Schedule and 2022-23 Results
Regular Season Records: Philadelphia 54-28, Brooklyn 45-37
Game 1 on Saturday, 15 April: Brooklyn loses at Philadelphia, 121-pts-101
Game 2 on Monday, 17 April: Brooklyn loses at Philadelphia, 96-pts-84
Game 3 on Thursday, 20 April: Philadelphia wins at Brooklyn, 102-pts-97
Game 4 on Saturday, 22 April: Philadelphia wins at Brooklyn, 96-pts-88

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Philadelphia 76ers visited and defeated the Brooklyn Nets 96-pts-88 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1535 victory. With the series 1535 win, the Philadelphia 76ers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 24-30 overall and 7-5 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1535 loss, the Brooklyn Nets see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 2-8 overall and 2-6 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Philadelphia 76ers in series 1535 was WWWW: Series 1535 thus becomes the 34th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 91st NBA series (all rounds), and the 249th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Brooklyn Nets now have a 0-5 best-of-7 NBA playoff series record upon losing Game 1 of the series. The Philadelphia 76ers trailed the host Brooklyn Nets by eight points as late as after two quarters in series 1535 Game 4, but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2022, inclusive, road teams down eight points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 23-103 (.183) - the Philadelphia 76ers thus achieve a grade-B in-game comeback.

After Game 3: The Philadelphia 76ers visited and bested the Brooklyn Nets 102-pts-97 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1535 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 8-0 and a Game 4 record of 4-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 4 record of 0-2. With their series 1535 Game 3 win, the Philadelphia 76ers now have an active five-Game 3 winning streak in best-of-7 NBA playoff series. With their series 1535 Game 3 loss, the Brooklyn Nets now have an active six-Game 3 losing streak in best-of-7 NBA playoff series, and have lost nine consecutive best-of-7 NBA playoff games. The Philadelphia 76ers trailed the host Brooklyn Nets by six points as late as after three quarters but won: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2022, inclusive, road teams down six points as late as after three quarters had a game record of only 14-92 (.132) - the Philadelphia 76ers thus achieve a grade-B in-game comeback.

After Game 2: The Philadelphia 76ers hosted and bested the Brooklyn Nets 96-pts-84 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1535 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 13-1 (with an active ten-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 8-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-4 and a Game 3 record of 2-2. The Nets as the Brooklyn Nets now have a five-Game 2 losing streak upon losing Game 1 of a best-of-7 NBA playoff series.

After Game 1: The Philadelphia 76ers hosted and defeated the Brooklyn Nets 121-pts-101 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1535 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 18-7 and a Game 2 record of 14-11. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-4 and a Game 2 record of 0-4. One year ago, in the 2022 NBA Preliminary round, the Philadelphia 76ers also won their Game 1 by twenty points (in series 1503, over the Toronto Raptors en route to a series victory). In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series, home teams winning Game 1 by twenty points (as Philadelphia did in series 1535) had a 2-3 series record.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2022-23 NBA regular season, the Philadelphia 76ers finished nine games ahead of the Brooklyn Nets. From 1947 through the 2022 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by nine regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 27-4 (.871) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1535 is the 54th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Philadelphia 76ers, and the tenth for the Brooklyn Nets. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Philadelphia 76ers have an all-rounds series record of 23-30, a Preliminary-round series record of 6-5, and a Game 1 record of 25-28, while the Brooklyn Nets have an all-rounds series record of 2-7, a Preliminary-round series record of 2-5, and a Game 1 record of 5-4. Series 1535 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets. The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Brooklyn Nets in their only previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting, in five games in the 2019 NBA Preliminary round (in best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1403). In their last six best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Philadelphia 76ers have seen their Game 1 outcome presage their series outcome (two wins, four losses).