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2010 NBA Quarterfinals round - Series 1114.
Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Lakers

Schedule and 2009-10 Results
Regular Season Records: L.A. Lakers 57-25, Utah 53-29
Game 1 on Sunday, 02 May: Utah loses at L.A. Lakers, 104-pts-99
Game 2 on Tuesday, 04 May: Utah loses at L.A. Lakers, 111-pts-103
Game 3 on Saturday, 08 May: L.A. Lakers win at Utah, 111-pts-110
Game 4 on Monday, 10 May: L.A. Lakers win at Utah, 111-pts-96

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Utah Jazz 4-games-nil in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1114. With the series 1114 win, the Lakers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 64-28 overall and 25-7 (with an active four-series winning streak) in the Quarterfinals. With the series 1114 loss, the Utah Jazz see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 11-16 overall and 6-8 in the Quarterfinals. The win order for the victorious Los Angeles Lakers in series 1114 was WWWW: Series 1114 thus becomes the 23rd in the NBA Quarterfinals, the 57th in the NBA (all rounds), and the 185th in best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff history to end in a four-game sweep.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2009-10 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers finished four games ahead of the Utah Jazz. From 1939 through the 2010 NBA Preliminary round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season games, they have posted a 20-7 (.741) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1114 is the 27th best-of-7 playoff series for the Utah Jazz, and the 92nd for the Los Angeles Lakers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Utah has an 11-15 series record, a 6-7 Quarterfinals-round series record, and a 12-14 Game 1 record, while the Los Angeles Lakers have a 63-28 series record, a 24-7 Quarterfinals-round record, and an 60-31 Game 1 record. Series 1114 is the sixth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between Utah and the L.A. Lakers: Los Angeles won three of the previous five encounters (including those in each of the last two NBA playoff seasons).