Every 1983-84 NBA playoff series, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
Boston Celtics won the 1983-84 title from a regular season record of 62-20. 16 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 4 rounds. Every series below is taken from NBA.com; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | Boston Celtics | 3-1 in games | Washington Bullets | April 17 to April 24, 1984 |
| First round | Los Angeles Lakers | 3-0 in games | Kansas City Kings | April 18 to April 22, 1984 |
| First round | New Jersey Nets | 3-2 in games | Philadelphia 76ers | April 18 to April 26, 1984 |
| First round | Milwaukee Bucks | 3-2 in games | Atlanta Hawks | April 17 to April 26, 1984 |
| First round | New York Knicks | 3-2 in games | Detroit Pistons | April 17 to April 27, 1984 |
| First round | Phoenix Suns | 3-2 in games | Portland Trail Blazers | April 18 to April 26, 1984 |
| First round | Utah Jazz | 3-2 in games | Denver Nuggets | April 17 to April 26, 1984 |
| First round | Dallas Mavericks | 3-2 in games | Seattle SuperSonics | April 17 to April 26, 1984 |
| Conf. semifinals | Boston Celtics | 4-3 in games | New York Knicks | April 29 to May 13, 1984 |
| Conf. semifinals | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 in games | Dallas Mavericks | April 28 to May 8, 1984 |
| Conf. semifinals | Milwaukee Bucks | 4-2 in games | New Jersey Nets | April 29 to May 10, 1984 |
| Conf. semifinals | Phoenix Suns | 4-2 in games | Utah Jazz | April 29 to May 10, 1984 |
| Conf. finals | Boston Celtics | 4-1 in games | Milwaukee Bucks | May 15 to May 23, 1984 |
| Conf. finals | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 in games | Phoenix Suns | May 12 to May 25, 1984 |
| The Finals | Boston Celtics | 4-3 in games | Los Angeles Lakers | May 27 to June 12, 1984 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.