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What expansion franchises have had success the quickest?

Here are some of the fastest expansion teams to play for a league title:

  • NBA.
  • 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks.
  • 1994-95 Orlando Magic.
  • MLB.
  • 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks.
  • 1997 Florida Marlins.
  • NFL.
  • 1950 Cleveland Browns.

What teams have met the most in NBA Finals?

The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics are tied for the most titles with 17. Boston and L.A. have met in the Finals a record 12 times, with the Celtics taking nine of those head-to-head matchups.

Which expansion team was the first to win the Finals?

Louis Hawks
Louis Hawks did so in 1958, and were the first expansion team in the NBA to win a championship since the NBA held its first expansion draft. (The Bullets originally started out as the Chicago Packers, an expansion team that began play in 1961–62 before moving to Baltimore in 1963.)

What is the youngest NBA team to win a championship?

The following are the youngest teams to have won an NBA championship:

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Championship Team Weighted Age (WAGE)
1. 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers 24.199
2. 1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors 25.587
3. 1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers 25.710
4. 1954-55 Syracuse Nationals 25.867

Has an expansion team ever won a championship?

Louis Blues in 1968. However, the Blues were one of six expansion teams that year and all six of them were placed in the saem division (the winner of which advanced to the final). In the MLS, the Chicago Fire shocked the world in 1998 by winning the MLS Cup and U.S. Open Cup in their first season.

What expansion team won the Super Bowl?

Super Bowl XXXV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Ravens and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New York Giants to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2000 season….Super Bowl XXXV.

Attendance 71,921
Current/Future Hall of Famers

Who won the 1971 NBA championship?

Milwaukee Bucks
1971 NBA Finals/Champion

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Who is the oldest Finals MVP?

Notes

  • ^ Before the 1971–72 season, Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
  • ^ At 20 years and 276 days old, Johnson is the youngest Finals MVP winner in history.
  • ^ At 38 years and 54 days old, Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest Finals MVP winner in history.