Schedule and 2014-15 Results
Regular Season Records: Golden State 67-15, New Orleans 45-37
Game 1 on Saturday, 18 April: New Orleans loses at Golden State, 106-pts-99
Game 2 on Monday, 20 April: New Orleans loses at Golden State, 97-pts-87
Game 3 on Thursday, 23 April: Golden State wins at New Orleans, 123-pts-119 (OT)
Game 4 on Saturday, 25 April: Golden State wins at New Orleans, 109-pts-98

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Golden State Warriors visited and topped the New Orleans Pelicans 109-pts-98 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1273 sweep. With the series 1273 win, the Golden State Warriors improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 8-10 overall and 3-1 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1273 loss, the New Orleans Pelicans see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Golden State Warriors in series 1273 was WWWW: Series 1273 thus becomes the 19th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 67th NBA series (all rounds), and the 207th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 3: The Golden State Warriors visited and defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 123-pts-119 in overtime to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1273 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 4 record of 1-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the New Orleans Pelicans have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-0. Golden State trailed the Pelicans in New Orleans by twenty points after three quarters, but prevailed. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1946, inclusive, road teams down twenty points after three quarters had a game record of 0-24, while road teams down twenty or more points after three quarters had a game record of 1-217 (in series 1177, the Los Angeles Clippers trailed the Grizzlies in Memphis by 21 points after three quarters, but rallied to win that Game 1 of their 2012 NBA Preliminary-round series).

After Game 2: The Golden State Warriors hosted and defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 97-pts-87 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1273 lead of 2-games-nil.

After Game 1: The Golden State Warriors hosted and defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 106-pts-99 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1273 lead of 1-game-nil.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2014-15 NBA regular season, the Golden State Warriors finished 22 games ahead of the New Orleans Pelicans. 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 1273 is the 18th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Golden State Warriors, and the first for the New Orleans Pelicans. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Golden State Warriors have an all-rounds series record of 7-10, a Preliminary-round series record of 2-1, and a Game 1 record of 8-9, while the New Orleans Pelicans are playing their first best-of-7 NHL playoff series as the New Orleans Pelicans. Series 1273 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Golden State Warriors and the New Orleans Pelicans.