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2005 NBA Quarterfinals round - Series 949.
Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns

Schedule and 2004-05 Results
Regular Season Records: Phoenix 62-20, Dallas 58-24
Game 1 on Monday, 09 May: Dallas loses at Phoenix, 127-pts-102
Game 2 on Wednesday, 11 May: Dallas wins at Phoenix, 108-pts-106
Game 3 on Friday, 13 May: Phoenix wins at Dallas, 119-pts-102
Game 4 on Sunday, 15 May: Phoenix loses at Dallas, 119-pts-109
Game 5 on Wednesday, 18 May: Dallas loses at Phoenix, 114-pts-108
Game 6 on Friday, 20 May: Phoenix wins at Dallas, 130-pts-126 (OT)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Phoenix Suns visited and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 130-pts-126 (in overtime) in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 949 Game 6. Phoenix thus wins series 949, 4-games-2. With the series 949 victory, the Phoenix Suns improve their best-of-7 NBA series record to 10-15 overall and 7-8 in the NBA Quarterfinals. With the series 949 loss, the Dallas Mavericks see their best-of-7 NBA series record fall to 4-8 overall and 2-5 in the NBA Quarterfinals. The series 949 win order for the victorious Phoenix Suns was WLWLWW: Series 949 thus becomes the eighth NBA Quarterfinals playoff series, the 18th NBA playoff series (all rounds), and the 33rd MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series (all rounds) to follow this win order. In series 949, Phoenix and Dallas combined for 1370 total points: That is the highest series point total in an NBA six-game best-of-7 playoff series since series 469, in which the victorious Houston Rockets and vanquished Denver Nuggets combined for 1403 total points in their six-game 1986 NBA Quarterfinals series.

After Game 5: The Phoenix Suns hosted and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 114-pts-108 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 949 Game 5. Phoenix now leads series 949, 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-2, the Phoenix Suns have a 4-3 series record and a 3-4 Game 6 record. When trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-2, the Dallas Mavericks have a 0-3 series record and a 1-2 Game 6 record.

After Game 4: The Dallas Mavericks hosted and defeated the Phoenix Suns 119-pts-109 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 949 Game 4. Series 949 is now tied 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Phoenix Suns have a 3-5 series record and a 3-5 Game 5 record, while the Dallas Mavericks have a 3-2 series record (with an active two-series winning streak) and a 3-2 Game 5 record.

After Game 3: Achieving the largest Game 3 margin of victory in a road win since MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 943 (in which the Phoenix Suns defeated the Grizzlies in Memphis 110-pts-90), Phoenix visited and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 119-pts-102 in series 949 Game 3. Phoenix thus takes a 2-games-1 series 949 lead. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-1, the Phoenix Suns have a 7-3 series record and a 7-3 Game 4 record; when trailing 2-games-1, the Dallas Mavericks have a 2-6 series record and a 4-4 Game 4 record.

After Game 2: Knotting MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 949 with a 108-pts-106 Game 2 road win, the Dallas Mavericks have tied the Phoenix Suns 1-game-all in series 949. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Phoenix Suns have a 7-3 series record and a 7-3 Game 3 record, while the Dallas Mavericks have a 2-2 series record and a 1-3 Game 3 record. Games 3-4 of series 949 will be played in Dallas.

After Game 1: The Phoenix Suns took a 1-game-nil MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 949 lead by hosting and defeating the Dallas Mavericks 127-pts-102 (in the highest-scoring best-of-7 NBA playoff series Game 1 since Dallas and the Sacramento Kings combined for 237 points in series 899 Game 1, in the 2003 NBA Quarterfinals). When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a 6-4 series record and a 4-6 Game 2 record. When trailing 1-game-nil, the Dallas Mavericks have a 3-6 series record and a 3-6 Game 2 record. In the history of NBA best-of-7 format playoff series, when a team wins Game 1 by 25 points, its series record is 4-1.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2004-05 regular season, Phoenix finished four games ahead of Dallas. From 1947 through the 2005 NBA Preliminary round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season games, they have posted a 15-6 (.714) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 series 949 is the 12th best-of-7 playoff series for Dallas, and the 25th for Phoenix. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Dallas has a 4-7 series record, a 2-4 Quarterfinals-round series record, and a 2-9 Game 1 record, while Phoenix has a 9-15 series record, a 6-8 Quarterfinals-round record, and a 10-14 Game 1 record. Series 949 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff meeting between the Dallas Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns.