Schedule and 2013-14 Results
Regular Season Records: Los Angeles Clippers 57-25, Golden State 51-31
Game 1 on Saturday, 19 April: Golden State wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 109-pts-105
Game 2 on Monday, 21 April: Golden State loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 138-pts-98
Game 3 on Thursday, 24 April: Los Angeles Clippers win at Golden State, 98-pts-96
Game 4 on Sunday, 27 April: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Golden State, 118-pts-97
Game 5 on Tuesday, 29 April: Golden State loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 113-pts-103
Game 6 on Thursday, 1 May: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Golden State, 100-pts-99
Game 7 on Saturday, 3 May: Golden State loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 126-pts-121

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and defeated the Golden State Warriors 126-pts-121 to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1242 victory. With the series 1242 win, the Los Angeles Clippers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 3-3 overall and 3-1 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1242 loss, the Golden State Warriors see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 7-10 overall and 2-1 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Los Angeles Clippers in series 1242 was LWWLWLW: Series 1242 thus becomes the third NBA Preliminary-round series, the 11th NBA series (all rounds), and the 25th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Clippers in Los Angeles trailed Golden State by ten points after one quarter of series 1242 Game 7: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, home teams down ten points after one quarter had a game record of 12-25 (.324). The Clippers in Los Angeles trailed Golden State by eight points after one half of series 1242 Game 7: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, home teams down eight points after one half had a game record of 19-35 (.352).

After Game 6: The Golden State Warriors hosted and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 100-pts-99 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1242 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have a Game 7 record of 1-1, while the Golden State Warriors have a Game 7 record of 1-2.

After Game 5: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and defeated the Golden State Warriors 113-pts-103 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1242 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 6 record of 0-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 1-2 and a Game 6 record of 2-1.

After Game 4: The Golden State Warriors hosted and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 118-pts-97 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1242 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 5 record of 0-2, while the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 4-3 and a Game 5 record of 4-3.

After Game 3: The Los Angeles Clippers visited and vanquished the Golden State Warriors 98-pts-96 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1242 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 4 record of 2-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 2-6 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 4 record of 4-4.

After Game 2: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and defeated the Golden State Warriors 138-pts-98 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1242 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 3 record of 1-1, while the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 6-5 and a Game 3 record of 5-6. The forty-point margin of victory in series 1242 Game 2 is the largest margin of victory ever in Game 2 of a best-of-7 format NBA playoff series, breaking the old record of 37 (set in series 1211 Game 2, by the Miami Heat over the Chicago Bulls in their 2013 NBA Quarterfinals series).

After Game 1: The Golden State Warriors visited and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 109-pts-105 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1242 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 5-2 and a Game 2 record of 1-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 2 record of 1-1.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2013-14 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Clippers finished six games ahead of Golden State. From 1947 through the 2013 NBA Finals round, inclusive, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by six regular-season games, they have posted an 18-4 (.818) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1242 is the 17th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for Golden State, and the sixth for the Los Angeles Clippers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Golden State has a 7-9 series record, a 2-0 Preliminary-round series record, and a 7-9 Game 1 record, while the Los Angeles Clippers have a 2-3 series record, a 2-1 Preliminary-round record, and a 3-2 Game 1 record. Series 1242 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between Golden State and the Los Angeles Clippers.