Schedule and 2001 Results
Regular Season Records: Charlotte 46-36, Milwaukee 52-30
Game 1 on Sunday, 06 May: Charlotte loses at Milwaukee, 104-pts-92
Game 2 on Tuesday, 08 May: Charlotte loses at Milwaukee, 91-pts-90
Game 3 on Thursday, 10 May: Milwaukee loses at Charlotte, 102-pts-92
Game 4 on Sunday, 13 May: Milwaukee loses at Charlotte, 85-pts-78
Game 5 on Tuesday, 15 May: Charlotte wins at Milwaukee, 94-pts-86
Game 6 on Thursday, 17 May: Milwaukee wins at Charlotte, 104-pts-97
Game 7 on Sunday, 20 May: Charlotte loses at Milwaukee, 104-pts-95

OVERALL SUBSTANCE: Milwaukee defeats Charlotte, WWLLLWW:
The WWLLLWW series win by Milwaukee over Charlotte is the 3rd in NBA Qtrs-round best-of-7 series, the 5th in NBA best-of-7 series (all rounds), and the 14th in NHL, NBA, or MLB best-of-7 series.

SERIES NOTES: Game 7: Milwaukee defeats Charlotte 104-pts-95 to win series 839 by a 4-games-3 margin; Milwaukee improves its best-of-7 Qtrs Game 7 record to 2-4 (2-0 at home), while Charlotte's best-of-7 Qtrs Game 7 record becomes 0-1 (0-1 on the road); Milwaukee's four best-of-7 Qtrs Game 7 losses are tied with those of the Phoenix NBA Suns, New York NBA Knickerbockers, and St. Louis NHL Blues for most best-of-7 Qtrs Game 7 losses by an NHL/NBA franchise; Milwaukee improves its best-of-7 Qtrs series record to 8-8 (6-2 when Game 1 is at home), while that of Charlotte falls to 0-3 (0-3 when Game 1 is on the road) . . . Game 6: Milwaukee visits Charlotte and defeats the Hornets, 104-pts-97 in series 839 Game 6, to tie their series at 3-games-all; Milwaukee trailed by 10 points at the half -- in 1575 best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2000, when a team trailed by ten at the half, its game record was only 12-64 (.158), and when a road team trailed by ten at the half, its game record was only 7-50 (.123); in 1575 best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2000, when a team trailed by ten points at the half, the most points by which such a team ever won was seven points - as such, the 2001 Bucks tie a mark set in series 435 Game 4 by the New Jersey Nets in a 1984 NBA Qtrs round (against, of all teams, the Milwaukee Bucks . . . in the last best-of-7 playoff game won to date by the Nets); the last team to go LLWWWL @ VVHHVH (as the 2001 Hornets have) and win its series was the Toronto NHL Maple Leafs in series 631 (a 1993 Prelim-round series vs. Detroit); the last team to go WWLLLW @ HHVVHV (as the 2001 Bucks have) and win its series was the Anaheim NHL Mighty Ducks in series 730 (a 1997 Prelim-round series vs. Phoenix) . . . Game 5: Charlotte visits Milwaukee and defeats the Bucks 94-pts-86 to take a 3-games-2 lead in series 839; Charlotte thus becomes only the second team (in sixteen tries) to win a best-of-7 NBA Qtrs Game 5 after losing Games 1-2 on the road and winning Games 3-4 at home, and is one win away from winning its first best-of-7 NBA playoff series; the last best-of-7 NBA Qtrs series to go LLWWW @ VVHHV was series 516 in 1988, in which the Atlanta Hawks led the Boston Celtics 3-games-2 -- Boston won Game 6 on the road and Game 7 at home to take series 516, 4-games-3 (and Atlanta did not play in another best-of-7 NBA playoff series for six years) . . . Game 4: Charlotte hosts and defeats Milwaukee 85-pts-78 to tie series 839 at 2-games-all; series 839 is the first best-of-7 series in which Charlotte did not trail 3-games-1 after four games; the game also marks the first Charlotte best-of-7 Game 4 win in three tries; in series 839, the home team has won each of the first four games -- that last happened in a best-of-7 series in series 828 (between Detroit and Los Angeles in an NHL Prelim-round match-up in 2001); series 839 marks the 100th best-of-7 series in which the home team won each of the first four games . . . Game 3: Charlotte hosts and defeats Milwaukee 102-pts-92 to cut the Milwaukee series 839 lead to 2-games-1; Milwaukee's best-of-7 Qtrs Game 3 record thus falls to 10-6 (4-4 on the road), while Charlotte's improves to 2-1 (2-1 at home) . . . Game 2: Milwaukee hosts and defeats Charlotte 91-pts-90 to take a 2-games-nil lead in series 839; once before in best-of-7 NBA playoff series from 1947 through 2000 did a team win Game 1 by eight points and Game 2 by one point -- in series 228, the New York Knickerbockers did so in their 1970 NBA Semis series against (ironically) the Milwaukee Bucks (New York won the series in five games); Milwaukee is now 46-41 in best-of-7 NBA Qtrs play, while Charlotte falls to 2-10 in best-of-7 NBA Qtrs play . . . Game 1: Milwaukee hosts and defeats Charlotte 104-pts-92 to take a 1-game-nil lead in series 839; the Game 1 win for the Bucks is only their first in their last nine best-of-7 playoff series, and is only their second Game 1 win in their last fifteen best-of-7 series; in best-of-7 Qtrs Game 1 play, Charlotte sees its record fall to 0-3 (only the Dallas Mavericks, which lost the night before and now has an 0-4 best-of-7 Qtrs Game 1 record, has a worse best-of-7 Qtrs Game 1 record among NHL and NBA teams); in NBA Qtrs-round best-of-7 play from 1968 through 2000, the home team that wins Game 1 (e.g. Milwaukee) has an 89-11 (.890) series record -- in the last five years, the series record of the home team that wins Game 1 in the NBA Qtrs is 14-3 (.824) . . . Pre-series: Milwaukee finished six regular season games ahead of Charlotte -- in best-of-7 NBA playoff history from 1947 through 2000, the team with the 6-game regular season advantage vs. a playoff opponent had a 12-3 (.800) series record vs. that opponent; series 839 is the first best-of-7 series for Milwaukee since series 542 (a 1989 NBA Qtrs-round series in which they were swept by the Detroit Pistons), and is the first for Charlotte since series 763 (a 1998 NBA Qtrs-round series in which they lost in five games to the Chicago Bulls) -- ironically, both Milwaukee and Charlotte made their previous best-of-7 series appearances against eventual NBA champions (Detroit in 1989; Chicago in 1998).