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2010 NBA Preliminary round - Series 1104.
Chicago Bulls vs Cleveland Cavaliers

Schedule and 2009-10 Results
Regular Season Records: Cleveland 61-21, Chicago 41-41
Game 1 on Saturday, 17 April: Chicago loses at Cleveland, 96-pts-83
Game 2 on Monday, 19 April: Chicago loses at Cleveland, 112-pts-102
Game 3 on Thursday, 22 April: Cleveland loses at Chicago, 108-pts-106
Game 4 on Sunday, 25 April: Cleveland wins at Chicago, 121-pts-98
Game 5 on Tuesday, 27 April: Chicago loses at Cleveland, 96-pts-94

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Chicago Bulls 4-games-1 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1104. With the series 1104 victory, Cleveland improves its best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 10-7 overall and 5-0 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1104 loss, the Chicago best-of-7 NBA playoff series record falls to 23-18 overall (with a three-series losing streak) and 1-4 in the Preliminary round. The win order achieved by the victorious Cleveland Cavaliers in series 1104 was WWLWW: Series 1104 thus becomes the 14th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 50th NBA series (all rounds), and the 98th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Cleveland Cavaliers' perfect 5-0 best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round playoff series record is the best best-of-7 NBA/NHL Preliminary-round playoff series record. The Cleveland Cavaliers' 20-5 best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round playoff game record ties the Los Angeles Clippers and the old Seattle Supersonics (both 4-1) for the best best-of-7 NBA/NHL Preliminary-round playoff game record in terms of game-winning percentage.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2009-10 regular season, Cleveland finished 20 games ahead of Chicago. From 1947 through the 2009 NBA Finals, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 20 regular-season games, they have posted a 4-0 best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1104 is the 41st best-of-7 playoff series for Chicago, and the 17th for Cleveland. In best-of-7 playoff series, Chicago has a 23-17 series record, a 1-3 Prelim-round series record, and a 21-19 Game 1 record, while Cleveland has a 9-7 series record, a 4-0 Prelim-round record, and a 7-9 Game 1 record. Series 1104 is the third best-of-7 meeting between Chicago and Cleveland; Chicago won the first two.