Schedule and 2008-09 Results
Regular Season Records: Boston 62-20, Chicago 41-41
Game 1 on Saturday, 18 April: Chicago wins at Boston, 105-pts-103 (OT)
Game 2 on Monday, 20 April: Chicago loses at Boston, 118-pts-115
Game 3 on Thursday, 23 April: Boston wins at Chicago, 107-pts-86
Game 4 on Sunday, 26 April: Boston loses at Chicago, 121-pts-118 (2OT)
Game 5 on Tuesday, 28 April: Chicago loses at Boston, 106-pts-104 (OT)
Game 6 on Thursday, 30 April: Boston loses at Chicago, 128-pts-127 (3OT)
Game 7 on Saturday, 02 May: Chicago loses at Boston, 109-pts-99

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Boston Celtics defeated the Chicago Bulls 4-games-3 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1072. With the series 1072 victory, the Boston Celtics improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 56-18 overall and 3-2 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1072 loss, the Chicago Bulls see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 23-17 overall and 1-3 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Boston Celtics in series 1072 was LWWLWLW: Series 1072 thus becomes the second NBA Preliminary-round series, the ninth NBA series (all rounds), and the 22nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion. Series 1072 between Chicago and Boston is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which there were more than two overtime games. The 1546 total points in series 1072 makes series 1072 the 23rd-highest scoring best-of-7 series in NBA history, and the highest scoring since the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers totaled 1579 points in the Phoenix 4-games-3 series 983 victory in the 2006 NBA Quarterfinals.