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2019 NBA Finals round - Series 1415.
Golden State Warriors vs Toronto Raptors

Schedule and 2018-19 Results:
Regular Season Records: Toronto 58-24, Golden State 57-25
Game 1 on Thursday, 30 May: Golden State loses at Toronto, 118-pts-109
Game 2 on Sunday, 02 June: Golden State wins at Toronto, 109-pts-104
Game 3 on Wednesday, 05 June: Toronto wins at Golden State, 123-pts-109
Game 4 on Friday, 07 June: Toronto wins at Golden State, 105-pts-92
Game 5 on Monday, 10 June: Golden State wins at Toronto, 106-pts-105
Game 6 on Thursday, 13 June: Toronto wins at Golden State, 114-pts-110

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Toronto Raptors visited and defeated the Golden State Warriors 114-pts-110 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1415 victory. With the series 1415 win, the Toronto Raptors improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 8-8 (with an active four-series winning streak befitting a newly-crowned NBA champion) overall and 1-0 in the Finals round. With the series 1415 loss, the Golden State Warriors see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 25-12 overall and 4-2 in the Finals round. The win order for the victorious Toronto Raptors in series 1415 was WLWWLW: Series 1415 thus becomes the third NBA Finals-round series, the 24th NBA series (all rounds), and the 49th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The series 1415 loss by the Golden State Warriors ends an eleven-series winning streak by the Warriors. The WLWWLW win order by the Toronto Raptors to win the 2019 NBA championship matches the win order by the MLB Toronto Blue Jays en route to the 1993 MLB championship.

After Game 5: The Golden State Warriors visited and bested the Toronto Raptors 106-pts-105 to reduce the Toronto Raptors best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1415 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 6-1 (with an active six-series winning streak) and a Game 6 record of 3-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 3-3 and a Game 6 record of 5-1.

After Game 4: The Toronto Raptors visited and defeated the Golden State Warriors 105-pts-92 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1415 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 5 record of 1-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 1-6 and a Game 5 record of 1-6. In series 1415, Golden State falls behind a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-1 for the first time since series 1315 in the 2016 NBA Semifinals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, which the Warriors rallied to win 4-games-3. In the seven previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series trailed 3-games-1 by the Golden State Warriors, their sole comeback occurred in the last such series; in the preceding six, Golden State lost Game 5 to lose the series 4-games-1. Toronto trailed in Golden State 23-pts-17 after one quarter of series 1415 Game 4, but won: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, road teams down six points after one quarter had a game record of only 27-127 (.175) prior to series 1415 Game 4.

After Game 3: The Toronto Raptors visited and defeated the Golden State Warriors 123-pts-109 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1415 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 4-1 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 1-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 5-7 and a Game 4 record of 7-5.

After Game 2: The Golden State Warriors visited and topped the Toronto Raptors 109-pts-104 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1415 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 5-3 (with an active five-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 4-4, while the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 11-6 (with an active five-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 7-10. Both the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors enjoy a five-series winning streak in best-of-7 NBA playoff series when tied 1-game-all.

After Game 1: The Toronto Raptors hosted and bested the Golden State Warriors 118-pts-109 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1415 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 2 record of 1-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 3-7 and a Game 2 record of 6-4. The series 1415 Game 1 loss by the Golden State Warriors snaps their best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 1 winning streak at twelve.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2018-19 NBA regular season, the Toronto Raptors finished one game ahead of the Golden State Warriors. From 1947 through the 2019 NHL and NBA Semifinals, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by one regular-season game, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 19-23 (.452) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1415 is the 16th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Toronto Raptors, and the 37th for the Golden State Warriors. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Toronto Raptors have an all-rounds series record of 7-8, a Finals-round series record of 0-0, and a Game 1 record of 3-12, while the Golden State Warriors have an all-rounds series record of 25-11 (with an active 11-series winning streak befitting a two-time defending NBA champion), a Finals-round series record of 4-1, and a Game 1 record of 26-10 (with an active 12-Game 1 winning streak). Series 1415 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors.