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2019 NBA Preliminary round - Series 1408.
Utah Jazz vs Houston Rockets

Schedule and 2018-19 Results
Regular Season Records: Houston 53-29, Utah 50-32
Game 1 on Sunday, 14 April: Utah loses at Houston, 122-pts-90
Game 2 on Wednesday, 17 April: Utah loses at Houston, 118-pts-98
Game 3 on Saturday, 20 April: Houston wins at Utah, 104-pts-101
Game 4 on Monday, 22 April: Houston loses at Utah, 107-pts-91
Game 5 on Wednesday, 24 April: Utah loses at Houston, 100-pts-93

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Houston Rockets hosted and bested the Utah Jazz 100-pts-93 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1408 victory. With the series 1408 win, the Houston Rockets improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 19-20 overall and 5-7 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1408 loss, the Utah Jazz see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 13-20 overall and 5-4 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Houston Rockets in series 1408 was WWWLW: Series 1408 thus becomes the tenth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 39th NBA series (all rounds), and the 94th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 4: The Utah Jazz hosted and defeated the Houston Rockets 107-pts-91 to drop the Houston Rockets best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1408 lead to 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 9-0 and a Game 5 record of 7-2 (with an active four-Game 5 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 0-12 and a Game 5 record of 4-8 (with an active five-Game 5 losing streak). The series 1408 Game 4 win on Monday 22 April by the Jazz in Utah breaks a nine-game losing streak by home teams in the 2019 NBA playoffs begun Saturday 20 April.

After Game 3: The Houston Rockets visited and topped the Utah Jazz 104-pts-101 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1408 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 2-0 and a Game 4 record of 1-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 0-4 and a Game 4 record of 1-3. The Utah Jazz in series 1408 become the 363rd MLB/NBA/NHL team to trail a best-of-7 playoff series 3-games-nil, and will attempt to become the sixth team (and the first NBA team) to surmount that deficit for a 4-games-3 series victory.

After Game 2: The Houston Rockets hosted and defeated the Utah Jazz 118-pts-98 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1408 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 7-2 and a Game 3 record of 2-7. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 1-14 (with an active six-series losing streak) and a Game 3 record of 11-4.

After Game 1: The Houston Rockets hosted and bested the Utah Jazz 122-pts-90 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1408 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 13-4 and a Game 2 record of 9-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 3-16 and a Game 2 record of 4-15.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2018-19 NBA regular season, the Houston Rockets finished three games ahead of the Utah Jazz. From 1947 through the 2018 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by three regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 19-17 (.528) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1408 is the 39th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Houston Rockets, and the 33rd for the Utah Jazz. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Houston Rockets have an all-rounds series record of 18-20, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-7, and a Game 1 record of 17-21, while the Utah Jazz have an all-rounds series record of 13-19, a Preliminary-round series record of 5-3, and a Game 1 record of 13-19. Series 1408 is the sixth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Houston Rockets and the Utah Jazz. Utah won three of the five preceding best-of-7 NBA playoff series between the two teams, although Houston prevailed in the last such series (in the 2018 NBA Quarterfinals).