Tuesday NBA Tips

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 1-game-nil:
Ignoring win order; ignoring site order: The team leading 1-game-nil irrespective of site order (Boston) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2017 NHL and NBA Preliminary rounds:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 948-387 (.710)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Quarterfinals round: 284-104 (.732)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 387-119 (.765)
series record, NBA only, Quarterfinals round: 151-45 (.770)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 722-613 (.541)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, Quarterfinals round: 217-171 (.559)
Game 2 record, NBA only, all rounds: 286-220 (.565)
Game 2 record, NBA only, Quarterfinals round: 107-89 (.546)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1335 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2017 NHL and NBA Preliminary 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.

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 1-game-nil @ H:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team leading 1-game-nil with site order H (Boston) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2017 NHL and NBA Preliminary rounds:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 700-191 (.786)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Quarterfinals round: 224-51 (.815)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 316-55 (.852)
series record, NBA only, Quarterfinals round: 128-18 (.877)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 575-316 (.645)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, Quarterfinals round: 182-93 (.662)
Game 2 record, NBA only, all rounds: 254-117 (.685)
Game 2 record, NBA only, Quarterfinals round: 97-49 (.664)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1335 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2017 NHL and NBA Preliminary 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 1: The Boston Celtics hosted and defeated the Washington Wizards 123-pts-111 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1343 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 52-5 with an eight-series winning streak and a Game 2 record of 34-23. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Washington Wizards have a series record of 1-4 with an active four-series losing streak and a Game 2 record of 1-4. Boston trailed the visiting Washington Wizards by 14 points after the first quarter of series 1343 Game 1, but rallied to win. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, home teams down 14 points after one quarter had a game record of 3-11 (.214).

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