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Can you name the teams that lost a championship and won it the next year?

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Championship Year	Team	Teams Lost to/Defeated
NBA 1954-55		Minneapolis Lakers/ Ft. Wayne Pistons
NBA 1957-58		Boston Celtics/ Boston Celtics
NBA 1958-59		St. Louis Hawks/ Minneapolis Lakers
NBA 1971-72		Los Angeles Lakers/ Los Angeles Lakers
NBA 1978-79		Washington Bullets/ Washington Bullets
NBA 1982-83		Los Angeles Lakers/ Los Angeles Lakers
NBA 1984-85		Boston Celtics/ Boston Celtics
NBA 1985-86		Los Angeles Lakers/ Houston Rockets
NBA 1988-89		Los Angeles Lakers/ Los Angeles Lakers
NBA 2008-09		Boston Celtics/ Orlando Magic
NBA 2011-12		Dallas Mavericks/ Oklahoma City Thunder
NBA 2013-14		Miami Heat/ Miami Heat
NBA 2015-16		Golden State Warriors/ Golden State Warriors
NBA 2016-17		Cleveland Cavaliers/ Cleveland Cavaliers
MLB 1906		Chicago White Sox/ Detroit Tigers
MLB 1923		New York Giants/ New York Giants
MLB 1927		St. Louis Cardinals/ Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB 1931		Philadelphia Athletics/ Philadelphia Athletics
MLB 1935		St Louis Cardinals/ Chicago Cubs
MLB 1940		New York Yankees/ Detroit Tigers
MLB 1943		St Louis Cardinals/ St Louis Cardinals
MLB 1944		New York Yankees/ St Louis Browns
MLB 1956		Brooklyn Dodgers/ Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB 1958		Milwaukee Braves/ Milwaukee Braves

Championship Year	Team	Teams Lost to/Defeated
MLB 1961		Pittsburgh Pirates/ Cincinnati Reds
MLB 1970		New York Mets/ Cincinnati Reds
MLB 1977		Cincinnati Reds/ Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB 1989		Los Angeles Dodgers/ San Francisco Giants
MLB 2015		San Francisco Giants/ New York Mets
NFL 1934		Chicago Bears/ Chicago Bears
NFL 1937		Green Bay Packers/ Chicago Bears
NFL 1939		New York Giants/ New York Giants
NFL 1943		Washington Redskins/ Washington Redskins
NFL 1948		Chicago Cardinals/ Chicago Cardinals
NFL 1951		Cleveland Browns/ Cleveland Browns
NFL 1954		Detroit Lions/ Detroit Lions
NFL 1961		Philadelphia Eagles/ New York Giants
NFL 1972		Baltimore Colts/ Miami Dolphins
NFL 1973		Dallas Cowboys/ Washington Redskins
NFL 2018		Philadelphia Eagles/ Los Angeles Rams
NHL 1933		Toronto Maple Leafs/ Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL 1943		Toronto Maple Leafs/ Boston Bruins
NHL 1950		Toronto Maple Leafs/ New York Rangers
NHL 1953		Detroit Red Wings/ Boston Bruins
NHL 1956		Detroit Red Wings/ Detroit Red Wings
NHL 1968		Toronto Maple Leafs/ St Louis Blues
NHL 1984		New York Islanders/ New York Islanders
NHL 2009		Detroit Red Wings/ Detroit Red Wings

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