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The Boston Celtics have won the most championships of any NBA team. Shown are the championship banners hanging in their home arena, TD Garden. The NBA Finals is the championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason.
Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of the World Series helped vault the Dodgers to the championship. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) The more things change …
In the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), the Grand Slam is the achievement of winning all three conference championships (tournaments) in a single season. As of 2020, this has been accomplished five times by four teams and four coaches since the league's inception in 1975.
Grand slam, in roller derby, a five-point scoring pass; Grand Slam of Keirin, for a cyclist to win all six GI events (or three for women ) Grand slam, in ski jumping, winning all four events in the same edition of Four Hills Tournament; Grand slam, in contract bridge, a contract to win all thirteen tricks in one deal
Winning the Grand Slam is the equivalent of the "season championship," where the team is said to be the undisputed champion in the league. The league previously holds a " battle for third place " playoff to determine the third-place team in a conference.
If a team wins all three conferences in a single season from 1975 to 2003 and since 2010, winning three consecutive championships, the team is said to have won the "Grand Slam" and is a greatest honor a team can achieve in a single season. Four teams in five different seasons have completed this achievement.
The Washington Nationals celebrate a walk-off grand slam hit by Justin Maxwell in 2009. A grand slam is a home run hit with all three bases occupied by baserunners ("bases loaded"), thereby scoring four runs—the most possible in one play. A walk-off home run with the bases loaded is therefore known as a walk-off grand slam.
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