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Los Angeles Lakers vs San Antonio Spurs Schedule and 2001 Results OVERALL SUBSTANCE: L.A. Lakers sweep San Antonio: SERIES NOTES: Game 4: The Lakers defeat San Antonio 111-pts-82 to sweep series 843; of the 13 NBA Semis best-of-7 sweeps, the Lakers have been involved in eight, winning six and losing two; Los Angeles thus improves its best-of-7 Semis Game 4 record to 14-11 (3-3 at home), while San Antonio's best-of-7 Semis Game 4 record falls to 3-3 (2-1 on the road); Los Angeles improves its best-of-7 Semis series record to 20-5 (3-3 when Game 1 is on the road), while that of San Antonio falls to 1-5 (1-2 when Game 1 is at home); the sum of the victory margins in the series 843 sweep was 89 points -- that sum breaks the Level 2 record for largest sum of victory margins in an NBA best-of-7 series lasting four games (75, set by the Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knickerbockers in the 1978 NBA Qtrs), as well as the Level 3 record for largest sum of victory margins in an NBA best-of-7 Semis series lasting four games (67, set by the Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic in 1996) . . . Game 3: The Lakers defeat San Antonio 111-pts-72 to take a commanding 3-games-nil lead in series 843; Los Angeles thus improves its best-of-7 Semis Game 3 record to 16-9 (5-1 at home), while San Antonio has its best-of-7 Semis Game 3 record fall to 4-2 (2-1 on the road); the 39-point margin of victory is the third-largest in Game 3s of best-of-7 NBA playoff series, and is the largest among NBA teams taking a 3-games-nil series lead since series 274, when the Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors 126-pts-70 in Game 3 of their 1973 Semis series; in all best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series to date, teams carrying a 3-games-nil deficit into Game 4 have a series record of 2-223 (.009); through three games, the sum of the Lakers' margins of victory is 14+7+39=60 points -- the fourth largest such sum for NBA teams leading a best-of-7 series 3-games-nil . . . Game 2: The Lakers defeat San Antonio 88-pts-81 to take a 2-games-nil lead in series 843; Los Angeles improves its best-of-7 Semis Game 2 record to 16-9 (2-4 on the road), while San Antonio had its best-of-7 Semis Game 2 record fall to 2-4 (1-2 at home); the last NBA team to take a 2-games-nil best-of-7 series lead on the road was the New York Knickerbockers in series 788 (a four-game sweep of the Atlanta Hawks in a 1999 Qtrs-round series) . . . Game 1: The Lakers defeat San Antonio 104-pts-90 to take a 1-game-nil lead in series 843; the 14-point margin of victory is the largest margin of victory for a road team in Game 1 of a best-of-7 NBA series since Utah visited San Antonio and defeated the Spurs by 20 points in Game 1 of series 716 (in the 1996 NBA Qtrs); in best-of-7 NBA series from 1947 through half of the 2001 Qtrs-round, when the visiting team wins Game 1 on the road by a double-digit victory margin, its series record is 15-8 (.652) . . . Pre-series: In best-of-7 Semis series, the San Antonio franchise has a 1-4 series record and an 11-16 game record, while the L.A. Lakers franchise has a 19-5 series record and an 81-48 game record; the Lakers' 19-5 best-of-7 Semis series record winning percentage (.792) is the highest of any NHL, NBA, or MLB team to lose at least one best-of-7 Semis series, immediately ahead of the Edmonton NHL Oilers (6-2, .750) and the Oakland MLB Athletics (3-1, .750); during the regular season, San Antonio finished two regular-season games ahead of the L.A. Lakers; in best-of-7 NBA series from 1947 through half of the 2001 NBA Qtrs, teams that finished two regular-season games ahead of their playoff opponents have a 13-7 (.650) series record against their opponents. |