Tonight and tomorrow night may bring the close of the NBA and NHL seasons respectively. Both teams up three games to one have a potential clincher at home, Denver tonight and Vegas tomorrow. Of course this would spoil the “Miami double” of Heat and Panthers championships, but this is nothing new. Nine times previously, teams from the same city have appeared in the NBA and NHL finals in a single year, and nine times we have not seen a sweep.

Looks like make that 10.

However…

Overlooked in all of this has to be the potential “Denver double” (love that alliteration) if the Nuggets prevail this evening. With the Colorado Avalanche winning the 2022 Stanley Cup it will mean that the city of Denver has technically won two of these things consecutively. The NBA finals ended before the NHL finals last year, so even though the games are 351 days apart it’s technically two in a row.

Day One at statistician school they tell ya, Be willing to adjust your hypothesis as new facts come in.