This edition of the Purple and Gold won "only" 62 games and needed the full seven to beat the Pistons in the Finals. But remember that this was the team that coach Pat Riley "guaranteed" would defend the previous year's title, thus reversing a no-repeat trend that went back to the '67-68 and '68-69 Celtics. Now, that was pressure.
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