How do NBA Teams Fare Down 0-2 in a Playoff Series?

In the NBA playoffs when a team goes down 0-2 in a series, that usually signals the end of their championship aspirations. "A series truly doesn't start until the home team loses," as the famous saying goes, but regardless of which side initially has home-court advantage, all any team can hope for is at least a split in those initial two matchups.

As history suggests, coming back from an 0-2 deficit is more often than not an insurmountable task. That doesn't make it impossible, though, as there's been 34 instances in league history in which a team has pulled it off, including seven times in the last five years. That equates to 7.3 percent of the time out of a possible 463 matchups as of writing.

Here's a list of every occasion in which a team went on to win a series after dropping the first two games. 

NBA Teams To Overcome 0-2 Deficit In A Playoff Series

Playoff Round

Total Games Played (Best-Of-Seven)