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2009 NBA Preliminary round - Series 1073.
Philadelphia 76ers vs Orlando Magic

Schedule and 2008-09 Results
Regular Season Records: Orlando 59-23, Philadelphia 41-41
Game 1 on Sunday, 19 April: Philadelphia wins at Orlando, 100-pts-98
Game 2 on Wednesday, 22 April: Philadelphia loses at Orlando, 96-pts-87
Game 3 on Friday, 24 April: Orlando loses at Philadelphia, 96-pts-94
Game 4 on Sunday, 26 April: Orlando wins at Philadelphia, 84-pts-81
Game 5 on Tuesday, 28 April: Philadelphia loses at Orlando, 91-pts-78
Game 6 on Thursday, 30 April: Orlando wins at Philadelphia, 114-pts-89

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Orlando Magic defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 4-games-2 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1073, thereby improving their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 5-5 overall and 2-2 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1073 loss, the Philadelphia 76ers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 18-23 overall and 1-3 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Orlando Magic in series 1073 was LWLWWW: Series 1073 thus becomes the third NBA Preliminary-round series, the ninth NBA series (all rounds), and the 26th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow such a win order to completion.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2008-09 regular season, Orlando finished 18 games ahead of Philadelphia. From 1947 through the 2008 NBA Finals, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 18 regular-season games, they have posted a 2-0 (1.000) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1073 is the 41st best-of-7 playoff series for Philadelphia, and the tenth for Orlando. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Philadelphia has an 18-22 series record, a 1-2 Prelim-round series record, and a 21-19 Game 1 record, while Orlando has a 4-5 series record, a 1-2 Prelim-round record, and a 5-4 Game 1 record. Series 1073 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between Philadelphia and Orlando.