Schedule and 2014-15 Results
Regular Season Records: Houston 56-26, Los Angeles Clippers 56-26
Game 1 on Monday, 04 May: Los Angeles Clippers win at Houston, 117-pts-101
Game 2 on Wednesday, 06 May: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Houston, 115-pts-109
Game 3 on Friday, 08 May: Houston loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 124-pts-99
Game 4 on Sunday, 10 May: Houston loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 128-pts-95
Game 5 on Tuesday, 12 May: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Houston, 124-pts-103
Game 6 on Thursday, 14 May: Houston wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 119-pts-107
Game 7 on Sunday, 17 May: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Houston, 113-pts-100

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The Houston Rockets hosted and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 113-pts-100 to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1280 victory. With the series 1280 win, the Houston Rockets improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 15-16 overall and 7-6 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1280 loss, the Los Angeles Clippers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 4-5 overall and 0-4 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Houston Rockets in series 1280 was LWLLWWW: Series 1280 thus becomes the second NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the fifth NBA series (all rounds), and the 21st MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. With the series 1280 win, the Houston Rockets become the ninth team in best-of-7 NBA playoff history to surmount a 3-games-1 deficit for a 4-games-3 series victory, and join the Boston Celtics as only the second team to accomplish a comeback from a 3-games-1 deficit twice. The sum of the seven victory margins in series 1280 was 126 points - the third-largest such sum in the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series (next only to series 1074, in which the victorious Atlanta Hawks and vanquished Miami Heat combined for a 134-point sum of victory margins over their seven games in the 2009 NBA Preliminary round, and series 408, in which the victorious Philadelphia 76ers and vanquished Boston Celtics combined for a 131-point sum of victory margins over their seven games in the 1982 NBA Semifinals).

After Game 6: The Houston Rockets visited and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 119-pts-107 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1280 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Houston Rockets have a Game 7 record of 5-4, while the Los Angeles Clippers have a Game 7 record of 3-1. Series 1280 Game 7 is in Houston: On the road, the Los Angeles Clippers have a 1-1 Game 7 record; at home, the Houston Rockets have a 3-1 Game 7 record. Houston trailed series 1280 Game 6 in Los Angeles by 13 points after three quarters, but prevailed. In the history of best-of-7 format NBA playoff games since 1946, inclusive, road teams such as Houston which trailed by 13 points after three quarters prior to series 1280 Game 6 had a 2-65 (.030) game record.

After Game 5: The Houston Rockets hosted and hammered the Los Angeles Clippers 124-pts-103 to reduce the Los Angeles Clippers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1280 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 2-0 and a Game 6 record of 0-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 2-11 (with an active six-series losing streak) and a Game 6 record of 5-8.

After Game 4: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and defeated the Houston Rockets 128-pts-95 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1280 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 2-0 and a Game 5 record of 1-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 1-8 (with an active four-series losing streak) and a Game 5 record of 7-2. The 43 third-quarter points by the Los Angeles Clippers in series 1280 Game 4 tie for the fifth-most third-quarter points ever in a best-of-7 format NBA playoff game, and are the most in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game since Game 1 of the 1987 NBA Quarterfinals in which the Lakers in Los Angeles scored 49 third-quarter points against the visiting Golden State Warriors in series 494. The Clippers have won Games 3-4 of series 1280 by a combined 58 points - the second-largest such combined victory margin in the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series, next only to series 843 (in which the Los Angeles Lakers won Games 3-4 by a combined 68 points en route to a four-game sweep of the San Antonio Spurs in the 2001 NBA Semifinals).

After Game 3: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and defeated the Houston Rockets 124-pts-99 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1280 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 3-1 and a Game 4 record of 2-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 3-11 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 4 record of 6-8.

After Game 2: The Houston Rockets hosted and bested the Los Angeles Clippers 115-pts-109 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1280 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 7-2 and a Game 3 record of 6-3, while the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 3-2 and a Game 3 record of 2-3. The 41 points by the Los Angeles Clippers in the second quarter of series 1280 Game 2 tie for the third-most second-quarter points by a road team, and are the most second-quarter points by a road team in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game since series 1236 Game 5 (in which the Atlanta Hawks posted 41 second-quarter points in Indiana against the Pacers in their 2014 NBA Preliminary-round series). The Houston Rockets trailed at home by nine points at halftime of series 1280 Game 2: In the history of best-of-7 format NBA playoff games since 1946, inclusive, home teams down nine points at halftime had a game record of 14-36 (.280) prior to series 1280 Game 2.

After Game 1: The Los Angeles Clippers visited and outscored the Houston Rockets 117-pts-101 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1280 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 3-2 and a Game 2 record of 2-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 4-13 (with an active six-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 3-14 (with an active 11-Game 2 losing streak). The 16-point road victory by the Clippers is the largest road win in a Quarterfinals Game 1 since series 1247, in which those same Clippers notched a 17-point win in Oklahoma City in Game 1 of their 2014 NBA Quarterfinals series.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2014-15 NBA regular season, the Houston Rockets finished zero games ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers. From 1947 through the 2015 NHL and NBA Preliminary rounds, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by zero regular-season games (but won home-court advantage via a tiebreaker), they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 8-9 (.471) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1280 is the 31st best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Houston Rockets, and the ninth for the Los Angeles Clippers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Houston Rockets have an all-rounds series record of 14-16, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 6-6, and a Game 1 record of 13-17, while the Los Angeles Clippers have an all-rounds series record of 4-4, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 0-3, and a Game 1 record of 5-3. Series 1280 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Clippers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series between teams with matching regular-season records, the home team for Game 1 has an active five-series losing streak - the last such loss was by the Houston Rockets, in series 1243 (in the 2014 NBA Preliminary round against the Portland Trailblazers).