Schedule and 2015-16 Results
Regular Season Records: Los Angeles Clippers 53-29, Portland 44-38
Game 1 on Sunday, 17 April: Portland loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 115-pts-95
Game 2 on Wednesday, 20 April: Portland loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 102-pts-81
Game 3 on Saturday, 23 April: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Portland, 96-pts-88
Game 4 on Monday, 25 April: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Portland, 98-pts-84
Game 5 on Wednesday, 27 April: Portland wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 108-pts-98
Game 6 on Friday, 29 April: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Portland, 106-pts-103

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Portland Trailblazers visited and bested the Los Angeles Clippers 106-pts-103 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1309 victory. With the series 1309 win, the Portland Trailblazers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 12-14 overall and 2-5 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1309 loss, the Los Angeles Clippers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 4-6 overall and 4-2 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Portland Trailblazers in series 1309 was LLWWWW: Series 1309 thus becomes the third NBA Preliminary-round series, the tenth NBA series (all rounds), and the 36th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Only ten NBA teams have posted a LLWWWW win order in best-of-7 NBA playoff series (any rounds) - only the Portland Trailblazers and the Los Angeles Lakers have done so twice. The previous series in which Portland posted a LLWWWW win order was series 335 - the 1977 NBA Finals.

After Game 5: The Portland Trailblazers visited and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 108-pts-98 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1309 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 7-0 and a Game 6 record of 6-1 (with an active four-Game 6 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 1-3 and a Game 6 record of 2-2.

After Game 4: The Portland Trailblazers hosted and bested the Los Angeles Clippers 98-pts-84 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1309 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 2-3 and a Game 5 record of 1-4, while the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 4-3 (with an active three-series losing streak) and a Game 5 record of 4-3 (with an active three-Game 5 losing streak). Tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, when the Portland Trailblazers win Game 5, they win the series (four occurrences), and when they lose Game 5, they lose the series (three occurrences).

After Game 3: The Portland Trailblazers hosted and bested the Los Angeles Clippers 96-pts-88 to reduce the Los Angeles Clippers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1309 lead to 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 3-2 and a Game 4 record of 3-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 1-8 (with an active eight-series losing streak) and a Game 4 record of 4-5.

After Game 2: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and defeated the Portland Trailblazers 102-pts-81 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1309 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 3 record of 0-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 1-7 (with an active seven-series losing streak) and a Game 3 record of 2-6.

After Game 1: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and bested the Portland Trailblazers 115-pts-95 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1309 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 3-3 and a Game 2 record of 2-4 (with an active three-Game 2 losing streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 2-13 (with an active seven-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 7-8 (with an active three-Game 2 losing streak).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2015-16 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Clippers finished nine games ahead of the Portland Trailblazers. From 1947 through the 2015 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 21-2 (.913) with an active four-series winning streak in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1309 is the tenth best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Los Angeles Clippers, and the 26th for the Portland Trailblazers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have an all-rounds series record of 4-5, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-1, and a Game 1 record of 6-3 (with an active three-Game 1 winning streak), while the Portland Trailblazers have an all-rounds series record of 11-14, a Preliminary-round series record of 1-5, and a Game 1 record of 10-15. Series 1309 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Portland Trailblazers.