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

If the Celtics and Panthers are each capable of come away with wins of their respective Recreation 4s, it might 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 collection sweep could 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 extra time 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 pair of.8 blocks all through the 1995 postseason.

In the meantime, the 1995 Stanley Cup Closing wasn’t tremendous shut all through the collection. After the Devils tallied a 2-1 win in Recreation 1, New Jersey gained every of the ultimate three video games by a minimum of two targets. Devils ahead Claude Lemieux gained 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 may be the primary time that the NHL has seen a Stanley Cup Closing sweep since 1998 when the Purple Wings swept the Washington Capitals. By way of the NBA Finals, it might be the primary sweep because the Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in 4 video games in 2018.