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Pacers and Oilers looking to give NBA and NHL fans a rare pair of Game 7s<\/a> originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia<\/a><\/p>\n

The greatest two words in sports are \u201cGame 7,\u201d but fans could be in for three even better words this year: two Game 7s.<\/p>\n

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The NBA Finals and NHL\u2019s Stanley Cup Final are both heading into Game 6 this week with teams on the cusp of a championship.<\/p>\n

In the NBA, the Thunder hold a 3-2 series lead over the Indiana Pacers after winning Game 5 in Oklahoma City on Monday. In the NHL, the Florida Panthers<\/a> hold a 3-2 advantage over the Edmonton Oilers with a chance to repeat as champions on home ice Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

There have been dozens of Game 7s between the two leagues over the last 80 years, but they have rarely coincided in the same year.<\/p>\n

With both championship series on the verge of going the distance, let\u2019s look back at the times where the NBA and NHL have seen their titles decided by a Game 7 in the same year.<\/p>\n

How many times have the NBA and NHL had championship Game 7s in the same year?<\/p>\n

The NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Final have only had a Game 7 in the same year twice.<\/p>\n

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The first came in 1954. The Minneapolis Lakers<\/a> won Game 7 on their home court on April 12 with a 87-80 victory over the Syracuse Nationals to win the NBA title. Four days later, Tony Leswick scored an overtime winner for the Detroit Red Wings in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n

The only other NBA-NHL Game 7 crossover came in 1994. The New York Rangers<\/a> lifted the Stanley Cup after defeating the Vancouver Canucks in a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on June 14. The NBA Finals wrapped up on June 22 when the Houston Rockets earned a Game 7 victory over the Rangers\u2019 MSG co-tenants, the New York Knicks<\/a>, although that deciding game was played in Texas.<\/p>\n

NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Final Game 7 schedule<\/p>\n

Should the Pacers and Oilers win their respective Game 6s, the NBA and NHL championships would be decided within two days of each other.<\/p>\n

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If necessary, Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final would be slated for Friday, June 20, in Edmonton, while Game 7 of the NBA Finals would be scheduled for Sunday, June 22, in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n

NBA Finals Game 7s<\/p>\n

The NBA Finals have gone to a Game 7 19 times, with the home team holding a 15-4 record.<\/p>\n

1951: Rochester Royals 79, New York Knicks 75<\/p>\n

1952: Minneapolis Lakers 82, New York Knicks 65<\/p>\n

1954: Minneapolis Lakers 87, Syracuse Nationals 80<\/p>\n

1955: Syracuse Nationals 92, Fort Wayne Pistons 91<\/p>\n

1960: Boston Celtics 122, St. Louis Hawks 103<\/p>\n

1962: Boston Celtics 110, Los Angeles Lakers 107 (OT)<\/p>\n

1966: Boston Celtics 95, Los Angeles Lakers 93<\/p>\n

1969: Boston Celtics 108, Los Angeles Lakers 106<\/p>\n

1970: New York Knicks 113, Los Angeles Lakers 99<\/p>\n

1974: Boston Celtics 102, Milwaukee Bucks 87<\/p>\n

1978: Washington Bullets 105, Seattle SuperSonics 99<\/p>\n

1984: Boston Celtics 111, Los Angeles Lakers 102<\/p>\n

1988: Los Angeles Lakers 108, Detroit Pistons 105<\/p>\n

1994: Houston Rockets 90, New York Knicks 84<\/p>\n

2005: San Antonio Spurs 81, Detroit Pistons 74<\/p>\n

2010: Los Angeles Lakers 83, Boston Celtics 79<\/p>\n

2013: Miami Heat 95, San Antonio Spurs 88<\/p>\n

Stanley Cup Final Game 7s<\/p>\n

The Stanley Cup Final has gone to a Game 7 18 times with the home team holding a 13-5 record.<\/p>\n

1942: Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Detroit Red Wings 1<\/p>\n

1945: Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Detroit Red Wings 1<\/p>\n

1950: Detroit Red Wings 4, New York Rangers 3 (2OT)<\/p>\n

1954: Detroit Red Wings 2, Montreal Canadiens 1 (OT)<\/p>\n

1955: Detroit Red Wings 3, Montreal Canadiens 1<\/p>\n

1964: Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 0<\/p>\n

1971: Montreal Canadiens 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2<\/p>\n

1994: New York Rangers 3, Vancouver Canucks 2<\/p>\n

2001: Colorado Avalanche 3, New Jersey Devils 1<\/p>\n

2003: New Jersey Devils 3, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 0<\/p>\n

2004: Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Calgary Flames 1<\/p>\n

2006: Carolina Hurricanes 3, Edmonton Oilers 1<\/p>\n

2009: Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Detroit Red Wings 1<\/p>\n

2011: Boston Bruins 4, Vancouver Canucks 0<\/p>\n

2019: St. Louis Blues 4, Boston Bruins 1<\/p>\n

2024: Florida Panthers 2, Edmonton Oilers 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pacers and Oilers looking to give NBA and NHL fans a rare pair of Game 7s originally appeared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5101],"tags":[95,2072,26,29,96,722,144,599,93,5137,146,15490,574,5,572,7192,2068,1181,11144,15488,21,4606,151,1671,35,4,9735,56,100,3358,5138,15493,4815,15491,14,15489,92,3184,31,27,15492],"class_list":{"0":"post-78672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-red-wings","8":"tag-boston-bruins","9":"tag-boston-celtics","10":"tag-calgary-flames","11":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","12":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","13":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","14":"tag-colorado-avalanche","15":"tag-detroit","16":"tag-detroit-red-wings","17":"tag-detroitredwings","18":"tag-edmonton-oilers","19":"tag-fort-wayne-pistons","20":"tag-golden-state-warriors","21":"tag-hockey","22":"tag-houston-rockets","23":"tag-indiana-pacers","24":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","25":"tag-miami-heat","26":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","27":"tag-minneapolis-lakers","28":"tag-montreal-canadiens","29":"tag-nba-finals","30":"tag-new-jersey-devils","31":"tag-new-york-knicks","32":"tag-new-york-rangers","33":"tag-nhl","34":"tag-oklahoma-city","35":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","36":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","37":"tag-red-wings","38":"tag-redwings","39":"tag-rochester-royals","40":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","41":"tag-st-louis-hawks","42":"tag-stanley-cup","43":"tag-syracuse-nationals","44":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","45":"tag-the-nba","46":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs","47":"tag-vancouver-canucks","48":"tag-washington-bullets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}