No Math this time, a little History instead (and kinda by request) ...
Ever hear the one about the NBA playoff series in which both teams won three games in a row? Curiously, the scheduling for this match-up would include a five-day break.
Indeed, it was precisely a half-century ago -- albeit a month earlier on a calendar and a round closer to a championship -- when this odd set of circumstances aligned itself into existence during the Eastern Division Final between Bill Russell's Boston Celtics and Wilt Chamberlain's defending champion Philadelphia 76ers.
Here's a brief capsule of that season and series, culled from the Abacus Archive:
1967-68
Never one to miss a potential windfall, Wilt Chamberlain parlayed his first NBA title, a training camp holdout, and the threat of the fledgling ABA into an precedented $250,000 salary.