2014 World Series champion San Francisco Giants , Kansas Royals in 2015, and Chicago Cubs in 2016, all of them stumbling the next year. Even the runner-up of the World Series that failed to compete for the championship the previous year, only the Royals in 2014 successfully returned to the World Series in the second year. It is really not easy to score in the World Championships, and it is even more difficult to play back the runner-up in the world. The Dodgers can ask the New York Mets or the Cleveland Indians.
The Indians have not won the world championship in 69 years. The one who is most impressed by this shortcoming is probably the Philadelphia Eagles, who just won the NFL Super Bowl championship in early February; the Eagles defeated New England Patriots 41-33, and won the championship again after 57 years apart.
Before the Hawks were crowned, the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL had just suffered four consecutive losses, and NBA's Philadelphia 76ers also had 1 win and 4 losses.
What's amazing is that after the Hawks were crowned the king, the Flyers' record has so far been 10 wins and 1 loss. It has gradually changed from a miserable team that has suffered 10 consecutive losses at one time to a potential team with the chance to enter the playoffs .
Then there is the 76ers who have been at the bottom of the draft in the past few years. After the Hawks were crowned, the 76ers won 7 consecutive victories in one go , and it was not suspended by the Miami Heat on Sunday. This long-term loser who lost 126 games in 164 games in the past two years is now ranked seventh in the NBA East and has a chance to make it to the playoffs.
Of course, we can say that all this is just an unrelated coincidence, but the addition and multiplication effect brought by a championship to the entire city is actually very interesting.
Like Boston ( American football 2 times, baseball 1 times, basketball 1 time, and ice hockey 1 time), I always feel that every year I see teams in the Boston area reach the playoffs of professional sports and even have the opportunity to challenge the championship.
In San Francisco We see MLB San Francisco Giants (2010, 2012, 2014) and NBA Golden Warriors (2015, 2017) successively gained titles; in Chicago , professional hockey NHL Chicago Blackhawks (2013, 2015) and MLB Cubs (2016) took turns to win championships, which are all interesting coincidences.
After the Astros won the Major League Baseball World Championship last year, it seemed that it also stimulated the city's Houston Rockets to a higher level. Now the record is ranked first in the NBA and has become a popular team to compete for the championship this year.
I wonder if the Los Angeles Lakers will be motivated by the Dodgers to enter the World Series and will they bottom out and rebound in the past two years?
