HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 1-game-nil:
Ignoring win order; ignoring site order: The team leading 1-game-nil irrespective of site order (Cleveland) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2017 NHL and NBA Quarterfinals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 954-389 (.710)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 238-94 (.717)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 390-120 (.765)
series record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 95-25 (.792)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 728-615 (.542)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 177-155 (.533)
Game 2 record, NBA only, all rounds: 289-221 (.567)
Game 2 record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 69-51 (.575)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1343 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and
MLB series played through the 2017 NHL and NBA Quarterfinals. Note in
general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a
particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding
winning fraction:
For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning
fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is
400-100 rather than 4-1.
HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 1-game-nil @ V:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team leading 1-game-nil with site order V (Cleveland) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2017 NHL and NBA Quarterfinals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 250-198 (.558)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 73-44 (.624)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 71-65 (.522)
series record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 25-11 (.694)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 149-299 (.333)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 44-73 (.376)
Game 2 record, NBA only, all rounds: 32-104 (.235)
Game 2 record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 13-23 (.361)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1343 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and
MLB series played through the 2017 NHL and NBA Quarterfinals. Note in
general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a
particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding
winning fraction:
For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning
fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is
400-100 rather than 4-1.
SERIES NOTES:
After Game 1: The Cleveland Cavaliers visited and vanquished the
Boston Celtics 117-pts-104 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff
series 1347 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL
playoff series 1-game-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record
of 15-1 with an active seven-series winning streak (six of those last
seven were four-game sweeps) and a Game 2 record of 13-3 with an active
seven-Game 2 winning streak. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL
playoff series 1-game-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of
11-20 and a Game 2 record of 17-14 with an active five-Game 2 losing
streak. The sole Cleveland best-of-7 NBA playoff series loss in the wake
of a 1-game-nil lead occurred in series 1112, to the Boston Celtics in
the 2010 NBA Quarterfinals.
Pre-series assessment: In the 2016-17 NBA regular season, the
Boston Celtics finished two games ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers. From
1947 through the 2017 NBA Quarterfinals round, when NBA teams led their
best-of-7 playoff series opponents by two regular-season games, they
have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 20-12 (.625) in those
series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series
1347 is the 90th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Boston Celtics,
and the 29th for the Cleveland Cavaliers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff
series, the Boston Celtics have an all-rounds series record of 64-25, a
Semifinals-round series record of 20-9, and a Game 1 record of 58-31,
while the Cleveland Cavaliers have an all-rounds series record of 19-9
with an active six-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA
champion, a Semifinals-round series record of 3-3, and a Game 1 record
of 16-12. Series 1347 is the sixth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting
between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the previous
five best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings between Boston and Cleveland,
Boston won three of the five, with Cleveland prevailing in series 616
(in seven games, in the 1992 NBA Quarterfinals) and series 1270 (in a
four-game sweep, in the 2015 NBA Preliminary round).
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