, setting a new single-season franchise record for wins.

The Oklahoma City Thunder returned to the postseason after a one season absence.

However, they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. Golden State appeared in their fourth consecutive postseason for the first time since making six straight appearances from 1947–52. The Warriors won 73 games, breaking the previous record of 72 wins set by the Chicago Bulls in the 1995–96 season.

The Golden State Warriors entered the playoffs with the best regular-season record in NBA history.

Cleveland wound up repeating this feat the next year when they swept the conference opening round, semifinal round, and winning the first 2 conference final games this feat would be surpassed in those same 2017 NBA playoffs, when the Golden State Warriors won 15 straight games.

They matched the 2012 San Antonio Spurs, though the 19 Western Conference Los Angeles Lakers had won their first eleven games en route to sweeping the first three rounds of those playoffs.

#NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS 2006 SERIES#

The Cavaliers swept their first two series and won the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Raptors to become the fourth team in NBA history to open a post-season with 10 straight victories. In the NBA Finals, LeBron James was named NBA Finals MVP. The tournament ended with the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers defeating the defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors 4 games to 3 after the Warriors led the series 3 games to 1.

The 2016 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2015–16 season.