Schedule and 2010-11 Results
Regular Season Records: Orlando 52-30, Atlanta 44-38
Game 1 on Saturday, 16 April: Atlanta wins at Orlando, 103-pts-93
Game 2 on Tuesday, 19 April: Atlanta loses at Orlando, 88-pts-82
Game 3 on Friday, 22 April: Orlando loses at Atlanta, 88-pts-84
Game 4 on Sunday, 24 April: Orlando loses at Atlanta, 88-pts-85
Game 5 on Tuesday, 26 April: Atlanta loses at Orlando, 101-pts-76
Game 6 on Thursday, 28 April: Orlando loses at Atlanta, 84-pts-81

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: Avenging their MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1113 sweep at the hands of the Orlando Magic in the 2010 NBA Quarterfinals (which tied a best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 1 record for largest victory margin [43 points] and set a best-of-7 NBA playoff series record for largest combined victory margin [101 points] in a series lasting four games), the Atlanta Hawks defeated Orlando 4-games-2 in series 1140. With the series 1140 win, the Atlanta Hawks improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 5-17 overall and 3-1 (with an active three-series winning streak) in the NBA Preliminary round; with the series 1140 loss, the Orlando Magic see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 9-8 overall and 3-3 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Atlanta Hawks in series 1140 was WLWWLW: Series 1140 thus becomes the fifth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 20th NBA series (all rounds), and the 39th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion. With its Game 1 and series 1140 victories, the Atlanta Hawks improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 5-0 upon winning Game 1 (that record is 0-17 when Atlanta loses Game 1).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2010-11 regular season, Orlando finished eight games ahead of Atlanta. From 1947 through the 2010 NBA Finals, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by eight regular-season games, they have posted a 19-5 (.792) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1140 is the 22nd best-of-7 playoff series for Atlanta, and the 17th for Orlando. In best-of-7 playoff series, Atlanta has a 4-17 series record, a 2-1 Prelim-round series record, and a 4-17 Game 1 record, while Orlando has a 9-7 series record, a 3-2 Prelim-round record, and a 9-7 Game 1 record. Series 1140 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between Atlanta and Orlando; Orlando won the first two (series 714, in the 1996 NBA Quarterfinals; series 1113, in the 2010 NBA Quarterfinals). In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Atlanta Hawks have a 4-0 series record upon winning Game 1, and a 0-17 series record upon losing Game 1, while the Orlando Magic have an 8-1 series record upon winning Game 1, and a 1-6 series record upon losing Game 1.