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 Day 57:
Results from Saturday 14 June.
NHL
Florida Panthers win at Edmonton Oilers, 5-goals-2.
NBA
No games.

Spring 2025 Day 58:
Results from Sunday 15 June.
No games; Happy Fathers Day

After NHL Game 5:
The LWWLW @ VVHHV win/site order in the 2025 NHL Finals is the first such win/site order through the first five games of a best-of-7 NHL playoff series since the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2021 NHL Semifinals. NHL teams such as Florida which notch a LWWLW @ VVHHV win/site order have an active 17-series winning streak (with two of the victories by the Edmonton Oilers though none by the Florida Panthers); the last series loss sustained by an NHL team leading in such manner was sustained by the Detroit Red Wings, which lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1964 NHL Finals. With their series 1598 Game 5 victory, the Florida Panthers now enjoy an active four-Game 5 winning streak (irrespective of Games 1-4 outcomes) in best-of-7 NHL playoff series; with their series 1598 Game 5 loss, the Edmonton Oilers see their five-Game 5 winning streak (irrespective of Games 1-4 outcomes) snapped.

Grade-B Comeback:
The Oklahoma City Thunder trailed their host Indiana Pacers by seven points after three quarters of 2025 NBA Finals Game 4, but prevailed. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 6/12/2025, inclusive, road teams down seven points after three quarters had a game record of only 18-112 (.138) - the Oklahoma City Thunder thus achieve a grade-B (.100 - .199) in-game comeback to tie the 2025 NBA Finals 2-games-all.

NBA Streaks:
Knotted 2-games-all in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Indiana Pacers have a five-Game 5 losing streak, but a six-Game 6 winning streak. Irrespective of Games 1-3 outcomes, the Oklahoma City Thunder now have a seven-Game 4 winning streak in best-of-7 NBA playoff series.

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)

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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