Teams that are down 3-1 in the NBA playoffs have historically faced a tough challenge. However, there have been instances where these teams have managed to come back and win the series. According to historical records, teams down 3-1 have come back to win the series about 11 of the time.
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The Dolphins lead the overall series 50-45 (1-2 in the playoffs).
The 1973 Mets won their division despite a record of only 82-79. The beat the favored Reds in the NL playoffs, and then nearly won the World Series, which went seven games, against the Oakland A's.
The Packers lead the series 51-48-1, including playoffs.
No. Prior to 1969, there were no division in either league. Whichever team in each league had the best regular season record was the league's representative in the World Series. So, prior to 1969, only one team from each league made the playoffs and the only playoff round was the World Series. Starting in 1969, each league divided its teams into two divisions, the East and the West. The winners of the divisions would play each other in a playoff series (American/National League Championship Series) and the winner of that series would be the league's representative in the World Series. Two teams made the playoffs from each league and there were two rounds in the playoffs. Starting in 1994, each league was divided into three divisions, the East, Central, and West. The winners of each division would make the playoffs along with the one non division winner that had the best overall regular season record from each league. Four teams make the playoffs from each league. This is currently how the playoffs are done in MLB. There are three rounds in the playoffs, the American/National League Divisional Series, American/National League Championship Series, and the World Series.
The Yankees ended the regular season with 94 wins and 68 losses. This record gave them the American League Wild Card for the playoffs. They played Cleveland in the first round of the playoffs. Cleveland won the series 3 games to 1.
An NBA playoffs series typically consists of seven games.
Tim Lincecum who won 4 games in the 2010 playoffs/World Series.
Hopefully enough to get them in the playoffs and eventually world series. :) Hopefully enough to get them in the playoffs and eventually world series. :)
The current system arose in 2007 after some controversy when it was shown that in the previous system, division winners were seeded higher than any other playoff participants, regardless of their record. A detailed history of the NBA playoff system is linked below.
As of the beginning of the 2007 playoffs, since MLB when to three levels of playoffs (Divisional Series, Championship Series, World Series) the answer is no. When there was only two levels (Championship Series, World Series), the 1976 Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 3 games to 0 in the NLCS and the New York Yankees 4 games to 0 in the World Series. They are the only team to go undefeated in the playoffs since MLB went to the divisional format in 1969.
There are two conferences in the NFL and each conference is broken into four divisions. Six teams from each conference make he playoffs. In each conference, the four division winners advance to the playoffs and the two teams that were not division winners that have the best regular season record, called wild cards, also advance to the playoffs.Six teams from the NFC and six teams from the AFC make the play-offs. There are three division winners and three wildcard teams from each conference.
The 2010 World Series is scheduled to be played in October after the Playoffs.