Only the Heat did not win the championship! In the past five years, only four teams entered the playoffs every year, while the Bucks and Nuggets and Celtics won the championship

The Thunder defeated the Pacers in the finals this year and successfully won the first championship to relocate to Oklahoma in 2008. This is also the seventh championship team that has appeared in the past seven years. The other 6 are the Raptors, Lakers, Bucks, Warriors, Nuggets and Celtics.

Although the Thunder successfully won the championship, they are just a team that has just completed the reconstruction and were one of the worst teams in the Western Conference a few years ago. However, the Thunder rebuilds very fast, so last season not only achieved a record of 68 wins, but also won the championship.

In contrast, the four teams, Bucks, Nuggets, Celtics and Heat, are the more stable teams in the past few years, because they have all made it to the playoffs for five consecutive years, and only they can do this during this period. Not only that, the Bucks, Nuggets and Celtics also won the championship, but only the Heat failed to win the championship.

The four teams have reached the finals for five consecutive years, mainly because they all have excellent core players and their lineup is relatively stable. Among them, the Nuggets have the big killer Jokic, and they have won three MVPs in 4 years, so it is no problem to enter the playoffs. The Bucks also have the monster Antetokounmpo, who has won the MVP for two consecutive years and is guaranteed to enter the playoffs. As long as the Nuggets and the Bucks can keep these two superstars, it will be no problem to enter the playoffs.

As for the Celtics, they have two core players, Tatum and Brown. Although neither of them have won the MVP, they have led the Celtics to the Eastern Conference Finals many times and reached the Finals twice. To enter the playoffs, it is completely a pediatric department for them. However, due to Tatum's serious injury to the Achilles tendon, the Celtics traded Holiday and Porzingis again, and they may not be able to make the playoffs next season.

Heat also have a core player, that is Butler. It is precisely because of Butler that the Heat have become a dark horse team, reaching the finals twice, and in 2003 it even reached the finals as the Black Eighth, but unfortunately they failed to win the championship twice. Moreover, the Heat were unwilling to renew Butler's contract with the maximum salary, so they broke up with Butler and had to trade him.

Although the trade left Butler, the Heat still reached the playoffs last season, but were swept out by the Cavaliers in the first round, and averaged more than 30 points per game. If Butler were there, the Heat would definitely not have lost so badly. Without Butler, it is hard to say whether the Heat can score next season.