Schedule and 2016-17 Results
Regular Season Records: Golden State 67-15, Utah 51-31
Game 1 on Tuesday, 02 May: Utah loses at Golden State, 106-pts-94
Game 2 on Thursday, 04 May: Utah loses at Golden State, 115-pts-104
Game 3 on Saturday, 06 May: Golden State wins at Utah, 102-pts-91
Game 4 on Monday, 08 May: Golden State wins at Utah, 121-pts-95

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Golden State Warriors visited and bested the Utah Jazz 121-pts-95 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1345 victory. With the series 1345 win, the Golden State Warriors improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 16-11 overall and 6-7 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1345 loss, the Utah Jazz see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 12-18 overall and 6-9 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Golden State Warriors in series 1345 was WWWW: Series 1345 thus becomes the 28th NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the 77th NBA series (all rounds), and the 221st MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Utah Jazz avoided a pseudo-annihilation (a best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which a team both loses in four games and never leads after so much as a single quarter in any of the four games) in series 1345 by virtue of a 50-pts-49 lead after the second quarter of series 1345 Game 3; series 1345 would otherwise have become only the tenth pseudo-annihilation in best-of-7 NBA playoff series history.

After Game 3: The Golden State Warriors visited and defeated the Utah Jazz 102-pts-91 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1345 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 4-0 and a Game 4 record of 3-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 0-3 and a Game 4 record of 1-2. The Utah Jazz in series 1345 become the 348th MLB/NBA/NHL team to trail a best-of-7 playoff series three-games-nil, and will attempt to become the sixth team to rally for a 4-games-3 series victory.

After Game 2: The Golden State Warriors hosted and outscored the Utah Jazz 115-pts-104 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1345 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 6-1 and a Game 3 record of 4-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 1-13 with an active five-series losing streak and a Game 3 record of 11-3. Leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-nil, the Golden State Warriors have only lost series 1316 (to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals). The sole Utah Jazz best-of-7 NBA playoff series victory in the wake of a 2-games-nil deficit occurred in series 1012 (over the Houston Rockets in the 2007 NBA Preliminary round).

After Game 1: The Golden State Warriors hosted and bested the Utah Jazz 106-pts-94 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1345 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 12-4 and a Game 2 record of 7-9 with a four-Game 2 winning streak. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 2-14 and a Game 2 record of 2-14.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2016-17 NBA regular season, the Golden State Warriors finished 16 games ahead of the Utah Jazz. From 1947 through the 2017 NBA Preliminary round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 16 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 8-2 (.800) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1345 is the 27th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Golden State Warriors, and the 30th for the Utah Jazz. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Golden State Warriors have an all-rounds series record of 15-11, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 5-7, and a Game 1 record of 16-10, while the Utah Jazz have an all-rounds series record of 12-17, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 6-8, and a Game 1 record of 13-16. Series 1345 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Golden State Warriors and the Utah Jazz. In their previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting, the Golden State Warriors lost to the Utah Jazz in series 1016, in the 2007 NBA Quarterfinals. The last NBA team to hold a 16-game regular-season edge over a best-of-7 NBA playoff series opponent: The Golden State Warriors in series 1316, in a losing effort against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals.