The Boston Celtics have dominated the Dallas Mavericks within the opening three video games of the NBA Finals and maintain a 3-0 sequence lead. In the meantime, the Stanley Cup Closing hasn’t been a lot completely different because the Florida Panthers have a 3-0 sequence lead towards the Edmonton Oilers.

If the Celtics and Panthers are each in a position to come away with wins of their respective Recreation 4s, it will mark the primary time since 1995 that each the NBA and NHL seasons ended with a sweep within the championship spherical. In 1995, the Houston Rockets swept the Orlando Magic to win the NBA title, whereas the New Jersey Devils ousted the Detroit Purple Wings in 4 video games.

The 1995 NBA Finals have been extra carefully contested than the sequence sweep might point out. Whereas the Rockets did win Video games 2 and 4 by double-digits, the Magic put up fairly a combat. 

Orlando took Houston to time beyond regulation in Recreation 1 earlier than shedding 120-118. Rockets star massive man Hakeem Olajuwon earned NBA Finals MVP honors after averaging 33.0 factors, 10.3 rebounds, and a couple of.8 blocks all through the 1995 postseason.

In the meantime, the 1995 Stanley Cup Closing wasn’t tremendous shut all through the sequence. After the Devils tallied a 2-1 win in Recreation 1, New Jersey received every of the ultimate three video games by at the least two targets. Devils ahead Claude Lemieux received the Conn Smythe Trophy because the league’s playoff MVP after he scored a playoff-high 13 targets and tallied three assists. 

If the Panthers end off the Oilers in 4 video games, this might be the primary time that the NHL has seen a Stanley Cup Closing sweep since 1998 when the Purple Wings swept the Washington Capitals. When it comes to the NBA Finals, it will be the primary sweep for the reason that Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in 4 video games in 2018.