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gentleman's sweep en · NOUN
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Meanings
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A playoff series outcome, typically in a best-of-seven format, wherein a team wins four games to one (4–1).
The team won three games in the series and then lost a game, but recovered with a gentleman's sweep.
Extending the series to host the last and final game at home is referred to the "Gentleman's sweep".
2013 July 12, Karim Farahat, Ayman Farahat, “Gentleman's Sweep: Empirical Evidence from the National Basketball Association”, in SSRN Electronic Journal:
Forms
Coordinates
reverse sweep · sweep
Relateds
gentleman's bet · gentlemen's agreement