Schedule and 2018-19 Results
Regular Season Records: Milwaukee 60-22, Detroit 41-41
Game 1 on Sunday, 14 April: Detroit loses at Milwaukee, 121-pts-86
Game 2 on Wednesday, 17 April: Detroit loses at Milwaukee, 120-pts-99
Game 3 on Saturday, 20 April: Milwaukee wins at Detroit, 119-pts-103
Game 4 on Monday, 22 April: Milwaukee wins at Detroit, 127-pts-104

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Milwaukee Bucks visited and defeated the Detroit Pistons 127-pts-104 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1401 victory. With the series 1401 sweep, the Milwaukee Bucks improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 12-23 overall and 1-8 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1401 loss, the Detroit Pistons see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 25-18 (with an active four-series losing streak) overall and 6-3 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Milwaukee Bucks in series 1401 was WWWW: Series 1401 thus becomes the 28th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 83rd NBA series (all rounds), and the 231st MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The series 1401 win by the Milwaukee Bucks ends a nine-series best-of-7 NBA playoffs losing streak, and is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series win by the Bucks since series 839, in which Milwaukee defeated the Charlotte Hornets (I) in a series lasting seven games in the 2001 NBA Quarterfinals. The Detroit Pistons have not won a best-of-7 NBA playoff series since series 1039, over the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2008 NBA Preliminary round. The sum of the victory margins in the four series 1401 games, 95 points, sets a best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round series record for a series lasting four games for the largest such sum ever. The 487 total points by the Milwaukee Bucks in series 1401 is the most ever by one team in a best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round series lasting four games.

After Game 3: The Milwaukee Bucks visited and bested the Detroit Pistons 119-pts-103 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1401 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 4-0 and a Game 4 record of 3-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Detroit Pistons have a series record of 0-5 and a Game 4 record of 1-4 (with an active four-Game 4 losing streak). The Detroit Pistons in series 1401 become the 362nd MLB/NBA/NHL team to trail a best-of-7 playoff series 3-games-nil, and will attempt to become the sixth team (and the first NBA team) to surmount that deficit for a 4-games-3 series victory.

After Game 2: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and defeated the Detroit Pistons 120-pts-99 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1401 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 7-0 and a Game 3 record of 4-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Detroit Pistons have a series record of 0-9 and a Game 3 record of 4-5.

After Game 1: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and defeated the Detroit Pistons 121-pts-86 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1401 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 8-3 and a Game 2 record of 7-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Detroit Pistons have a series record of 4-13 and a Game 2 record of 8-9. The series 1401 Game 1 loss sustained by the Detroit Pistons was the fourth consecutive Game 1 loss sustained by the Detroit Pistons. Series 1401 Game 1 was the 3000th best-of-7 format NBA playoff game, 1947-2019. The 35-point series 1401 Game 1 victory by the Milwaukee Bucks ties for the fourth-largest margin of victory ever in a best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 1.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2018-19 NBA regular season, the Milwaukee Bucks finished 19 games ahead of the Detroit Pistons. From 1947 through the 2018 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 19 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 9-0 (1.000) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1401 is the 35th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Milwaukee Bucks, and the 43rd for the Detroit Pistons. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Milwaukee Bucks have an all-rounds series record of 11-23 (with an active nine-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 0-8, and a Game 1 record of 11-23, while the Detroit Pistons have an all-rounds series record of 25-17, a Preliminary-round series record of 6-2, and a Game 1 record of 25-17. Series 1401 is the fourth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Detroit Pistons. Detroit won all three previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings against Milwaukee.