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2001 NBA Quarterfinals round - Series 840.
Dallas Mavericks vs San Antonio Spurs

Schedule and 2001 Results
Regular Season Records: Dallas 53-29, San Antonio 58-24
Game 1 on Saturday, 05 May: Dallas loses at San Antonio, 94-pts-78
Game 2 on Monday, 07 May: Dallas loses at San Antonio, 100-pts-86
Game 3 on Wednesday, 09 May: San Antonio wins at Dallas, 104-pts-90
Game 4 on Saturday, 12 May: San Antonio loses at Dallas, 112-pts-108
Game 5 on Monday, 14 May: Dallas loses at San Antonio, 105-pts-87

OVERALL SUBSTANCE: San Antonio defeats Dallas, WWWLW:
The WWWLW series win by San Antonio over Dallas is the 14th in NBA Qtrs-round best-of-7 series, the 23rd in NBA best-of-7 series (all rounds), and the 60th in NHL, NBA, or MLB best-of-7 series.

SERIES NOTES: Game 5: San Antonio hosts and defeats Dallas 105-pts-87 to win series 840, 4-games-1; the series victory improves the San Antonio best-of-7 Qtrs series record to 6-6 (5-3 when Game 1 is at home), while the Dallas best-of-7 Qtrs series record falls to 1-3 (1-3 when Game 1 is on the road) . . . Game 4: Dallas hosts and defeats San Antonio, 112-pts-108; San Antonio now leads series 840 by a 3-games-1 margin; Dallas improves its best-of-7 Qtrs Game 4 record to 3-1, while San Antonio's best-of-7 Qtrs Game 4 record falls to 7-5 . . . Game 3: San Antonio visits and defeats Dallas 104-pts-90 to take a 3-games-nil lead of series 840; overall, teams which take 3-games-nil leads in best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series (irrespective of site) have a series record of 221-2 (.991); as such, the Dallas Mavericks will attempt to become the first team since the 1975 New York NHL Islanders to surmount a 3-games-nil deficit to win a best-of-7 series . . . Game 2: San Antonio hosts and defeats Dallas 100-pts-86 to take a 2-games-nil lead in series 840; in best-of-7 Qtrs games, San Antonio now has a 35-31 record while Dallas now has a 7-12 record; in best-of-7 NBA playoff series from 1947 through 2000 (all rounds), teams that win Game 1 by 16+ points and win Game 2 by 14+ points have an 18-1 series record (with the one upset accomplished by another Texas team -- the Houston Rockets in the 1995 NBA Qtrs en route to the 1995 NBA Championship) . . . Game 1: San Antonio defeats Dallas 94-pts-78 to take a 1-game-nil lead in series 840; in best-of-7 NBA play from 1947 through 2000, 64 times has one team defeated its opponent by 16+ points at home in Game 1 -- in those 64 cases, the Game 1 winner won the series 56 (87.5%) times; the last team to lose Game 1 on the road in a best-of-7 NBA Qtrs round and still win the series was the New York Knickerbockers in the 2000 NBA Qtrs (series 814) vs. the Miami Heat; Dallas sees its best-of-7 Qtrs Game 1 record fall to 0-4, which is an NHL/NBA franchise low . . . Pre-series: This series is the 18th best-of-7 format NBA playoff series for San Antonio, whose record is 7-10 (6-4 when playing Game 1 at home), and in the NBA Qtrs, the San Antonio series record is 5-6 (4-3 when playing Game 1 at home); this best-of-7 series is the first for San Antonio since the 1999 NBA Finals, when they defeated New York to win the 1999 NBA Championship; this series is the 5th best-of-7 format NBA playoff series for Dallas, whose record is 1-3 (1-3 when playing Game 1 on the road), and in the NBA Qtrs, the Dallas series record is 1-2 (1-2 when playing Game 1 on the road); this best-of-7 series is the first for Dallas since the 1988 NBA Semis, when they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games; San Antonio finished five regular season games ahead of Dallas; in best-of-7 NBA playoff history from 1947 through 2000, the team with the 5-game regular season advantage vs. a playoff opponent had a 17-7 (.708) series record vs. that opponent.