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2014 NBA Preliminary round - Series 1240.
Dallas Mavericks vs San Antonio Spurs

Schedule and 2013-14 Results
Regular Season Records: San Antonio 62-20, Dallas 49-33
Game 1 on Sunday, 20 April: Dallas loses at San Antonio, 90-pts-85
Game 2 on Wednesday, 23 April: Dallas wins at San Antonio, 113-pts-92
Game 3 on Saturday, 26 April: San Antonio loses at Dallas, 109-pts-108
Game 4 on Monday, 28 April: San Antonio wins at Dallas, 93-pts-89
Game 5 on Wednesday, 30 April: Dallas loses at San Antonio, 109-pts-103
Game 6 on Friday, 2 May: San Antonio loses at Dallas, 113-pts-111
Game 7 on Sunday, 4 May: Dallas loses at San Antonio, 119-pts-96

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The San Antonio Spurs hosted and topped the Dallas Mavericks 119-pts-96 to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1240 victory. With the series 1240 win, the San Antonio Spurs improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 31-20 overall and 10-2 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1240 loss, the Dallas Mavericks see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 12-15 overall and 5-6 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious San Antonio Spurs in series 1240 was WLLWWLW: Series 1240 thus becomes the second NBA Preliminary-round series, the sixth NBA series (all rounds), and the 17th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. San Antonio led Dallas by 22 points after the first half of series 1240 Game 7: This 22-point halftime lead by San Antonio was the largest halftime lead ever in Game 7 of an NBA Preliminary round.

After Game 6: The Dallas Mavericks hosted and bested the San Antonio Spurs 113-pts-111 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1240 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the San Antonio Spurs have a Game 7 record of 3-5, while the Dallas Mavericks have a Game 7 record of 4-1 (with an active four-Game 7 winning streak).

After Game 5: The San Antonio Spurs hosted and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 109-pts-103 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1240 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 12-2 and a Game 6 record of 10-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 0-7 and a Game 6 record of 1-6 (with an active five-Game 6 losing streak).

After Game 4: The San Antonio Spurs visited and bested the Dallas Mavericks 93-pts-89 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1240 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 9-7 and a Game 5 record of 9-7, while the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 6-4 and a Game 5 record of 6-4.

After Game 3: The Dallas Mavericks hosted and defeated the San Antonio Spurs 109-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1240 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 6-1 and a Game 4 record of 3-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 1-13 and a Game 4 record of 5-9.

After Game 2: The Dallas Mavericks visited and bested the San Antonio Spurs 113-pts-92 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1240 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 7-5 and a Game 3 record of 5-7, while the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 9-10 and a Game 3 record of 11-8.

After Game 1: The San Antonio Spurs hosted and topped the Dallas Mavericks 90-pts-85 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1240 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 24-6 and a Game 2 record of 22-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 6-11 and a Game 2 record of 8-9.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2013-14 NBA regular season, San Antonio finished 13 games ahead of Dallas. From 1947 through the 2013 NBA Finals round, inclusive, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 13 regular-season games, they have posted a 10-2 (.833) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1240 is the 27th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for Dallas, and the 51st for San Antonio. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Dallas has a 12-14 series record, a 5-5 Preliminary-round series record, and a 9-17 Game 1 record, while San Antonio has a 30-20 series record, a 9-2 Preliminary-round record, and a 30-20 Game 1 record. Series 1240 is the sixth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between Dallas and San Antonio; San Antonio won three of the five previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series between the two teams.