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[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]
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]
The oldest franchise to never win the championship is the Suns (54 seasons), while the Royals/Kings and the Hawks have even longer championship droughts (71 and 64 seasons, respectively). Five franchises have never been to the NBA Finals, tied with the National Hockey League for the highest number among the major North American sports . [ 1 ]
The series was initially known as the BAA Finals prior to the 1949–50 season when the Basketball Association of America (BAA) merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) to form the NBA. The competition oversaw further name changes to NBA World Championship Series from 1950 to 1985, as well as a brief stint as the Showdown, before ...
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.
Year and series Series Loser Series Winner Note(s) 1951 NBA Finals: New York Knicks: Rochester Royals: New York became the first team to force a game seven after trailing 3–0 in the series. 1994 Western Conference semifinals: Denver Nuggets: Utah Jazz: Denver overcame a 2–0 deficit to win a best-of-five series in the previous round.
Abdur-Rahim was a rising star in the college basketball coaching ranks after leading Kennesaw State to its first winning record at 26–9 and an NCAA tournament bid, then South Florida to a 25–8 ...
Only players to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season; Wes Unseld and Wilt Chamberlain [17] [18] Only player to win the Scoring Title and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season; Michael Jordan, 1987–88 [19] Only players to win Rookie of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year Awards; Mike Miller and Malcolm Brogdon [20]