History:
Spring 2023 marked the 25th year in which WhoWins™ has been providing historical victory probabilities, team performance records, and web-site design from the previous millennium on MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series and games. Our first archived web page, from 1999.

Spring 2025 Epilogue:
After 84 Spring 2025 best-of-7 NBA playoff games (the most since 84 total games in Spring 2023), two four-game sweeps, and four series going the full seven games, the NBA crowns a first-time champion in the Oklahoma City Thunder. After 86 Spring 2025 best-of-7 NHL playoff games (the fewest since 84 total games in Spring 2021), no four-game sweeps, and three series going the full seven games, the NHL crowns a repeat champion in the Florida Panthers.

Ice Road Warriors:
In a best-of-7-era NBA/NHL first, NHL teams in Spring 2025 lacking home-ice advantage (as in playing Game 1 of a best-of-7 playoff series on the road) won 1) all four NHL Quarterfinals (Conference Semifinals) series, 2) both NHL Semifinals (Conference Finals) series, and 3) the NHL Finals.

Thank You:
A note of profound appreciation to all of our Spring 2025 visitors to see our daily-updated best-of-7 NBA/NHL historical series and game victory probabilities and trends/quirks, and for fighting through our 20th-century HTML to do so.

Spring 2025 Ouster Board:
start (in Indiana NBA): 4/19, 1:11pmEDT
--- Preliminary round ---
Memphis NBA: 4/26, 6:17pmEDT
Miami NBA: 4/28, 9:53pmEDT
Milwaukee NBA: 4/29, 8:54pmEDT
Orlando NBA: 4/29, 11:11pmEDT
New Jersey NHL: 4/29, 11:24pmEDT
Montreal NHL: 4/30, 9:48pmEDT
Tampa Bay NHL: 4/30, 10:18pmEDT
Los Angeles Lakers NBA: 5/1, 12:52amEDT
Ottawa NHL: 5/1, 9:32pmEDT
Minnesota NHL: 5/1, 10:14pmEDT
Detroit NBA: 5/1, 10:28pmEDT
Los Angeles NHL: 5/2, 12:55amEDT
Los Angeles Clippers NBA: 5/3, 9:55pmEDT
Colorado NHL: 5/3, 10:47pmEDT
Houston NBA: 5/4, 11:05pmEDT
St. Louis NHL: 5/4, 11:05pmEDT
--- Quarterfinals round ---
Cleveland NBA, 5/13, 9:41pmEDT
Golden State NBA, 5/15, 12:13amEDT
Vegas NHL, 5/15, 12:41amEDT
Washington NHL, 5/15, 9:43pmEDT
Boston NBA, 5/16, 10:34pmEDT
Winnipeg (II) NHL, 5/17, 11:02pmEDT
Denver NBA, 5/18, 6:01pmEDT
Toronto NHL, 5/18, 10:16pmEDT
--- Semifinals round ---
Minnesota NBA, 5/28, 10:57pmEDT
Carolina NHL, 5/28, 10:57pmEDT
Dallas NHL, 5/29, 10:40pmEDT (NHL Bronze)
New York NBA, 5/31, 10:35pmEDT (NBA Bronze)
--- Finals round ---
Edmonton NHL, 6/17, 10:48pmEDT (NHL Silver)
Florida NHL, 6/17, 10:48pmEDT (NHL Gold)
Indiana NBA, 6/22, 10:49pmEDT (NBA Silver)
Oklahoma City NBA, 6/22, 10:49pmEDT (NBA Gold)

NHL Comeback of Spring 2025:
The Winnipeg Jets trailed the visiting St. Louis Blues Sunday 04 May by one goal as late as 19:56 into the third period of their Game 7, but emerged victorious: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2024, inclusive, home teams down one goal as late as 19:56 into the third period had a game record of only 2-487 (.004) - the Winnipeg Jets thus achieve a grade-A (.000 - .099) in-game comeback.

NBA Comeback of Spring 2025:
On Thursday 24 April, the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder trailed the Grizzlies in Memphis by 26 points at halftime in their Game 3, but won. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games prior to Thunder-Grizzlies Game 3 (1947-2025, inclusive), road or home teams trailing by 26 points at halftime had a game record of 0-19, with all 19 losses by double-digit margins. The 26-point halftime deficit also becomes the largest halftime deficit ever surmounted by a road or home team for a game victory in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game: In Game 3 during the 2017 NBA Preliminary round, the Cleveland Cavaliers trailed the Pacers in Indiana by 25 halftime points, but won 119-pts-114.

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