Schedule and 2010-11 Results
Regular Season Records: Chicago 62-20, Indiana 37-45
Game 1 on Saturday, 16 April: Indiana loses at Chicago, 104-pts-99
Game 2 on Monday, 18 April: Indiana loses at Chicago, 96-pts-90
Game 3 on Thursday, 21 April: Chicago wins at Indiana, 88-pts-84
Game 4 on Saturday, 23 April: Chicago loses at Indiana, 89-pts-84
Game 5 on Tuesday, 26 April: Indiana loses at Chicago, 116-pts-89

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Chicago Bulls defeated the Indiana Pacers 4-games-1 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1137. With their series 1137 win, the Chicago Bulls improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 24-18 overall and 2-4 in the Preliminary round. With their series 1137 loss, the Indiana Pacers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 9-10 overall (with an active three-series losing streak) and 2-3 in the Preliminary round. The win order posted by the victorious Chicago Bulls in series 1137 was WWWLW: Series 1137 thus becomes the third NBA Preliminary-round series, the 28th NBA series (all rounds), and the 75th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2010-11 regular season, Chicago finished 25 games ahead of Indiana. From 1947 through the 2010 NBA Finals, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 25 regular-season games, they have posted a 3-1 (.750) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1137 is the 19th best-of-7 playoff series for Indiana, and the 42nd for Chicago. In best-of-7 playoff series, Indiana has a 9-9 series record, a 2-2 Prelim-round series record, and a 10-8 Game 1 record, while Chicago has a 23-18 series record, a 1-4 Prelim-round record, and a 21-20 Game 1 record. Series 1137 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between Indiana and Chicago; Chicago won series 767 between the two in the 1998 NBA Semifinals.