Schedule and 2004 Results
Regular Season Records: Sacramento 55-27, Dallas 52-30
Game 1 on Sunday, 18 Apr: Dallas loses at Sacramento, 116-pts-105
Game 2 on Tuesday, 20 Apr: Dallas loses at Sacramento, 83-pts-79
Game 3 on Saturday, 24 Apr: Sacramento loses at Dallas, 104-pts-79
Game 4 on Monday, 26 Apr: Sacramento wins at Dallas, 94-pts-92
Game 5 on Thursday, 29 Apr: Dallas loses at Sacramento, 119-pts-118

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: In the highest-scoring game thus far in the 2004 NBA playoffs, the Sacramento Kings won best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 928 Game 5 by a score of 119-pts-118 over the Dallas Mavericks, thereby ousting the Mavericks 4-games-1 with a series 928 victory. The series 928 victory improves the Sacramento Kings best-of-7 NBA playoff records to 3-3 (all rounds) and 2-0 (Preliminary round). The series 928 loss drops the Dallas Mavericks best-of-7 NBA playoff records to 3-7 (all rounds) and 1-1 (Preliminary round). Series 928 followed a win order of WWLWW: series 928 thus becomes the third best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round series, the 34th best-of-7 NBA series (all rounds), and the 78th best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow the WWLWW win order.

After Game 4: Taking a 3-games-1 lead in best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 928, the Sacramento Kings visited and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 94-pts-92 in series 928 Game 4. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-1, the Sacramento Kings have a 2-0 overall series record and a 2-0 Game 5 record; when trailing 3-games-1, the Dallas Mavericks have a 0-4 overall series record and a 1-3 Game 5 record.

After Game 3: With MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 series 928 in Dallas for Games 3-4, the Dallas Mavericks hosted and routed the Sacramento Kings 104-pts-79 in series 928 Game 3, thus halving the Kings' series lead to 2-games-1. From 1947 through 2003, when an NBA team lost Games 1-2 of a best-of-7 NBA playoff series but won Game 3 by 20+ points (irrespective of site), its series record was 4-12. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-1, the Sacramento Kings have a 2-1 overall series record and a 2-1 Game 4 record; when trailing 2-games-1, the Dallas Mavericks have a 1-5 overall series record and a 3-3 Game 4 record.

After Game 2: In best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 928 Game 2, the Sacramento Kings hosted and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 83-pts-79 to take a 2-games-nil lead in their series. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-nil, the Sacramento Kings have a 1-0 overall series record and a 0-1 Game 3 record; when down 2-games-nil, the Dallas Mavericks have a 0-4 overall series record and a 3-1 Game 3 record.

After Game 1: The Sacramento Kings hosted and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 116-pts-105 to take a 1-game-nil lead in best-of-7 playoff series 928. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the Sacramento Kings have a 2-1 overall series record and a 1-2 Game 2 record; when down 1-game-nil, the Dallas Mavericks have a 2-5 overall series record and a 3-4 Game 2 record.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2003-04 regular season, Sacramento finished 3 games ahead of Dallas. From 1947 through 2003, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by three regular-season games, they have posted an 8-10 (.444) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 series 928 is the tenth best-of-7 playoff series for Dallas and the sixth for Sacramento. In best-of-7 playoff series, Dallas has a 3-6 overall series record, a 1-0 Prelim-round series record, and a 2-7 Game 1 record, while Sacramento has a 2-3 overall series record, a 1-0 Prelim-round record, and a 3-2 Game 1 record. Series 928 is the third best-of-7 meeting between Dallas and Sacramento; the teams split the first two best-of-7 series against each other (Sacramento winning series 865 - in the 2002 NBA Quarterfinals - in five games, and Dallas winning series 899 - in the 2003 NBA Quarterfinals - in seven games).