Under the new proposal, the Stanley Cup Final series alternated between the East and the West each year, with alternating games played according to NHA and PCHA rules .< ref name =" DiamondPrize-20 ">< nowiki > Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey </ nowiki >, p. 20 </ ref > The Cup trustees agreed to this new arrangement, because after the Allan Cup became the highest prize for amateur hockey teams in Canada, the trustees had become dependent on the top two professional leagues to bolster the prominence of the trophy.

However, in the NBA Finals the Nationals would lose to the Minneapolis Lakers in a hard fought 7-game series where the 2 teams alternated wins throughout.

The teams alternated in the first two rounds, and the team with the lower score played first in the third round.

Game play alternated between the two teams.

Since then, the trophy has alternated between both the teams.

In the ensuing years, Bilardo alternated between coaching Estudiantes and Colombian teams.

The attempts alternated between the teams with a scoring system that gave more points for getting the frisbee through the smaller gaps in the arch.

Originally teams alternated turns taking guesses after each puzzle piece was removed ; in later episodes, pieces were removed one at a time until one player buzzed in with a correct answer.

The two players alternated revealing blanks and making guesses until one got the correct answer and won the puzzle ; if neither player had solved the puzzle after all seven blanks were filled in, the teams ' " actors " would each receive one guess.

The ( then ) seventeen first-class counties were joined by three other teams, Minor Counties ( North ), Minor Counties ( South ) and Cambridge University who alternated with Oxford University.

Later, if both teams missed the Super Stumper, the game shifted into a speed round in which a new Super Stumper plate was displayed, and the teams alternated turns ( starting with the team who won the last jump-in ) revealing spaces in the new plate until one team solved it.

The 1985 and 1986 teams combined for only eight wins, including an 0 – 13 start in 1986, which prompted the firing of head coach Rod Dowhower, who was replaced by Ron Meyer.

The two teams traded wins back and forth until the series reached the seventh and deciding game.

The rules of the championship further provide that if teams tie on both match points and points difference, the team which scored the most tries wins the championship.

The Automobile Manufacturers Association ( AMA ) banned manufacturers from using race wins in their advertising and giving direct support to race teams, as they felt it led to reckless street racing.

While the Giants have more wins in franchise history, both National League West teams are tied for the most National League pennants with 21, and both teams have each won six World Series titles.

The wins in 1975 ( by a score of 10-3 ) and 1978 ( by a score of 10-7 ) were over Steeler teams that eventually won the Super Bowl those seasons.

The 49ers then entered the NFC Championship Game against the Los Angeles Rams, who had defeated San Francisco in one of their two regular season games against them and were coming off postseason wins against two of the NFC's toughest teams, the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Both teams entered the game trying to tie the San Francisco 49ers for the most Super Bowl wins by a team ( 5 ).

After losing two straight games in November ( one to the rival Dallas Cowboys ), they finished off the regular season winning their remaining five games, including dominating wins over playoff teams Denver Broncos, 41 – 6, and Minnesota Vikings, 38 – 10.

The Olympic volleyball tournament was originally a simple competition: all teams played against each other team and then were ranked by wins, set average, and point average.

Only five teams have more Super Bowl wins than the Redskins: the Pittsburgh Steelers ( 6 ), Dallas Cowboys ( 5 ), San Francisco 49ers ( 5 ), Green Bay Packers ( 4 ), and New York Giants ( 4 ).

There is no shootout during the NHL playoff games, as multiple 20-minute OT periods of five-on-five hockey are played until one of the teams scores, which wins them the game ( this has created extremely long contests such as the " Easter Epic ").

Nonetheless, the Warriors were officially eliminated from the 2008 Western Conference Playoffs, despite having a 48 – 34 season ( This made them the first team in NBA history, since the playoffs expanded to 8 teams per conference, with at least 48 wins ).

The 2005 – 06 season was a turning point for the team's image ; marked by several wins over top teams.

However, the Clippers showed strength when 3 of their first 4 wins came from the top teams in the Western Conference.

In the second round, or Conference Semifinals, the top remaining conference seed plays against the lowest remaining seed, and the other two remaining conference teams pair off ( unlike the NBA, for example, where the 1 – 8 winner always plays the 4 – 5 winner, and the 2-7 to play 3-6, regardless of who wins ).

The top two clubs in Serie B earn automatic promotion to Serie A with the next four clubs entering a playoff to determine who wins the third promotion place, as long as fewer than 10 points separate the third and fourth-placed teams ( which often occurs ).

If the game is tied after four quarters have been played, the teams begin sudden death overtime ; the team that scores first wins the game.

* Don Nelson, forward and head coach with several NBA teams, most all time wins as a head coach

If a team hits a ' six and out ' to win the game, the team wins and the batsman goes out, plus the six counts, whatever the set amount of wickets may be ( even if the wicket was the teams ' last ).

As of April 2011, there are eight teams with 800 wins: Michigan, Texas, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State, Oklahoma, and Alabama.

In the first 2 games the teams traded 4-1 wins before the flood gates opened and the Colts took control of the series.

Over the course of the three years from 1929 to 1931 he twice won the pitcher's Triple Crown, leading the league in wins, strikeouts, and ERA, while amassing a 79-15 record as the ace for the Athletics ' dynasty teams.

Yet, in spite of this, intensive study of the taped interviews by teams of psychotherapists and linguists laid bare the surprising fact that, in the first five minutes of an initial interview, the patient often reveals as many as a dozen times just what's wrong with him ; ;

In their first two years in high school, Jewish boys in this town make strenuous exertions to win positions on the school teams.

The first cattle the Injuns saw under the white man's control were the ox teams of the early freighters.

Only two teams in each league ( the Yankees and Detroit, the Dodgers and Cincinnati ) are battling for first place.

He also keeps a diary, full of his observations of life in Oran, which Rieux incorporates into the narrative .</ br > It is Tarrou who first comes up with the idea of organizing teams of volunteers to fight the plague.

Overall, AFL teams signed 75 % of the league's draft choices that first year.

After Winter and Boyer agreed to start a team in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the new league had its first four teams.

In its 12-year history as an amateur league, the Brooklyn Atlantics won seven championships, establishing themselves as the first true dynasty in the sport, although, the New York Mutuals were widely considered to be one of the best teams of the era as well.

The Division Series was implemented in 1981 as a result of a midseason strike, with the first place teams before the strike taking on the teams in first place after the strike.

The Division Series was implemented in 1981 as a result of a midseason strike with first place teams before the strike taking on the first place teams after.

He worked his way through the pecking order of teams, scoring regularly for the youth and reserve sides before he was handed his first team debut against Charlton Athletic in October 1956.

On May 6, the Orioles played a 17-inning game against the Boston Red Sox, the first game since 1925 in which both teams used a position player as a pitcher.

Those against the Wild Card see it as diminishing the importance of the pennant race and the regular season, with the true race often being for second rather than first place, while those in favor of it view it as an opportunity for teams to have a shot at the playoffs even when they have no chance of a first-place finish in their division, thus maintaining fan interest later in the season.

According to his website, three extended periods of his fasting have been observed under control of scientific and medical teams, the first lasting 211 days in 1995 – 96, in Calicut, India, under the direction of Dr C. K. Ramachandran.

The Browns came into 1954 as one of the most powerful teams in the NFL, having reached the championship in each of their first four years in the league.

Like many other NFL teams located in temperate climates, the Panthers traditionally wear their white jerseys at home during the first half of the season — forcing opponents to wear their dark ones under the warm autumns in Charlotte.

The rivalry with Atlanta began in the first season of the franchise when both teams were members of the NFC West.

The Riverside bank also was unique for the fact that flags of all the other teams of the first division were flown along the promenade.

During the 1869 season, Cleveland was among several cities which established professional baseball teams following the success of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first fully professional team.