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Game 1 played at home
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2009 NBA Preliminary round - Series 1075.
Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Lakers

Schedule and 2008-09 Results
Regular Season Records: L.A. Lakers 65-17, Utah 48-34
Game 1 on Sunday, 19 April: Utah loses at L.A. Lakers, 113-pts-100
Game 2 on Tuesday, 21 April: Utah loses at L.A. Lakers, 119-pts-109
Game 3 on Thursday, 23 April: L.A. Lakers lose at Utah, 88-pts-86
Game 4 on Saturday, 25 April: L.A. Lakers win at Utah, 108-pts-94
Game 5 on Monday, 27 April: Utah loses at L.A. Lakers, 107-pts-96

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Utah Jazz 4-games-1 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1075, thereby improving their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 59-28 overall and 4-2 in the Preliminary round. The series 1075 loss reduces the Utah Jazz best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 10-15 overall and 2-2 in the Preliminary round. The victorious Lakers posted a WWLWW win order in series 1075: Series 1075 thus becomes the 12th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 47th NBA series (all rounds), and the 94th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow such a win order to completion.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2008-09 regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers finished 17 games ahead of Utah. From 1947 through the 2008 NBA Finals, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 17 regular-season games, they have posted an 8-2 (.800) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1075 is the 25th best-of-7 playoff series for Utah, and the 87th for the Los Angeles Lakers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Utah has a 10-14 series record, a 2-1 Prelim-round series record, and a 12-12 Game 1 record, while the Los Angeles Lakers have a 58-28 series record, a 3-2 Prelim-round record, and a 56-30 Game 1 record. Series 1075 is the fifth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between Utah and the Los Angeles Lakers; the teams split the first four against each other.