Heat-Ind Game Info

Considering win order; considering site order: The team leading LWWW with site order VVHH (Miami) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2014 NHL and NBA Quarterfinals rounds:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 63-5 (.926)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 12-2 (.857)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 24-2 (.923)
series record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 4-0 (1.000)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 25-43 (.368)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 5-9 (.357)
Game 5 record, NBA only, all rounds: 8-18 (.308)
Game 5 record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 2-2 (.500)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1244 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2014 NHL and NBA Quarterfinals rounds. 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 4: The Miami Heat hosted and defeated the Indiana Pacers 102-pts-90 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1248 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Miami Heat have a series record of 9-0 and a Game 5 record of 8-1 (with an active seven-Game 5 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 0-3 and a Game 5 record of 2-1. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series, teams such as the Miami Heat which post a LWWW @ VVHH win/site order through the first four games have a 24-2 series record, with the two losses occurring in the 1970 NBA Quarterfinals (by the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers in series 227) and in the 2006 NHL Preliminary round (by the Los Angeles Lakers to the Phoenix Suns in series 977).