The 1983 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1982–83 season.
They nearly accomplished this prediction of a sweep of all three rounds, only losing one game (to Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference Finals) en route to the championship.
The Sixers set a record for highest winning percentage in the playoffs that was not broken until the Lakers went 15–1 in 2001.
The Celtics were swept out of the playoffs for the first time in team history, losing 4–0 to the Bucks in the second round.
However, for players such as George Gervin and Artis Gilmore, the 6-game loss to the Lakers was the last chance they got at reaching the NBA Finals, let alone an NBA Championship (Gilmore did return to the conference finals with the Celtics in 1988, but played sparingly).