The Milwaukee Bucks are on the verge of joining the wrong side of NBA Playoff history

This is one list the Milwaukee Bucks want no part of.

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After such a dominant showing in the regular season, the Milwaukee Bucks find themselves a loss away from getting ousted from the NBA Playoffs. After leading most of the way, the Bucks got waylaid by Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat in Game 4, 119-114, to fall behind in the best-of-seven series, 3-1. Now, they’re only a loss away from joining a short list of top-seeded teams that have been upset by eighth-seeds.

A list of only four teams

Only four top-seeded teams in NBA history have suffered the ignominy of being eliminated by the eighth seed. The most recent one was the San Antonio Spurs, who got the surprise of their lives when they were upset by the young Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the 2010-2011 NBA Playoffs. That team, which had Spurs legends Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili, finished the season with a 61-21 record but only to get ousted by the “Grit-n-Grind” Grizzles, that were led by Zach Randolph, Mike Conley, and Marc Gasol.

The “We Believe” Golden State Warriors also thumped the Dallas Mavericks in the 2007 NBA Playoffs as the likes of Baron Davis, Stephen Jackson, and Jason Richardson caught fire and eliminated the Dirk Nowitzki-led Mavs.

Denver started it all

The very first team to achieve the feat, though, were the 1994 Denver Nuggets, which ousted the top-seeded Seattle Supersonics in 5 games. That Nuggets squad featured less-heralded players such as LaPhonso Ellis, Reggie Williams, and a young Dikembe Mutombo, who averaged a whopping 6.2 blocks per game in that series.

The eighth-seeded New York Knicks also had an incredible run in the 1999 NBA Playoffs as they defeated the top-ranked Miami Heat and made it all the way to the NBA Finals, where they fell to the San Antonio Spurs.