Schedule and 2014-15 Results
Regular Season Records: Chicago 50-32, Milwaukee 41-41
Game 1 on Saturday, 18 April: Milwaukee loses at Chicago, 103-pts-91
Game 2 on Monday, 20 April: Milwaukee loses at Chicago, 91-pts-82
Game 3 on Thursday, 23 April: Chicago wins at Milwaukee, 113-pts-106 (2OT)
Game 4 on Saturday, 25 April: Chicago loses at Milwaukee, 92-pts-90
Game 5 on Monday, 27 April: Milwaukee wins at Chicago, 94-pts-88
Game 6 on Thursday, 30 April: Chicago wins at Milwaukee, 120-pts-66

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Chicago Bulls visited and bested the Milwaukee Bucks 120-pts-66 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1271 victory. With the series 1271 win, the Chicago Bulls improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 27-22 overall and 4-6 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1271 loss, the Milwaukee Bucks see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 11-21 (with an active seven-series losing streak) overall and 0-6 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Chicago Bulls in series 1271 was WWWLLW: Series 1271 thus becomes the third NBA Preliminary-round series, the tenth NBA series (all rounds), and the 23rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The 54-point margin of victory achieved by Chicago in Milwaukee is the third-largest in best-of-7 NBA playoff history, next only to series 1076 Game 4 (in which the Denver Nuggets visited and stung the New Orleans Hornets 121-pts-63 in their 2009 Preliminary-round series) and series 274 Game 3 (in which the Los Angeles Lakers visited and pounded the Golden State Warriors 126-pts-70 in their 1973 Semifinals series).

After Game 5: The Milwaukee Bucks visited and bested the Chicago Bulls 94-pts-88 to reduce the Chicago Bulls best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1271 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Chicago Bulls have a series record of 14-1 (with an active 12-series winning streak) and a Game 6 record of 10-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 1-9 and a Game 6 record of 6-4.

After Game 4: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and defeated the Chicago Bulls 92-pts-90 to drop the Chicago Bulls best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1271 lead to 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Chicago Bulls have a series record of 13-0 and a Game 5 record of 8-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 0-8 and a Game 5 record of 3-5.

After Game 3: The Chicago Bulls visited and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 113-pts-106 in double overtime to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1271 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Chicago Bulls have a series record of 7-0 and a Game 4 record of 4-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 0-6 and a Game 4 record of 2-4 (with an active four-Game 4 losing streak).

After Game 2: The Chicago Bulls hosted and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 91-pts-82 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1271 lead of 2-games-nil.

After Game 1: The Chicago Bulls hosted and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 103-pts-91 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1271 lead of 1-game-nil.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2014-15 NBA regular season, the Chicago Bulls finished nine games ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks. From 1947 through the 2014 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by nine regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 20-2 (.909) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1271 is the 49th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Chicago Bulls, and the 32nd for the Milwaukee Bucks. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Chicago Bulls have an all-rounds series record of 26-22, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-6, and a Game 1 record of 25-23, while the Milwaukee Bucks have an all-rounds series record of 11-20 (with an active six-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 0-5, and a Game 1 record of 10-21 (with an active six-Game 1 losing streak). Series 1271 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Chicago Bulls and the Milwaukee Bucks. Milwaukee defeated Chicago in series 289, in the 1974 NBA Semifinals.