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1999 NBA Quarterfinals round - Series 788.
New York Knickerbockers vs Atlanta Hawks

Game 4: New York wins vs. Atlanta, 79-66. The sweep for New York is the second for the Knicks and the first since the 1969 Qtrs. Atlanta is swept for the second time and for the first time since the 1970 Semis. In 4th games of NBA best-of-7 Quarterfinals action, Atlanta's record is now 5-9 and New York's record is 10-10. In NBA best-of-7 Qtrs round action, New York's series record improves to 9-11 and Atlanta's series record falls to 2-12. The twelve Atlanta NBA Qtrs series losses is a new NBA high.

Game 3: New York wins vs. Atlanta, 90-78. New York has a series record of 2-0 when leading a best-of-7 series in any round three games to none, sweeping a 1969 Qtrs series and winning a 1973 Qtrs series in five games. Atlanta has a series record of 0-3 when trailing a best-of-7 series in any round three games to none. In 3rd games of NBA best-of-7 Quarterfinals action, Atlanta's record is now 4-10 (28.57%) and New York's record is 9-11 (45.00%).

Game 2: New York wins at Atlanta, 77-70. New York has a series record of 8-2 when leading a best-of-7 series in any round two games to none. Atlanta has a series record of 0-7 when trailing a best-of-7 series in any round two games to none. In 2nd games of NBA best-of-7 Quarterfinals action, Atlanta's record is now 8-6 (57.14%) and New York's record is now 10-10 (50.00%).

Game 1: New York wins at Atlanta, 100-92. In an NBA best-of-7 Qtrs round, this Game 1 is the first time that the road team has won Game 1 by eight points. The home team has won Game 1 by eight points three times; the series record of those teams is 3-0. New York is now 10-10 in Qtrs Game 1; Atlanta falls to 2-12 in Qtrs Game 1 action. Atlanta's 12 Game 1 losses in the Qtrs round are an NBA-high.

Pre-series history. In NBA best-of-7 Quarterfinals action, the Atlanta Hawks' series record is 2-11 (15.38%) and the New York Knicks' series record is 8-11 (42.11%); Atlanta's game record is 26-47 (35.62%) and New York's game record is 51-58 (46.79%).

Atlanta finished 4 games ahead of New York in the 1998-99 NBA regular season.

In previous NBA best-of-7 Quarterfinals action, the team with the 4-game lead has a series record of 5-3.

In previous best-of-7 action in all NBA playoff rounds, the team with the 4-game lead has a series record of 12-4 (75.00%).

In previous best-of-7 action in all NHL, NBA, and MLB playoff rounds, the team with the 4-game lead has a series record of 26-12 (68.42%).