Schedule and 2014-15 Results
Regular Season Records: Cleveland 53-29, Boston 40-42
Game 1 on Sunday, 19 April: Boston loses at Cleveland, 113-pts-100
Game 2 on Tuesday, 21 April: Boston loses at Cleveland, 99-pts-91
Game 3 on Thursday, 23 April: Cleveland wins at Boston, 103-pts-95
Game 4 on Sunday, 26 April: Cleveland wins at Boston, 101-pts-93

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Cleveland Cavaliers visited and defeated the Boston Celtics 101-pts-93 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1270 victory. With the series 1270 win, the Cleveland Cavaliers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 11-8 overall and an NHL/NBA-best 6-0 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1270 loss, the Boston Celtics see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 62-24 overall and 6-4 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Cleveland Cavaliers in series 1270 was WWWW: Series 1270 thus becomes the 20th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 68th NBA series (all rounds), and the 208th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 3: The Cleveland Cavaliers visited and bested the Boston Celtics 103-pts-95 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1270 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 3-0 (all via four-game sweeps) and a Game 4 record of 3-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 0-5 and a Game 4 record of 2-3.

After Game 2: The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted and defeated the Boston Celtics 99-pts-91 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1270 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 6-0 and a Game 3 record of 3-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 1-10 (with an active nine-series losing streak) and a Game 3 record of 6-5.

After Game 1: The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted and defeated the Boston Celtics 113-pts-100 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1270 lead of 1-game-nil.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2014-15 NBA regular season, the Cleveland Cavaliers finished 13 games ahead of the Boston Celtics. From 1947 through the 2014 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 13 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 11-2 (.846) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1270 is the 19th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the 86th for the Boston Celtics. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Cleveland Cavaliers have an all-rounds series record of 10-8, a Preliminary-round series record of 5-0, and a Game 1 record of 9-9, while the Boston Celtics have an all-rounds series record of 62-23, a Preliminary-round series record of 6-3, and a Game 1 record of 57-28. Series 1270 is the fifth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics. Boston has won three of the previous four best-of-7 NBA playoff series between the two teams.