Schedule and 2017-18 Results
Regular Season Records: Oklahoma City 48-34, Utah 48-34
Game 1 on Sunday 15 April: Utah loses at Oklahoma City, 116-pts-108
Game 2 on Wednesday 18 April: Utah wins at Oklahoma City, 102-pts-95
Game 3 on Saturday 21 April: Oklahoma City loses at Utah, 115-pts-102
Game 4 on Monday 23 April: Oklahoma City loses at Utah, 113-pts-96
Game 5 on Wednesday 25 April: Utah loses at Oklahoma City, 107-pts-99
Game 6 on Friday 27 April: Oklahoma City loses at Utah, 96-pts-91

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Utah Jazz hosted and defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 96-pts-91 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1375 victory. With the series 1375 win, the Utah Jazz improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 13-18 overall and 5-3 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1375 loss, the Oklahoma City Thunder see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 10-8 overall and 5-3 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Utah Jazz in series 1375 was LWWWLW: Series 1375 thus becomes the sixth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 16th NBA series (all rounds), and the 51st MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 5: The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted and defeated the Utah Jazz 107-pts-99 to drop the Utah Jazz best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1375 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 6-0 and a Game 6 record of 4-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 1-2 and a Game 6 record of 1-2. The Thunder trailed in Oklahoma City by 15 points at halftime of series 1375 Game 5, but won. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, home teams down 15 points at halftime had a game record of 5-9 (.357). The Oklahoma City Thunder were also the last team to surmount a 15-point deficit at home for a best-of-7 NBA playoff game victory, having done so in series 1183 Game 6 against the San Antonio Spurs in their 2012 NBA Semifinals series.

After Game 4: The Utah Jazz hosted and defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 113-pts-96 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1375 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 8-0 and a Game 5 record of 4-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 0-4 and a Game 5 record of 0-4.

After Game 3: The Utah Jazz hosted and defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 115-pts-102 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1375 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 8-1 with an active eight-series winning streak and a Game 4 record of 7-2 with an active four-Game 4 winning streak. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 4-6 and a Game 4 record of 6-4. The Utah Jazz trailed series 1375 Game 3 by eight points after the first quarter, but rallied to defeat the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, home teams down eight points after one quarter had a game record of 25-42 (.373).

After Game 2: The Utah Jazz visited and topped the Oklahoma City Thunder 102-pts-95 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1375 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 5-4 and a Game 3 record of 3-6, while the Utah Jazz have a series record of 3-4 and a Game 3 record of 3-4. Utah trailed the Thunder in Oklahoma City by five points after three quarters of series 1375 Game 2, but prevailed. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, road teams down by five points after three quarters had a game record of only 22-77 (.222) prior to the win by the Jazz.

After Game 1: The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted and defeated the Utah Jazz 116-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1375 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 6-3 and a Game 2 record of 4-5 with an active four-Game 2 losing streak. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 2-15 and a Game 2 record of 2-15.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2017-18 NBA regular season, the Oklahoma City Thunder finished zero games ahead of the Utah Jazz, but won home-court advantage through NBA tiebreaking procedures. From 1947 through the 2017 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by zero regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 12-10 (.545) for the team with home-court advantage in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1375 is the 18th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the 31st for the Utah Jazz. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Oklahoma City Thunder have an all-rounds series record of 10-7, a Preliminary-round series record of 5-2, and a Game 1 record of 9-8, while the Utah Jazz have an all-rounds series record of 12-18, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-3, and a Game 1 record of 13-17. Series 1375 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Utah Jazz. .