Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Milwaukee 56-17, Miami 44-29
Game 1 on Monday, 31 August: Miami wins at Milwaukee, 115-pts-104
Game 2 on Wednesday, 02 September: Miami wins at Milwaukee, 116-pts-114
Game 3 on Friday, 04 September: Milwaukee loses at Miami, 115-pts-100
Game 4 on Sunday, 06 September: Milwaukee wins at Miami, 118-pts-115 (OT)
Game 5 on Tuesday, 08 September: Miami wins at Milwaukee, 103-pts-94

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Miami Heat visited and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 103-pts-94 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1442 victory. With the series 1442 win, the Miami Heat improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 25-11 overall and 8-3 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1442 loss, the Milwaukee Bucks see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 14-25 overall and 9-9 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Miami Heat in series 1442 was WWWLW: Series 1442 thus becomes the 18th NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the 40th NBA series (all rounds), and the 97th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Miami Heat trailed the pseudo-host Milwaukee Bucks by nine points as late as after one quarter but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, road teams down nine points as late as after one quarter had a game record of only 15-76 (.165) - the Miami Heat thus achieve a grade-B in-game comeback. The irony is that the Milwaukee Bucks achieved the same comeback against pseudo-host Miami (down nine points after one quarter on the road) in Game 4 of series 1442.

After Game 4: The Milwaukee Bucks visited and defeated the Miami Heat 118-pts-115 (OT) to reduce the Miami Heat best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1442 lead to 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Miami Heat have a series record of 10-0 and a Game 5 record of 8-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 0-9 and a Game 5 record of 4-5. In their Game 4, the Milwaukee Bucks trailed their pseudo-host Miami Heat by nine points as late as after one quarter but won: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, road teams down nine points as late as after one quarter had a game record of only 14-76 (.156) - the Milwaukee Bucks thus achieve a grade-B in-game comeback.

After Game 3: The Miami Heat hosted and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 115-pts-100 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1442 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Miami Heat have a series record of 7-0 and a Game 4 record of 5-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 0-7 and a Game 4 record of 3-4. The Miami Heat trailed the pseudo-visiting Milwaukee Bucks by 12 points as late as after three quarters but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, home teams down 12 points as late as after three quarters had a game record of only 3-36 (.077) - the Miami Heat thus achieve a grade-A in-game comeback. The 2020 Miami Heat are in line to become the eighth NBA/NHL team to sweep best-of-7 Preliminary-round and Quarterfinals-round series; they are the first team without home court/ice advantage in a best-of-7 Preliminary round to win seven consective games from the start of the Preliminary round.

After Game 2: The Miami Heat visited and bested the Milwaukee Bucks 116-pts-114 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1442 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Miami Heat have a series record of 13-0 and a Game 3 record of 7-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 0-14 and a Game 3 record of 7-7.

After Game 1: The Miami Heat visited and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 115-pts-104 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1442 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Miami Heat have a series record of 16-3 and a Game 2 record of 13-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 5-20 and a Game 2 record of 11-14. The Miami Heat trailed the pseudo-host Milwaukee Bucks by eleven points as late as after one quarter but won: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, road teams down eleven points as late as after one quarter had a game record of only 9-76 (.106) - the Miami Heat thus achieve a grade-B in-game comeback.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NBA regular season, the Milwaukee Bucks finished twelve games ahead of the Miami Heat. From 1947 through the 2019 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by twelve regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 16-5 (.762) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1442 is the 39th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Milwaukee Bucks, and the 36th for the Miami Heat. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Milwaukee Bucks have an all-rounds series record of 14-24, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 9-8, and a Game 1 record of 13-25, while the Miami Heat have an all-rounds series record of 24-11, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 7-3, and a Game 1 record of 19-16. Series 1442 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Miami Heat. In their only previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series battle, Miami defeated Milwaukee in series 1203, in the 2013 NBA Preliminary round.