"It's very hard to beat a team 3 times in one season." I know 'they' say that, but I don't think 'they' did their research.
According to this article there have been 16 times when a team was swept in the reguar season and met for a third time in the playoffs and the team that was 2-0 in the regular season was 11-5 in the third game. [
www.betlabssports.com]
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