We’ve had our chances, three of them in fact, to do what Miami will be trying to do across the next few weeks, to do what no other market has ever done before: cash a daily-double ticket. Win an NB…
We’ve had our chances, three of them in fact, to do what Miami will be trying to do across the next few weeks, to do what no other market has ever done before: cash a daily-double ticket. Win an NBA title. Win a Stanley Cup title. Keep both trophies safely within the boundaries of one city.
Boston has seen the Celtics and Bruins try and fail three times to pull this off . Philadelphia , Chicago and the Bay Area each have had a chance to do it once. Things started promisingly for both: The Knicks stunned the Lakers in Game 1 at the Fabulous Forum, 114-92, and four days later the Rangers spotted the Bruins a 5-1 lead in Game 1, came roaring back to tie the score at 5 on goals by Rod Gilbert, Vic Hadfield, Walt Tkaczuk and Bruce MacGregor before Boston’s Ace Bailey scored the game-winner 2:17 from the end of regulation.
Aleksander Barkov skates with the Prince of Whales Trophy after the Panthers’ swept the Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference finals.The four-day stretch from June 14-17 remains one of the epic periods in the city’s sports history.
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