It was Brooklyn's 20th road win of the season, matching a franchise best.
But does that really fully explain how the film is on its way to nearly doubling the box office performance of the previous franchise-best tally?
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The third-seeded Nuggets were an NBA-best 38-3 at home during the regular season but needed Andre Miller's last-second shot to beat Golden State by a basket in the opener and extend their franchise-best winning streak to 24 games.
The Jets are balancing the desire to keep one of the franchise's best players and being financially smart.
Sometimes, courting controversy can help a franchise become a best seller.
For two of the past three years ESPN magazine has named the Spurs the best franchise in sports, based on a composite ranking of such things as fan feedback, championships and owner loyalty.
Meanwhile the dealer association has been lobbying lawmakers claiming that the traditional franchise model is the best way to sell and service vehicles.
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Ubisoft has managed to inject real originality and innovation in a five-year-old franchise and produced the best stealth game I have played to date.
McCollough walks away after spearheading a drive to move or refurbish a block of Circuit City stores, an effort designed to close a quality gap a with Best Buy franchise seen as having better locations, brighter and less cluttered stores, and top-of-the-line service led by its famed Geek Squad customer support operation.
The Islanders are 12-5-2 on the road, on pace for the best mark in franchise history.
But the thing that Activision has done extremely well with its best-selling franchise is give fans what they want.
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The Jets have been balancing keeping one of the best players the franchise has ever had and being financially prudent.
Perhaps we should chalk this up to nostalgia, but I still think the original Mario Kart was the best of the franchise.
Today at noon, the trailer premiered, and the first details about the next game in the controversial and best-selling franchise were made public.
King, hired by the Nets in 2010, put together a that went 49-33 in its first season after moving from New Jersey, matching the second-best record in franchise history.
The deepening interactions between these two main characters enhance the narrative and make "Halo 4" a wonderful new addition to a beloved franchise -- and the best "Halo" campaign so far.
His name is Mario, and he's the hero of the best-selling franchise in the gaming world and one of a dozen characters who have consistently proved their marketability and staying power.
Rebuilding a legendary, best-selling franchise from scratch is no small feat, and 343 Studios has the monumental task of taking over the franchise from Bungie, who left after the last game, Halo Reach.
"From founding this company to guiding its growth into a trusted global brand that is indispensable to millions of people, I have always sought to do what is best for our franchise, " said Jerry Yang.
Franchise owners are grappling with the best way to handle the change in viewer habits.
Captain Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry led a strong offensive effort by the Pacific Division champions, who finished the regular season with the best winning percentage in franchise history.
The Super Bowl winning quarterback would have followed Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints as the cover of the best-selling game franchise (he won against two other picks as part of a sponsored competition).
When Britain's GKN finished spinning off its fast-growth, high-profit industrial services operations in August, a lot of investors looked at what was left and concluded that the 240-year-old engineering company had sold off the best part of its franchise.
It was the best defensive performance for the franchise since the Philadelphia Warriors beat the Milwaukee Hawks 69-63 on Dec. 28, 1953.
But in this movie, he smartly used both Talia and Selina, as they are probably the two best female characters in the franchise.
The franchise was once among the NBA's best, winning the championship in 1970 and getting back to the finals in 1972.
Carlesimo is 24-13 as interim head coach of the Nets and is tied for the best start for a coach in franchise history with Lawrence Frank (2003-04).
The convenience-store operator says it deployed the application in May 2011 to help field consultants, who work with local franchise owners, share their knowledge and learn best practices from one another.
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