THE Chiefs of Kansas City are in the rare air after winning their berth in the Super Bowl Lix on Sunday.
They are looking to become the first NFL team to win three consecutive super bowls. Kansas City has already made the story with the first half of his quest – this is the first team to go to a Super Bowl after winning consecutive super bowls.
Through the NBA / MLB / NHL / WNBA, there were 14 cases where a team won three consecutive titles. Since 1970, this number has been limited to only eight.
Here is an overview of each NBA / MLB / NHL / WNBA / MLS team to win three consecutive championships since 1970.
Led by Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, the Lakers set together three consecutive NBA titles to launch the new millennium.
Los Angeles did not win more than 56 games at each regular season, including 67 in 1999-00 – the second largest number in the history of the franchise. Lakers have had a similar success in the playoffs. They went to 45-13 entertained by a dominant file of 15-1 in the 2001 elimination series.
This did not continue during the 2002-03 season when Los Angeles went 50-32 then lost in the semi-finals of the West Conference to the possible champion San Antonio Spurs.
The Yankees began the 21st century at the end of the previous one – as champions of the World Series.
New York began its three peats with a franchise record 114 regular season wins, then succeeded 11-2 in the season of the season to win a title. A similar success followed in 1999 – a record for the regular season of 98-64 and a race of 11-1 in the playoffs – but the Yankees clashed to win their third consecutive.
They finished with a record of 87-74, then experienced five and six games, respectively, in the ALDS and the Alcs. However, New York sent the New York Mets In five games from the Subway series.
The Yankees were only a round to win a fourth consecutive match. Mariano Rivera granted two points in the ninth round of match 7, blowing a backup that led to the Arizona Diamondbacks Implicating the World Series.
Houston Comets, 1997-2000
Houston scored the first WnBA dynasty, winning the first four league championships.
The comets were led by a legendary Grand-Trois of Sheryl Swoopes, Cynthia Cooper and Tina Thompson. They all have on average two -digit points per game in the last three titles of Houston. Cooper won the WNBA MVP Prize in 1997 and 1998, while Cooper won in 2000.
Houston’s race ended in 2001 after publishing a 19-13 file and lost against the Los Angeles Sparks – Who won the championship this season – in the semi -finals of the Western Conference.
No team has undoubtedly dominated a decade in the NBA as the Bulls in the 1990s. Directed by Michael Jordan and Scottie PippenChicago recorded two three separate peats, the last of which came memorablely against the Utah jazz.
The Bulls won less than 60 games only once in their regular seasons winners in the championship. In 1995-1996, they set an NBA record with 72 regular season victories. Remarkably, Chicago only appeared in a match 7 once on his two points on three tours. However, the tide turned in 1999, however, when the Bulls underwent a major overhaul. Jordan retired, while other key members of the franchise have evolved, including former head coach Phil Jackson. Consequently, Chicago went 13-37 in the locking season.
If a three peat solidifies a dynasty, the four peats of the Icelanders left no room for the interpretation of which led the League in the early 1980s.
These teams – who praised the tastes of Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy, Bob Nystrom, Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies and Billy Smith – led the Icelanders to the first victory of the franchise in 1980. Then, they followed with three other victories . They are not only the last team at three peat in the NHL, but they are also one of the four four peats that have occurred in the history of the League.
New York finished its three touring in a dominant way, with a scan of four games from the Vancouver cannucks.
A dynasty a decade of your previous dynasty? Of course, why not. No other NHL team dominated both the regular season and the playoffs like these Montreal teams.
With the legendary Scotty Bowman behind the bench and Guy Lafleur marking more than 50 goals in each of the four seasons, the Canadians could not be arrested.
The Canadians raised the Lord Stanley Cup four consecutive years, almost reproducing the feat of the first Montreal dynasty – with the exception of the rise of the dynasty of another team and the retirement of key contributors.
Ten players from this dynasty were inducted into the temple of renowned hockey.
The Swingin ‘A absolutely dominated the American League in the early 1970s, winning five consecutive titles from the American League division and three pennants of the American league on their way to their three World Series titles.
A marked history with their three consecutive championships, becoming the first team at three peat in two decades and the only MLB team other than the Yankees to do so. Oakland’s reign included beating the Cincinnati Reds In seven games in 1972, the New York Mets in seven games in 1973 and the Dodgers of Los Angeles In five games in 1974.
Four members of the dynasty were then inducted at the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Catfish Hunter (1987), Rollie Fingers (1992), Reggie Jackson (1993) and director Dick Williams (2008). Of the four of the reputation temple, only the fingers and Williams were inducted with the A logo on their plate.
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