Clipper Game Info Series

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 1-game-nil:
Ignoring win order; ignoring site order: The team leading 1-game-nil irrespective of site order (L.A. Clippers) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2014 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 890-363 (.710)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 208-104 (.667)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 360-108 (.769)
series record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 72-24 (.750)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 677-576 (.540)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 164-148 (.526)
Game 2 record, NBA only, all rounds: 261-207 (.558)
Game 2 record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 59-37 (.615)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1253 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2014 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 1-game-nil @ H:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team leading 1-game-nil with site order H (L.A. Clippers) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2014 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 656-182 (.783)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 150-48 (.758)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 292-52 (.849)
series record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 59-10 (.855)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 538-300 (.642)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 131-67 (.662)
Game 2 record, NBA only, all rounds: 232-112 (.674)
Game 2 record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 55-14 (.797)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1253 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2014 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 1: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and defeated the San Antonio Spurs 107-pts-92 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1275 lead of 1-game-nil.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2014-15 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Clippers finished one game ahead of the San Antonio Spurs. From 1947 through the 2014 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by one regular-season game, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 16-21 (.432) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1275 is the eighth best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Los Angeles Clippers, and the 55th for the San Antonio Spurs. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have an all-rounds series record of 3-4, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-1, and a Game 1 record of 4-3, while the San Antonio Spurs have an all-rounds series record of 34-20 (with an active four-series winning streak befitting a reigning NBA champion), a Preliminary-round series record of 10-2, and a Game 1 record of 34-20 (with an active 11-Game 1 winning streak). Series 1275 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Los Angeles Clippers and the San Antonio Spurs. San Antonio defeated the Clippers in series 1180, in the 2012 NBA Quarterfinals.