Below is a decade-by-decade look at the teams with most playoff wins in NBA history. ... The Sixers, led by Julius Erving and Moses Malone, earned the 1982 championship and third place on the list.

1 / 30 The NBA amended its playoff format following the 1982-83 season, expanding from six teams representing each conference to eight teams for the following season. Since that expansion, there ...

A Look at NBA Playoff Expansion Over the Years. After the Basketball Association of America merged with the National Basketball League in 1949, the new NBA was a league with three divisions.

1982: East Finals: Celtics 121, 76ers ... On top of that, Oklahoma City scored the 10th-most points in an NBA playoff game in history, just eight points behind the Celtics 157-point mark set in 1990.