Schedule and 2016-17 Results
Regular Season Records: Los Angeles Clippers 51-31, Utah 51-31
Game 1 on Saturday, 15 April: Utah wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 97-pts-95
Game 2 on Tuesday, 18 April: Utah loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 99-pts-91
Game 3 on Friday, 21 April: Los Angeles Clippers win at Utah, 111-pts-106
Game 4 on Sunday, 23 April: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Utah, 105-pts-98
Game 5 on Tuesday, 25 April: Utah wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 96-pts-92
Game 6 on Friday, 28 April: Los Angeles Clippers win at Utah, 98-pts-93
Game 7 on Sunday, 30 April: Utah wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 104-pts-91

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The Utah Jazz visited and bested the Los Angeles Clippers 104-pts-91 to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1342 victory. With the series 1342 win, the Utah Jazz improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 12-17 overall and 4-3 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1342 loss, the Los Angeles Clippers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 4-7 overall and 4-3 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Utah Jazz in series 1342 was WLLWWLW: Series 1342 thus becomes the third NBA Preliminary-round series, the seventh NBA series (all rounds), and the 19th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The 13-point win by the Utah Jazz on the road in series 1342 Game 7 is the largest victory margin by a road team in an NBA playoff Game 7 since series 1080, in which the Orlando Magic defeated the Boston Celtics 101-pts-82 in Game 7 of their 2009 NBA Quarterfinals series.

After Game 6: The Los Angeles Clippers visited and defeated the Utah Jazz 98-pts-93 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1342 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have a Game 7 record of 3-2, while the Utah Jazz have a Game 7 record of 2-2. The Los Angeles Clippers have a home-court Game 7 record of 2-0, while the Utah Jazz have a road-court Game 7 record of 1-2. In the history of best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, teams such as the Los Angeles Clippers which post a win/site order of LWWLLW @ HHVVHV through six games have a Game 7 record of 6-0, but all six of those series occurred in the NHL.

After Game 5: The Utah Jazz visited and topped the Los Angeles Clippers 96-pts-92 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1342 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 5-0 and a Game 6 record of 4-1 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 1-4 and a Game 6 record of 2-3. Series 1342 becomes only the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series to follow a WLLWW @ VVHHV win/site order through five games, joining series 592 and series 895. In series 592, the Detroit Pistons followed such a win/site order in the 1991 NBA Quarterfinals en route to a six-game victory over the Boston Celtics. In series 895, the Los Angeles Lakers followed such a win/site order in the 2003 NBA Preliminary round en route to a six-game victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

After Game 4: The Utah Jazz hosted and topped the Los Angeles Clippers 105-pts-98 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1342 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 2-4 and a Game 5 record of 1-5, while the Utah Jazz have a series record of 2-4 and a Game 5 record of 1-5. Tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, both the Los Angeles Clippers and the Utah Jazz 1) have a 2-4 series record, 2) lost the first two, the fourth, and the sixth of such series while winning the third and fifth of such series, 3) have a 1-5 Game 5 record, and 4) lost the first two and the last three Game 5s while winning the third Game 5 - a remarkable congruence in performance by the two teams when knotted 2-games-all in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series.

After Game 3: The Los Angeles Clippers visited and bested the Utah Jazz 111-pts-106 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1342 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 3-3 and a Game 4 record of 3-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 1-13 and a Game 4 record of 4-10. The sole Utah Jazz best-of-7 NBA playoff series victory in the wake of a 2-games-1 deficit occurred in series 1012, in which the Jazz defeated the Houston Rockets in the 2007 NBA Preliminary round. In series 1342 Game 3, the visiting Los Angeles Clippers trailed the host Utah Jazz by 13 points after one quarter, and by nine points at halftime. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series since 1947, inclusive, road teams trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff game by 13 points after one quarter had a game record of 10-44 (.185). In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series since 1947, inclusive, road teams trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff game by nine points at halftime had a game record of 10-84 (.106).

After Game 2: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and bested the Utah Jazz 99-pts-91 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1342 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 3-3 and a Game 3 record of 3-3, while the Utah Jazz have a series record of 2-4 and a Game 3 record of 3-3.

After Game 1: The Utah Jazz visited and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 97-pts-95 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1342 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 9-3 and a Game 2 record of 8-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 1-2 and a Game 2 record of 2-1. Series 1342 Game 1 ends the Los Angeles Clippers' Game 1 winning streak at four, and ends the Jazz' Game 1 losing streak at five.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2016-17 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Clippers finished zero games ahead of the Utah Jazz. From 1947 through the 2016 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by zero regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 11-9 (.550) for the team winning the tiebreaker and securing home-court advantage in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1342 is the 11th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Los Angeles Clippers, and the 29th for the Utah Jazz. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have an all-rounds series record of 4-6, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-2, and a Game 1 record of 7-3 with an active four-Game 1 winning streak, while the Utah Jazz have an all-rounds series record of 11-17, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-3, and a Game 1 record of 12-16 with an active five-Game 1 losing streak.