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2009 NBA Preliminary round - Series 1078.
Houston Rockets vs Portland Trailblazers

Schedule and 2008-09 Results
Regular Season Records: Portland 54-28, Houston 53-29
Game 1 on Saturday, 18 April: Houston wins at Portland, 108-pts-81
Game 2 on Tuesday, 21 April: Houston loses at Portland, 107-pts-103
Game 3 on Friday, 24 April: Portland loses at Houston, 86-pts-83
Game 4 on Sunday, 26 April: Portland loses at Houston, 89-pts-88
Game 5 on Tuesday, 28 April: Houston loses at Portland, 88-pts-77
Game 6 on Thursday, 30 April: Portland loses at Houston, 92-pts-76

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Houston Rockets defeated the Portland Trailblazers 4-games-2 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1078. Houston thus improves its best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 13-13 overall and 1-4 in the Preliminary round. The Portland best-of-7 NBA playoff series record thus falls to 10-10 overall and 0-2 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Houston Rockets in series 1078 was WLWWLW: Series 1078 thus becomes the fourth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 18th NBA series (all rounds), and the 35th MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series (all rounds) to follow such a win order to completion. The series 1078 victory by Houston snaps a five-series best-of-7 NBA playoff series losing streak.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2008-09 regular season, Portland finished one game ahead of Houston. From 1947 through the 2008 NBA Finals, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by a single regular-season game, they have posted a 16-16 (.500) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1078 is the 26th best-of-7 playoff series for Houston, and the 20th for Portland. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Houston has a 12-13 series record with an active five-series losing streak, a 0-4 Prelim-round series record, and a 10-15 Game 1 record, while Portland has a 10-9 series record, a 0-1 Prelim-round record, and an 8-11 Game 1 record. Series 1078 is the first best-of-7 meeting between Houston and Portland.