Schedule and 2016-17 Results
Regular Season Records: Toronto 51-31, Milwaukee 42-40
Game 1 on Saturday, 15 April: Milwaukee wins at Toronto, 97-pts-83
Game 2 on Tuesday, 18 April: Milwaukee loses at Toronto, 106-pts-100
Game 3 on Thursday, 20 April: Toronto loses at Milwaukee, 104-pts-77
Game 4 on Saturday, 22 April: Toronto wins at Milwaukee, 87-pts-76
Game 5 on Monday, 24 April: Milwaukee loses at Toronto, 118-pts-93
Game 6 on Thursday, 27 April: Toronto wins at Milwaukee, 92-pts-89

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Toronto Raptors visited and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 92-pts-89 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1337 victory. With the series 1337 win, the Toronto Raptors improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 3-6 overall and 2-4 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1337 loss, the Milwaukee Bucks see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 11-22 with an active eight-series losing streak overall and an MLB/NBA/NHL-worst 0-7 in the Preliminary round (the old NHL Hartford Whalers also had a 0-6 best-of-7 Preliminary-round series record). The win order for the victorious Toronto Raptors in series 1337 was LWLWWW: Series 1337 thus becomes the fourth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 15th NBA series (all rounds), and the 36th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 5: The Toronto Raptors hosted and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 118-pts-93 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1337 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 6 record of 0-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 1-10 with an active three-series losing streak and a Game 6 record of 4-7. The sole Milwaukee Bucks best-of-7 NBA playoff series victory in the wake of a 3-games-2 deficit occurred in series 839, in which they won Game 6 on the road and Game 7 at home to win their 2001 NBA Quarterfinals series against the original Charlotte Hornets.

After Game 4: The Toronto Raptors visited and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 87-pts-76 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1337 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 2-3 and a Game 5 record of 3-2, while the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 3-8 and a Game 5 record of 4-7.

After Game 3: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and bested the Toronto Raptors 104-pts-77 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1337 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 6-3 and a Game 4 record of 4-5 with an active four-Game 4 losing streak. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 0-4 and a Game 4 record of 2-2.

After Game 2: The Toronto Raptors hosted and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 106-pts-100 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1337 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 2-3 and a Game 3 record of 3-2, while the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 4-8 and a Game 3 record of 6-6. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series history, only one other team lost Game 1 by 14 points but won Game 2 by six (as Toronto has in series 1337): In series 1241, the Memphis Grizzlies did so against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2014 NBA Preliminary round, and lost the series in seven games.

After Game 1: The Milwaukee Bucks visited and defeated the Toronto Raptors 97-pts-83 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1337 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 8-2 with an active four-series winning streak and a Game 2 record of 7-3 with an active four-Game 2 winning streak. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 2-5 and a Game 2 record of 4-3. With the series 1337 Game 1 win, Milwaukee ends its seven-Game 1 losing streak while extending the Toronto Game 1 losing streak to eight. Milwaukee trailed in Toronto by five points at halftime but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, road teams trailing by five points at halftime had a game record of only 28-116 (.194).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2016-17 NBA regular season, the Toronto Raptors finished nine games ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks. From 1947 through the 2016 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 22-3 (.880) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1337 is the ninth best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Toronto Raptors, and the 33rd for the Milwaukee Bucks. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Toronto Raptors have an all-rounds series record of 2-6, a Preliminary-round series record of 1-4, and a Game 1 record of 1-7 with an active seven-Game 1 losing streak, while the Milwaukee Bucks have an all-rounds series record of 11-21 with an active seven-series losing streak, a Preliminary-round series record of 0-6, and a Game 1 record of 10-22 with an active seven-Game 1 losing streak.