On Monday evening, the Denver Nuggets won the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, snapping a 47-year title drought. Just two years prior, the Milwaukee Bucks also snapped their own title drought within the NBA, winning their first championship in 50 years by defeating the Phoenix Suns in the 2021 NBA Finals.
Over the past decade or so, we’ve seen a number of wild title droughts come to an end. The Chicago Cubs famously won the World Series in 2016, their first title since 1908 (the same year Henry Ford invented the Model T), ending a 107-year drought.