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Best combined regular and postseason record in NBA history (87–13, .870) [3] Second most wins in NBA history (72) Most wins by a championship-winning team; Best 3-loss start in NBA history (41–3, .932) Second most road wins in NBA history (33) Started 37–0 at home, part of 44 game home winning streak; Winning streaks of 18 and 13 games
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
[1] 2020 was also the first season where two different cities won multiple championships, with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the 2020 NBA Finals and the Los Angeles Dodgers winning the 2020 World Series. New York City is the only city to win multiple titles in back-to-back seasons, doing so in 1926–1927 and 1927–1928. [2]
Most consecutive points by single player on team; 26 by Carmelo Anthony, Denver Nuggets (vs. Minnesota Timberwolves), December 10, 2008 [402] the post-season record is 25 by LeBron James; Most points without a free throw attempted; 50 by Jamal Murray vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 19, 2021 [403] [404] Most points by an undrafted player ...
The Dodgers joined their 2020 team, the 2018 Red Sox, the 2016 Cubs, the 2013 Red Sox, the 2009 Yankees, the 2007 Red Sox, and the 1998 Yankees as teams to win a World Series after having the best regular-season record in MLB in the wild card era. [75] The Dodgers also set the record for most runs to come from behind from in a clinching game. [76]
The longest winning streak consisting only of playoff games stands at 12 consecutive wins, by the 1927, 1928 and 1932 New York Yankees (who swept the World Series all three seasons) and tied by the 1998–99 Yankees. According to Major League Baseball's policy on winning streaks, tie games do not end a team's winning streak. [1]
Games played during the IST are included in a team's regular season results and thus, count toward a team's win-loss record, except the NBA Cup Finals. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] At the end of the regular season, 12 teams (the top 6 seeds in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference ) will have clinched an NBA playoffs berth.
Charles Radbourn [3] holds the record for the most wins in a single-season, winning 59 games in 1884. [4] John Clarkson [ 5 ] (53 in 1885) and Guy Hecker [ 6 ] (52 in 1884) are the only other pitchers to win more than 50 games in a single-season.