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What singular loss completely derailed a franchise for a significant amount of time following? (alien.top)

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Has a singular loss completely derailed a franchise’s progress whether in the past or still facing repurcussions today?

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[–] Game_Over_Man69@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Bit of a deep cut, but the defending back to back champion Rockets losing to the Sonics in '96 caused the org to make a run for Barkley since the Sonics were the Rockets kryptonite at the time. They gave up a couple major contributors in Sam Cassell and Robert Horry.

The trade helped them get over the hump against Seattle, but it made them worse against everyone else including the Jazz who beat them in 1997.