Schedule and 2013-14 Results
Regular Season Records: Indiana 56-26, Atlanta 38-44
Game 1 on Saturday, 19 April: Atlanta wins at Indiana, 101-pts-93
Game 2 on Tuesday, 22 April: Atlanta loses at Indiana, 101-pts-85
Game 3 on Thursday, 24 April: Indiana loses at Atlanta, 98-pts-85
Game 4 on Saturday, 26 April: Indiana wins at Atlanta, 91-pts-88
Game 5 on Monday, 28 April: Atlanta wins at Indiana, 107-pts-97
Game 6 on Thursday, 1 May: Indiana wins at Atlanta, 95-pts-88
Game 7 on Saturday, 3 May: Atlanta loses at Indiana, 92-pts-80

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The Indiana Pacers hosted and bested the Atlanta Hawks 92-pts-80 to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1236 victory. With the series 1236 win, the Indiana Pacers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 13-12 overall and 5-3 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1236 loss, the Atlanta Hawks see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 5-21 (with an active four-series losing streak) overall and 3-4 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Indiana Pacers in series 1236 was LWLWLWW: Series 1236 thus becomes the first NBA Preliminary-round series, the sixth NBA series (all rounds), and the 21st MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 6: The Indiana Pacers visited and defeated the Atlanta Hawks 95-pts-88 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1236 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Indiana Pacers have a Game 7 record of 2-4, while the Atlanta Hawks have a Game 7 record of 2-3.

After Game 5: The Atlanta Hawks visited and defeated the Indiana Pacers 107-pts-97 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1236 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 3-1 and a Game 6 record of 2-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 0-10 and a Game 6 record of 3-7. The 41 points scored by the Atlanta Hawks in the second quarter of series 1236 Game 5 are the most second-quarter points by one team in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game since series 1117 Game 4, in which the Phoenix Suns scored 41 against the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2010 NBA Semifinals. The 41 points scored by the Atlanta Hawks in the second quarter of series 1236 Game 5 are the most second-quarter points by a road team in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game since series 178 Game 1, in which the Lakers scored 41 against the Celtics in Boston in the 1966 NBA Finals.

After Game 4: The Indiana Pacers visited and defeated the Atlanta Hawks 91-pts-88 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1236 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 4-9 and a Game 5 record of 5-8, while the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 3-6 and a Game 5 record of 3-6. After four games of series 1236, Atlanta in the aggregate has outscored Indiana 372-pts-370. Indiana trailed in Atlanta by six points after the first half. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, road teams down six points at halftime had a game record of only 23-107 (.177).

After Game 3: The Atlanta Hawks hosted and bested the Indiana Pacers 98-pts-85 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1236 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 3-0 and a Game 4 record of 1-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 0-8 and a Game 4 record of 6-2.

After Game 2: The Indiana Pacers hosted and defeated the Atlanta Hawks 101-pts-85 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1236 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 5-7 and a Game 3 record of 8-4, while the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 2-8 and a Game 3 record of 1-9.

After Game 1: The Atlanta Hawks visited and defeated the Indiana Pacers 101-pts-93 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1236 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 5-2 and a Game 2 record of 3-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 2-10 and a Game 2 record of 7-5.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2013-14 NBA regular season, Indiana finished 18 games ahead of Atlanta. From 1947 through the 2013 NBA Finals round, inclusive, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 18 regular-season games, they have posted a 4-0 (1.000) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1236 is the 26th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for Atlanta, and the 25th for Indiana. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Atlanta has a 5-20 series record, a 3-3 Preliminary-round series record, and a 7-18 Game 1 record, while Indiana has a 12-12 series record, a 4-3 Preliminary-round record, and a 12-12 Game 1 record. Series 1236 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between Atlanta and Indiana; Indiana prevailed in the first two such series.