How many teams have forced Game 7 down 3-0?
National Hockey League
Four NHL teams have overcome 3–0 deficits, only one of which occurred in the Stanley Cup Finals. Three comebacks were completed with game 7 on road ice, while one was completed on home ice.
A handful of teams have put together valiant comeback efforts -- four have won two straight to force a Game 6 after falling behind three games to none, and two of these teams pushed the series to Game 7. But only one, the 2004 Boston Red Sox, has completed the comeback.
How many times has an NBA team come back from a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs? The unfortunate answer is zero times. While no teams have come back to win after being down 3-0, there are three teams that have rallied to tie up a series 3-3 and went on to lose Game 7.
Including this postseason, there have been 130 occasions in which a team won the first three games of a best-of-seven. Only three of those series went to a seventh game. Here's a closer look at each series. Steve Nash and Dirk Nowtzki were pushed to a Game 7 in 2003 after blowing a 3-0 lead.
Of the 19 Game 7s in Finals history, the home team came out on top 15 times (78.9%). The Celtics (1969 and 1974), Washington Bullets (1978) and Cavaliers (2016) are the only teams to ever win a Finals Game 7 on the road.
Red Sox Crush Yankees in Historic Comeback The Boston Red Sox made history on Wednesday night, becoming the first baseball team to win a best-of-seven series after trailing 3-0. The unbelievable comeback over the New York Yankees sends Boston to the World Series.
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Through 2022, only 4 times in 201 tries (2%) has a team comeback to win a series trailing 3-0 in the playoffs. The Toronto Maple Leafs were the first to turn the trick, doing so in the 1942 Stanley Cup Final against the Detroit Red Wings.
Detroit was the first non-expansion team to lose every game in a full season since World War II. Strike shortened season.
NBA teams have overcome 3–1 deficits 13 times, only one of which occurred in the NBA Finals. The NBA is the only major North American sport with a seven-game playoffs series where no team has overcome a 3–0 deficit. The Celtics won two games on the road during the comeback, and also won the NBA Finals.
The Raiders are 0-3 for the first time since 2018, and since 1979, six NFL teams have started 0-3 and made the playoffs, the last one being the Houston Texans, which started 0-3 in 2018 but rebounded to win their next nine games and made the playoffs at 11-5 before losing to the Indianapolis Colts, 21-7, in an AFC Wild ...
How many Game 7 did Jordan play in the playoffs?
Michael Jordan
He played in just three Game 7s through 13 postseason appearances (two first-round Game 5s prior to best-of-seven format).
The Mavs own the record for the biggest blowout in an NBA Game 7, but not for their dominant win over the Suns. Dallas manhandled the Houston Rockets at home in Game 7 of their 2005 first-round series. Jason Terry led the Mavs with 31 points as the team cruised to a 116-76 win over the Rockets.
Share All sharing options for: Yup, that was the worst Game 7 performance in NBA history. The Phoenix Suns were shocked, stunned, and silenced in their 123-90 Game 7 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.
The Seahawks made history by becoming the first 7–9 team ever to make the playoffs and then did it again by becoming the first to win a playoff game, racking up 31 first downs and 474 yards, including a 67-yard touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch late in the fourth quarter.
Thirty-four game sevens have been won by the road team. Every active NBA franchise has played in at least one game seven. There have been twelve playoff seasons in which no game sevens were played: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1967, 1972, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, and 1999.
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Which NBA teams have played in the most Game 7s?
The modern record still belongs to the 2007 Texas Rangers, who defeated the Baltimore Orioles by a 30-3 mark on August 22, 2007.
Teams that were victorious in Game 1s on their home floor won their series 84.8% of the time (352-63).
Four NHL teams have rallied from down 3-0 to win, most recently the Los Angeles Kings en route to the 2014 Stanley Cup, while MLB's Boston Red Sox famously completed a comeback from down 3-0 to the rival New York Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series on the way to their first World Series title since ...
In NHL history, 190 teams have trailed in a playoff series by three games to none. Four of those teams rallied to win the series.
Has there ever been a 3 1 comeback?
The most recent team to do that was the 2020 Denver Nuggets when they beat the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Clippers. But the most famous 3-1 comeback in the NBA was when the Cleveland Cavaliers turned the tide against the Golden State Warriors during the 2016 NBA Finals to blow up the NBA betting lines.
The Minnesota Vikings have recorded the most playoff losses (30), whereas the Detroit Lions have the lowest playoff win–loss percentage of 0.0714% with a 1-13 record during the Super Bowl era. The Houston Texans have the fewest games played (10), wins (4), and losses (6) in NFL playoff history.
The 2007 New England Patriots were the first NFL team to achieve a perfect 16-0 regular season record, and seemed destined to go down as the greatest team ever until their stunning defeat in Super Bowl XLII.
Team. No team has thrown no-hitters in consecutive games, although it has happened once on consecutive days: On May 5, 1917, Ernie Koob of the St. Louis Browns no-hit the Chicago White Sox, and teammate Bob Groom repeated the feat in the second game of a doubleheader the following day.
| # | PLAYER | 3P% |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Curry | 42.8 |
| 2 | Ray Allen | 40.0 |
| 3 | James Harden | 36.1 |
| 4 | Reggie Miller | 39.5 |
In the NBA's 75-year history, 146 teams have faced a 3-0 series deficit in a seven-game postseason series. Of those teams, 14 have won at least two games while three have won three straight games to force a decisive Game 7.
Since 1990, 144 teams have started 2-5. Of the latter, only eight have made the playoffs.
As for an 0–4 start, it was down to just the 1992 San Diego Chargers, the only team to traverse that deficit and make the playoffs.
In any conversation about G.O.A.T. candidates, Chamberlain's teams missed the playoffs fewer times than either Jordan's (twice) or James (three). Six of Pippen's postseason appearances came when he wasn't a teammate of Michael Jordan.
What is Michael Jordan's record Game 7?
Michael Jordan had a record of 2-1 in game sevens in his career.
His stats in the final game of a series have not disappointed, averaging 20.6 points, 9.9 assists and 5.9 rebounds with a 3-4 record in seven Game 7s in his career.
A cold-shooting night left the Suns behind by 30 points at the half on the way to a 123-90 loss that eliminated the team from the postseason. Suns stars Devin Booker, Chris Paul, and Deandre Ayton combined for just 26 points. Booker and Paul were a combined 0-for-11 shooting in the first half.
The highest-scoring playoff game is the double-overtime game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Phoenix Suns on May 11, 1992. The two teams combined to score 304 points, with the Trail Blazers defeating the Suns 153–151.
Has an NBA Game 7 ever gone to overtime? Seven Game 7s have needed overtime to decide a series with one extending to double overtime. Two of those overtime Game 7s came in the Finals. The Boston Celtics won the 1957 title with a double-overtime victory over the St.
The Philadelphia 76ers have lost the most games by a team in game sevens, with 11 losses.
Kobe Bryant played in 6 games in game sevens in his career.
The 2007 New England Patriots were the first NFL team to achieve a perfect 16-0 regular season record, and seemed destined to go down as the greatest team ever until their stunning defeat in Super Bowl XLII.
No NFL team has gone 0-17, in large part because no NFL team has played 17 games in a regular season since 1930, when the late Frankford Yellow Jackets finished 4-13-1, and the New York Football Giants finished 13-4.
They each won three game 7s. The Bruins in the first, third and fourth rounds. No team has even played four game 7s that I could find since the league went to four 7 game series in the 80s.
What is the losingest team in NFL history?
The Cardinals have recorded the most losses (780), and the Buccaneers hold the lowest winning percentage (. 401), with a 294–439–1 record through the end of Super Bowl LV, a game which they won.
Aside from the 1982 strike-shortened season, which had two 4-5 teams in the postseason, there have been 14 teams with 8-8 records or worse go to the playoffs in the league's history. Some of them actually ended up winning in the postseason!
Since 1944, only five teams have had winless seasons in the NFL: the 1960 Dallas Cowboys (0–11–1), the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0–14), the 1982 Baltimore Colts (0–8–1) the 2008 Detroit Lions (0–16), and the 2017 Cleveland Browns (0–16).
The Bears have been the last team undefeated 17 times (the last time was during the 2010 season), while the next team, the Rams, have been the last team beaten 12 times as of the 2018 season. The Giants hold the mark for beating the last undefeated team the most times.
The 1972 Dolphins are the ONLY team that has finished a season completely undefeated. There have been a few close calls, too. The 1934 Bears, 1942 Bears, and 2007 Patriots all went undefeated all the way to the Super Bowl-or NFL Championship, only to lose that last game.
The 2000 Chargers started 0-11 before recording their first win. The 2001 Panthers and the 2020 Jaguars won their season opener before losing 15 straight. The 2020 Jaguars was the last instance of an NFL team finishing 1-15, as the NFL expanded to a 17-game season starting in 2021.
As per Pro Football Reference, 73 games in pro football history have ended in a 0-0 tie. However, the last time that took place was almost 80 years ago, meaning there's been no scoreless ties in the Super Bowl era.
The 2007 New England Patriots famously went 16-0 in the regular season before being upset by the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII. More recently, the 2015 Carolina Panthers went 14-0 before dropping their Week 16 contest.
Boston and Los Angeles may have the most total Game 7 wins, but a surprising team has the highest winning percentage: the Timberwolves. Minnesota is the only franchise that has played in just one Game 7, defeating Sacramento in the 2004 Western Conference Semifinals.
Tony Allen and Elgin Baylor are tied for losing the most career games in game sevens, with 6 losses.
How many game 7s have there been in MLB history?
Only five Game 7s, and the 1912 Game 8, have gone into extra innings -- five times in the World Series and once in the ALCS (the Aaron Boone game in 2003). The home team has won five out of six times when Game 7 goes beyond the requisite nine innings.