Claim: James Jones missed the finals once.
Evidence: Jones has never been on an NBA team with a losing record and has only missed the playoffs once -- with the Trail Blazers in 2007 -- 08.
The National Basketball Association -LRB- NBA -RRB- playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament among 16 teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference -LRB- called divisions , pre-1970 -RRB- , ultimately deciding the league 's season champion in the NBA Finals.