Sixth new NBA champion in six years guaranteed: Has this happened before?

Minnesota defeated defending champion Denver 98-90 in the Western Conference semifinal series. This guarantees that the NBA will have a new champion for the sixth consecutive year. Despite trailing by 20 points at the end of the first half, the Wolves increased their defensive efforts in the second half as they had the best defense in the league during the regular season.

They limited the Nuggets to 37 points in the final two quarters and outscored Denver 60-32 after falling behind 58-38 in the third period.

The Timberwolves are in the He'll reach the conference finals for the first time since 2004, playing the Dallas Mavericks, starting with Game 1 on Wednesday in Minneapolis. This also means that we will have a new NBA champion for the sixth year in a row and this indicates the current balance between teams in the NBA and confirms the non-existence of a true dynasty in these years.

Any conversation that starts on this topic I'm going to talk about real evergreens in a way at the end. The biggest beneficiaries are the fans and basketball enthusiasts because year after year they can enjoy quality basketball and we saw that in the previous series of this year's NBA playoffs.

Has it happened before?

In the 1970s, six years passed between championship repeats. see champions of the 1975-1980s. But If this trend continues next season, a new record will be set, as both the 1974 and 1981 winners were the Celtics, who also won in 1976.