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1999 NBA Semifinals round - Series 793.
Portland Trailblazers vs San Antonio Spurs

Game 4: San Antonio wins at Portland, 94-80. San Antonio wins its first best-of-7 NBA Semis round in its fifth try. Portland's series record in the NBA best-of-7 Semis falls to 3-2. In the best-of-7 format: The sweep victory is the first for San Antonio; the sweep loss is the first for Portland.

Game 3: San Antonio wins at Portland, 85-63. San Antonio takes a 3-0 series lead in a best-of-7 series for only the second time; the first time was in the 1983 best-of-7 Qtrs (the Spurs lost Game 4 but won Game 5 and the series). Portland falls behind 0-3 in a best-of-7 series for the third time and for the first time since the 1983 and 1985 best-of-7 Qtrs (each time, the Trailblazers won Game 4 and lost Game 5 and the series).

Game 2: San Antonio wins vs. Portland, 86-85. In best-of-7 NBA playoffs action through 1998, San Antonio becomes the first team to surmount a 14-point half-time deficit to win the game. Ten times before has the home team been down by 14 points at half-time; the home team lost on all ten occasions. For the first time in five tries, Portland loses a Game 2 in an NBA Semis round.

Game 1: San Antonio wins vs. Portland, 80-76. San Antonio wins its 2nd opening game in NBA best-of-7 Semis play, while Portland loses its 2nd opener in this round. Through 1998: Upon winning Game 1 of a best-of-7 series at home, San Antonio has a series record of 3-1; upon losing Game 1 of a best-of-7 series on the road, Portland has a series record of 1-4.

Pre-series history. In NBA best-of-7 Semifinals action, the San Antonio Spurs' series record is an NBA-worst 0-4 (0.00%) and the Portland Trailblazers' series record is 3-1 (75.00%); San Antonio's game record is 7-16 (30.43%) and Portland's game record is 14-8 (63.64%).

San Antonio finished 2 games ahead of Portland in the 1998-99 NBA regular season.

In previous NBA best-of-7 Semifinals action, the team with the 2-game lead has a series record of 4-3.

In previous best-of-7 action in all NBA playoff rounds, the team with the 2-game lead has a series record of 12-5 (70.59%).

In previous best-of-7 action in all NHL, NBA, and MLB playoff rounds, the team with the 2-game lead has a series record of 18-17 (51.43%).