Schedule and 2017-18 Results
Regular Season Records: Philadelphia 52-30, Miami 44-38
Game 1 on Saturday 14 April: Miami loses at Philadelphia, 130-pts-103
Game 2 on Monday 16 April: Miami wins at Philadelphia, 113-pts-103
Game 3 on Thursday 19 April: Philadelphia wins at Miami, 128-pts-108
Game 4 on Saturday 21 April: Philadelphia wins at Miami, 106-pts-102
Game 5 on Tuesday 24 April: Miami loses at Philadelphia, 104-pts-91

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Philadelphia 76ers hosted and outscored the Miami Heat 104-pts-91 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1370 victory. With the series 1370 win, the Philadelphia 76ers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 20-25 overall and 3-4 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1370 loss, the Miami Heat see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 23-11 overall and 8-4 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Philadelphia 76ers in series 1370 was WLWWW: Series 1370 thus becomes the fourth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 27th NBA series (all rounds), and the 81st MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The series 1370 loss for the Miami Heat snaps a five-series Preliminary-round winning streak by the Heat.

After Game 4: The Philadelphia 76ers visited and bested the Miami Heat 106-pts-102 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1370 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 10-2 with an active five-series winning streak and a Game 5 record of 4-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Miami Heat have a series record of 1-3 and a Game 5 record of 1-3. The Philadelphia 76ers trailed the Heat in Miami by four points after three quarters, but won series 1370 Game 4. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, road teams down four points after three quarters had a game record of 28-87 (.243).

After Game 3: The Philadelphia 76ers visited and bested the Miami Heat 128-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1370 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 11-6 and a Game 4 record of 10-7. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Miami Heat have a series record of 4-3 and a Game 4 record of 5-2. In series 1370 Game 3, Philadelphia led the Heat in Miami by two points after three quarters, and then outscored the Heat by 18 points in the final quarter. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, only once before had a road team led by two points after three quarters and then outscored its hosts by 18+ points in the final quarter: In series 1344, the Cleveland Cavaliers led the Raptors in Toronto by two points after three quarters, and then outscored Toronto by 19 fourth-quarter points for a 115-pts-94 victory in Game 3 of their 2017 NBA Quarterfinals series. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-1, the Philadelphia 76ers have an active eight-Game 5 losing streak (irrespective of the Game 4 outcome). In their last seven series in which they have held a 2-games-1 lead in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Game 4 outcome by the Philadelphia 76ers has matched their series outcome.

After Game 2: The Miami Heat visited and bested the Philadelphia 76ers 113-pts-103 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1370 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 8-13 and a Game 3 record of 11-10, while the Miami Heat have a series record of 10-6 and a Game 3 record of 11-5. The Miami Heat trailed the 76ers in Philadelphia by seven points after the first quarter of series 1370 Game 2, but prevailed for a road victory. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, road teams down seven points after one quarter had a game record of 31-81 (.277).

After Game 1: The Philadelphia 76ers hosted and bested the Miami Heat 130-pts-103 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1370 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 15-7 and a Game 2 record of 12-10. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Miami Heat have a series record of 8-7 and a Game 2 record of 10-5 with an active six-Game 2 winning streak.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2017-18 NBA regular season, the Philadelphia 76ers finished eight games ahead of the Miami Heat. From 1947 through the 2017 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by eight regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 24-6 (.800) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1370 is the 45th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Philadelphia 76ers, and the 34th for the Miami Heat. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Philadelphia 76ers have an all-rounds series record of 19-25, a Preliminary-round series record of 2-4, and a Game 1 record of 22-22, while the Miami Heat have an all-rounds series record of 23-10, a Preliminary-round series record of 8-3 with an active five-series winning streak, and a Game 1 record of 18-15. Series 1370 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Miami Heat. Miami defeated Philadelphia in five games in their only previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting, in the 2011 NBA Preliminary round.