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1999 NBA Quarterfinals round - Series 790.
Los Angeles Lakers vs San Antonio Spurs

Game 4: San Antonio wins at Los Angeles, 118-107. San Antonio sweeps its first series; Los Angeles now has been swept five times. San Antonio is now 7-4 and Los Angeles is now 9-15 in Qtrs Game 4 action. In best-of-7 Qtrs series, San Antonio is now 5-6, while Los Angeles falls to 18-6.

Game 3: San Antonio wins at Los Angeles, 103-91. San Antonio has led a best-of-7 series three games to none only once before: In the 1983 Qtrs, vs. the Denver Nuggets, San Antonio lost Game 4 but won Game 5 and the series. Los Angeles has an 0-4 series record when trailing a best-of-7 series three games to none; all four series losses were four-game sweeps. San Antonio is now 6-5 and Los Angeles is now 14-10 (58.33%) in Qtrs Game 3 action.

Game 2: San Antonio wins vs. Los Angeles, 79-76. San Antonio is 3-0 when it begins a series with two wins; Los Angeles is 1-11 when it loses the first two games of a best-of-7 series (the sole series win occurred in the 1969 Qtrs vs. the San Francisco Warriors). San Antonio is now 6-5 in Qtrs Game 2; Los Angeles falls to 15-9 in Qtrs Game 2 action.

Game 1: San Antonio wins vs. Los Angeles, 87-81. In an NBA best-of-7 Qtrs round, the last and only previous time that the home team won Game 1 by six points was in 1975 (by the Chicago Bulls vs. the Kansas City/Omaha Kings; Chicago won that series in six games). San Antonio is now 6-5 in Qtrs Game 1; Los Angeles falls to 16-8 in Qtrs Game 1 action.

Pre-series history. In NBA best-of-7 Quarterfinals action, the San Antonio Spurs' series record is 4-6 (40.00%) and the Los Angeles Lakers' series record is 18-5 (78.26%) with an NBA-high 18 wins; San Antonio's game record is 29-31 (48.33%) and Los Angeles' game record is 78-47 (62.40%) with an NBA-high 78 wins and 125 games.

San Antonio finished 6 games ahead of Los Angeles in the 1998-99 NBA regular season.

In previous NBA best-of-7 Quarterfinals action, the team with the 6-game lead has a series record of 3-1.

In previous best-of-7 action in all NBA playoff rounds, the team with the 6-game lead has a series record of 10-2 (83.33%).

In previous best-of-7 action in all NHL, NBA, and MLB playoff rounds, the team with the 6-game lead has a series record of 22-12 (64.71%).