championship run
Quest for glory
A championship run is a team's or player's sustained stretch of success culminating in winning a title.
The phrase emphasizes the journey—the playoffs, the momentum, the victories strung together—rather than just the final win: The team's championship run included upsets over two higher-seeded opponents.
A deep playoff run may fall short of a championship but still qualifies as impressive.
- titleFormal honorific or name
- trophyAward for winning
- playoffsChampionship elimination series
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- streakUnbroken series
clutch · do or die · victory · finals · contender · underdog · momentum · glory · glass slipper · fairy tale ending · bracket · sweep · overtime · buzzer · dominant · quest · march · road
- sports storiesautobiography, biography, memoir, sports legends, sports memoirs
- sports dramacomeback story, underdog story, rivalry, upset, buzzer beater
- Upsetsupset, upset victory, upset win, underdog victory, underdog win
- golden daysglory days, golden age, golden era, golden period, golden years
- recordsbirth records, world record, record, Guinness, documents
- NBA termsall-stars, MVPs, dynasty, free agents, roster
championship runcollapse
Sudden structural failure
downward spiral · losing streak · tailspin · free fall · implosion
championship, champion, champions, championed, championing, championships