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In sports (especially in North America), a three-peat is winning three consecutive championships or tournaments. The term, a portmanteau of the words three and repeat, originated with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, during their unsuccessful campaign for a third consecutive championship during the 1988–89 season, having won the previous 2 NBA finals.
Bill Russell won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, an NBA record. The following is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) players who won the most championships. The NBA is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
As of 2024, the Eastern champions have a 41–36 advantage in NBA titles over the Western champions, with their most recent being the Boston Celtics who have won 18 titles, the most of any team in the league. [15]
Having successfully claimed a repeat championship the year before, the term used for this new goal was a three-peat championship, and Riley, through his corporate entity, Riles & Co., trademarked the phrase three-peat. The Lakers won 57 games to lead the Western Conference, and swept the Western Conference bracket of the 1989 NBA playoffs (11–0).
The three-peat has become the pinnacle of sports accomplishment. ... Kobe and Shaq led the Los Angeles Lakes to three consecutive NBA titles from 2000-2002 shortly after the New York Yankees won ...
Later, three-peat bed covers and other bedding products were added. Riley had looked to cash in big immediately with the 1988-89 Lakers, who won their first three playoff series with an 11-0 record.
With back-to-back titles secure, the question now is: can UConn achieve a historic three-peat? No team has achieved the feat in the men’s game since UCLA did so in the 1960s and 70s, winning ...
The team completed their second three-peat by beating the Jazz 4–2 in a rematch of the previous season, with Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals famously ending with Jordan's last shot in a Bulls uniform, a play now considered one of the greatest moments in NBA history. [35]