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leading, 1-game-nil
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Game 1 played at home
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QUARTERFINALS (NBA, NHL)
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Game 1 played at home
Game 1 played on road
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Game 1 played at home
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BEST-OF-7 FRANCHISE GAME OUTCOMES
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FINALS
All | Home Games | Road Games
SEMIFINALS
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QUARTERFINALS (NBA, NHL)
All | Home Games | Road Games
PRELIMINARIES (NBA, NHL)
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1999 NBA Quarterfinals round - Series 789.
Philadelphia 76ers vs Indiana Pacers

Game 4: Indiana wins at Philadelphia, 89-86. Indiana sweeps its first best-of-7 NBA playoff series; Philadelphia is swept for the first time. In 4th games of NBA best-of-7 Quarterfinals action, Indiana's record is now 4-0 and Philadelphia's record is 6-10. In best-of-7 Qtrs series, Indiana now has an NBA-best series record of 4-0, while Philadelphia's series record falls to 8-8.

Game 3: Indiana wins at Philadelphia, 97-86. Indiana has never before led a best-of-7 NBA playoff series three games to none. Twice before (in the 1969 Qtrs and the 1985 Semis) has Philadelphia trailed a best-of-7 series 0-3: In each case, the 76ers won Game 4 and lost Game 5. In 3rd games of NBA best-of-7 Quarterfinals action, Indiana's record is now 3-1 and Philadelphia's record is 10-6.

Game 2: Indiana wins vs. Philadelphia, 85-82. Indiana is 1-0 when it begins a series with two wins; Philadelphia is 0-6 when it loses the first two games of a best-of-7 series. Indiana is now 2-2 in Qtrs Game 2; Philadelphia falls to 7-9 in Qtrs Game 2 action.

Game 1: Indiana wins vs. Philadelphia, 94-90. In an NBA best-of-7 Qtrs round, the last time that the home team won Game 1 by four points was in 1994 (by the New York Knicks vs. the Chicago Bulls; New York won the series in seven games). Indiana is now an NBA-best 4-0 in Qtrs Game 1; Philadelphia falls to 9-7 in Qtrs Game 1 action.

Pre-series history. In NBA best-of-7 Quarterfinals action, the Indiana Pacers' series record is an NBA-high 3-0 and the Philadelphia 76ers' series record is 8-7 (53.33%); Indiana's game record is 12-6 (66.67%) and Philadelphia's game record is 45-39 (53.57%).

Indiana finished 5 games ahead of Philadelphia in the 1998-99 NBA regular season.

In previous NBA best-of-7 Quarterfinals action, the team with the 5-game lead has a series record of 5-4.

In previous best-of-7 action in all NBA playoff rounds, the team with the 5-game lead has a series record of 16-7 (69.57%).

In previous best-of-7 action in all NHL, NBA, and MLB playoff rounds, the team with the 5-game lead has a series record of 26-13 (66.67%).