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Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo celebrates the final out of Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, after his putoutSyl Apps of the Toronto Maple Leafs after Game 7 of the 1942 Stanley Cup FinalsInside the Toyota Center before tip off of Game 7 of the 2018 NBA Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets
A game seven is the final game of a best of seven series. This game can occur in the postseasons for Major League Baseball (MLB) (League Championship Series and World Series), the National Basketball Association (NBA) (all rounds of the NBA playoffs), and the National Hockey League (NHL) (all rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs). The game is generally played at the site of the team holding the home advantage across the series.
The nature of a best-of-seven series requires that the series be tied 3–3 going into game seven, such that either team can take the series (advancing further in the playoffs or winning the championship) by winning the game. Because of this decisive nature, game sevens add an element of drama to their sports. Aside from North American sports leagues, game sevens are also a fixture in many other sports around the world, mostly in baseball, basketball, and ice hockey leagues. Most codes of football do not employ a best-of-seven series (or any best-of-x series in general), hence game sevens are not played in those leagues. Some playoff rounds (such as MLB's current Division Series) are played in a best of five format, such that game 5 has similar qualities to those described above, though the suspense and drama have less time to build in a shorter series. Furthermore, the World Series of 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921 were played in a best of nine format, though none of the four went to a decisive game 9.
The game seven is comparable to a final or to a single game in a single-elimination tournament or to a one-game playoff. A championship series' game seven is equivalent to the Super Bowl game in the National Football League in that the game's winner is the league's champion for the season.
A gameseven is the final game of a best of seven series. This game can occur in the postseasons for Major League Baseball (MLB) (League Championship...
In the National Basketball Association (NBA), a gameseven is the final game of a best-of-seven series in the NBA playoffs. Based on the playoffs format...
In the National Hockey League (NHL), a gameseven is the final game in a best-of-seven series in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Based on the playoffs format...
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back in Philadelphia by one goal, to force a deciding seventh game. Edmonton won gameseven to earn its third Stanley Cup in four seasons. During the Stanley...
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appearance in the deciding game. Detroit had previously gone 3–3 in gamesevens. Their last Stanley Cup Finals gameseven was in 1964 against the Toronto...
best-of-seven format in 1987. The first round featured five gamesevens, the most in a single playoff round since 1992, when there were six gamesevens in...
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