A gentleman’s swep is a specific 4-1 win where the winners take games 1-3, loose 4 and win game 5
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jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Not a sweep, they took the series 4-1.
A sweep generally means winning 4-0.
Game 5 - 106-88
Game 4 - 84-122
Game 3 - 106-99
Game 2 - 105-98
Game 1 - 107-89
Phegan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I said “gentleman’s sweep” which means a team won in 5 games. Some say it’s specifically when a team goes up 3-0, is a “gentleman” and lets the other team win 1 at home to not get swept, and then finishes the series in game 5. Which would also be the case here.
uhN0id@programming.dev 6 months ago
This series was more like a “prolonging the suffering” sweep. Other than a few competitive quarters the Mavs never looked like they had a chance to win this series unfortunately. Game 4 was such an obvious fluke at that point. I’m saying this as a purple and gold blooded Boston hater: The Celtics were just too good for anything the West had to put up against them this year to have a good series (for anyone but Boston fans that is haha).