how many nba finals have not gone to game 7
List of NBA game sevens Since the inception of the NBA, 128 game sevens have been played. Of those, six went into overtime, and one into double overtime. 26 game sevens have been won by the road team.[7] There have been 12 playoff seasons in which no game sevens were played: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1967, 1972, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, and 1999. As of 2017, every active NBA franchise has played in at least one game seven. The 1994, the 2014 and the 2016 postseasons held the record for most game sevens played, with five. In 1979, 1981, 1988, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2012 four game sevens were played. Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks both hold the record for most game sevens played in a single season, having played three game sevens in 1988 and 1994 respectively, the maximum possible at that time.