Schedule and 2014-15 Results
Regular Season Records: Atlanta 60-22, Brooklyn 38-44
Game 1 on Sunday, 19 April: Brooklyn loses at Atlanta, 99-pts-92
Game 2 on Wednesday, 22 April: Brooklyn loses at Atlanta, 96-pts-91
Game 3 on Saturday, 25 April: Atlanta loses at Brooklyn, 91-pts-83
Game 4 on Monday, 27 April: Atlanta loses at Brooklyn, 120-pts-115 (OT)
Game 5 on Wednesday, 29 April: Brooklyn loses at Atlanta, 107-pts-97
Game 6 on Friday, 1 May: Atlanta wins at Brooklyn, 111-pts-87

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Atlanta Hawks visited and topped the Brooklyn Nets 111-pts-87 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1269 victory. With the series 1269 win, the Atlanta Hawks improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 6-21 overall and 4-4 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1269 loss, the Brooklyn Nets see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 1-3 overall and 1-2 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Atlanta Hawks in series 1269 was WWLLWW: Series 1269 thus becomes the sixth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 30th NBA series (all rounds), and the 72nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The 41-point third quarter achieved by the Atlanta Hawks is the highest-scoring third quarter in a best-of-7 format NBA playoff game since series 593 Game 2, in which the Golden State Warriors notched 41 third-quarter points in Los Angeles against the Lakers in the 1991 NBA Quarterfinals.

After Game 5: The Atlanta Hawks hosted and topped the Brooklyn Nets 107-pts-97 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1269 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 3-2 and a Game 6 record of 2-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 6 record of 2-0.

After Game 4: The Brooklyn Nets hosted and topped the Atlanta Hawks 120-pts-115 in overtime to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1269 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 3-7 (with an active three-series losing streak) and a Game 5 record of 4-6, while the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 5 record of 0-1.

After Game 3: The Brooklyn Nets hosted and defeated the Atlanta Hawks 91-pts-83 to reduce the Atlanta Hawks best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1269 lead to 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 3-1 and a Game 4 record of 1-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 4 record of 0-2.

After Game 2: The Atlanta Hawks hosted and bested the Brooklyn Nets 96-pts-91 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1269 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 3-0 and a Game 3 record of 1-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 3 record of 1-0.

After Game 1: The Atlanta Hawks hosted and defeated the Brooklyn Nets 99-pts-92 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1269 lead of 1-game-nil.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2014-15 NBA regular season, the Atlanta Hawks finished 22 games ahead of the Brooklyn Nets. From 1947 through the 2014 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 22 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 3-0 (1.000) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1269 is the 27th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Atlanta Hawks, and the fourth for the Brooklyn Nets. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Atlanta Hawks have an all-rounds series record of 5-21 (with an active four-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 3-4, and a Game 1 record of 8-18, while the Brooklyn Nets have an all-rounds series record of 1-2, a Preliminary-round series record of 1-1, and a Game 1 record of 2-1. Series 1269 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Atlanta Hawks and the Brooklyn Nets.