# Redwings and Pistons: If they both win....is this unique? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwings-and-pistons-if-they-both-win-is-this-unique/353851 "2006-04-23T13:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwings-and-pistons-if-they-both-win-is-this-unique/353851/1 "2006-04-23T13:36:57Z")
I’m talking about the fact that if the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons win their respective championships, a city with only one major sports team in each major sporting league will have 2 champions. Has any other city that does not have multiple teams won two championships in the same year? I know it is unlikely…but as a huge fan of both teams I have to let the idea entertain my mind. Oh, and let’s go ahead and make predictions for both the NBA and NHL. I’ll say the **Detroit Pistons** win the NBA champsionship, but that **Ottawa** wins the Stanley Cup. Sorry, Red Wings, I betray thee. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwings-and-pistons-if-they-both-win-is-this-unique/353851/2 "2006-04-23T13:38:59Z")
Let’s just all pretend I did not spell Red Wings as one word in the title. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwings-and-pistons-if-they-both-win-is-this-unique/353851/3 "2006-04-23T13:42:56Z")
There have been MANY years in which two teams in the same city won their assorted sports’ championships. By limiting discussion to cities that have only one team in a league, you eliminate New York and a few other cities from discussion (because they had multiple teams in the same sport), but this has happened numerous times anyway. Just off the top of my head: In 1979, the Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl and the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwings-and-pistons-if-they-both-win-is-this-unique/353851/4 "2006-04-23T13:56:13Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > There have been MANY years in which two teams in the same city won their assorted sports’ championships. Yes…that’s sort of the point of the thread. Good one about Pittsburgh. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwings-and-pistons-if-they-both-win-is-this-unique/353851/5 "2006-04-23T14:06:17Z")
Two years ago; Boston Red Sox and Patriots. NY has had two several times (but you’ve excluded towns with multiple teams in your OP). When the Sox won there was a thread here that covered the entire list, but I can’t seem to find it now. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwings-and-pistons-if-they-both-win-is-this-unique/353851/6 "2006-04-23T14:53:31Z")
It wouldn’t even be the first time it happened in Detroit, and it wouldn’t even come close to the best sports year the city ever had: As of the end of 1936 Stanley Cup play, the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup; the Tigers were world champions in baseball; and the Lions were NFL champs. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwings-and-pistons-if-they-both-win-is-this-unique/353851/7 "2006-04-23T15:16:27Z")
Montrael teams have won the Grey Cup (for CFL football) and Stanley Cup (for NHL hockey) in 1944 and 1977. ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwings-and-pistons-if-they-both-win-is-this-unique/353851/8 "2006-04-23T19:08:44Z")
I think Sportscenter noted the other day that this is the first time that two teams from the same city finished with the best overall record in their league. I might have heard that wrong, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwings-and-pistons-if-they-both-win-is-this-unique/353851/9 "2006-04-23T19:51:37Z")
> [@Team of Scientists](#): > > I think Sportscenter noted the other day that this is the first time that two teams from the same city finished with the best overall record in their league. I might have heard that wrong, though. Perhaps he is referring to these two sports specificaly, since they end around the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwings-and-pistons-if-they-both-win-is-this-unique/353851/10 "2006-04-23T21:40:29Z")
The question is moot since the Red Wings aren’t going to win the Cup. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwings-and-pistons-if-they-both-win-is-this-unique/353851/11 "2006-04-23T23:30:13Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > The question is moot since the Red Wings aren’t going to win the Cup. > > 😛 Who will? 😛