Schedule and 2014-15 Results
Regular Season Records: Atlanta 60-22, Washington 46-36
Game 1 on Sunday, 03 May: Washington wins at Atlanta, 104-pts-98
Game 2 on Tuesday, 05 May: Washington loses at Atlanta, 106-pts-90
Game 3 on Saturday, 09 May: Atlanta loses at Washington, 103-pts-101
Game 4 on Monday, 11 May: Atlanta wins at Washington, 106-pts-101
Game 5 on Wednesday, 13 May: Washington loses at Atlanta, 82-pts-81
Game 6 on Friday, 15 May: Atlanta wins at Washington, 94-pts-91

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Atlanta Hawks visited and defeated the Washington Wizards 94-pts-91 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1277 victory. With the series 1277 win, the Atlanta Hawks improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 7-21 overall and 3-15 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1277 loss, the Washington Wizards see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 3-6 overall and 0-3 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Atlanta Hawks in series 1277 was LWLWWW: Series 1277 thus becomes the seventh NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the 13th NBA series (all rounds), and the 34th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. With victories in the 2015 NBA Preliminary and Quarterfinals rounds, the Atlanta Hawks win consecutive best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the first time as the Atlanta Hawks. The Atlanta Hawks also win their first best-of-7 NBA playoff series after having trailed 1-game-nil: Atlanta had had a 0-18 series record when down 1-game-nil in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series. The series 1277 victory by the Atlanta Hawks snaps a 15-Quarterfinals series losing streak by the Atlanta Hawks.

After Game 5: The Atlanta Hawks hosted and bested the Washington Wizards 82-pts-81 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1277 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 4-2 and a Game 6 record of 3-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Washington Wizards have a series record of 2-10 and a Game 6 record of 6-6 (with an active four-Game 6 winning streak).

After Game 4: The Atlanta Hawks visited and defeated the Washington Wizards 106-pts-101 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1277 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 4-7 and a Game 5 record of 5-6, while the Washington Wizards have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 5 record of 1-1.

After Game 3: The Washington Wizards hosted and defeated the Atlanta Hawks 103-pts-101 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1277 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Washington Wizards 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 2-games-1, the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 1-14 (with an active three-series losing streak) and a Game 4 record of 7-8. Atlanta outscored Washington by 17 points in the fourth quarter in a losing effort - tying for the fourth-largest fourth-quarter point differential in a losing effort in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game, and the largest since the fourth quarter of series 1238 Game 5 (in the 2014 NBA Preliminary round) in which the Brooklyn Nets outpointed the Raptors in Toronto by 20 points but lost 115-pts-113.

After Game 2: The Atlanta Hawks hosted and outscored the Washington Wizards 106-pts-90 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1277 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 2-9 and a Game 3 record of 2-9, while the Washington Wizards have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 3 record of 0-2.

After Game 1: The Washington Wizards visited and defeated the Atlanta Hawks 104-pts-98 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1277 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Washington Wizards have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 2 record of 2-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 0-18 and a Game 2 record of 6-12. The visiting Washington Wizards trailed the host Atlanta Hawks by ten points at halftime, but rallied for the victory: In the history of best-of-7 format NBA playoff games since 1946, inclusive, road teams down ten points at halftime had a game record of 13-78 (.143). In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Washington Wizards now have a Game 1 record of 4-5: Said record was 0-5 after the first five best-of-7 series, but the Wizards now have an active four-Game 1 winning streak.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2014-15 NBA regular season, the Atlanta Hawks finished 14 games ahead of the Washington Wizards. From 1947 through the 2015 NHL and NBA Preliminary rounds, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 14 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 16-0 (1.000) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1277 is the 28th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Atlanta Hawks, and the ninth for the Washington Wizards. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Atlanta Hawks have an all-rounds series record of 6-21, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 2-15 (with an active 15-series losing streak), and a Game 1 record of 9-18, while the Washington Wizards have an all-rounds series record of 3-5, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 0-2, and a Game 1 record of 3-5. Series 1277 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Atlanta Hawks and the Washington Wizards. In series 359, the Atlanta Hawks lost to the precursor to the current Washington Wizards (the Washington Bullets) in the 1979 NBA Quarterfinals.