Schedule and 2018-19 Results
Regular Season Records: Philadelphia 51-31, Brooklyn 42-40
Game 1 on Saturday, 13 April: Brooklyn wins at Philadelphia, 111-pts-102
Game 2 on Monday, 15 April: Brooklyn loses at Philadelphia, 145-pts-123
Game 3 on Thursday, 18 April: Philadelphia wins at Brooklyn, 131-pts-115
Game 4 on Saturday, 20 April: Philadelphia wins at Brooklyn, 112-pts-108
Game 5 on Tuesday, 23 April: Brooklyn loses at Philadelphia, 122-pts-100

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Philadelphia 76ers hosted and outscored the Brooklyn Nets 122-pts-100 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1403 victory. With the series 1403 win, the Philadelphia 76ers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 21-26 overall and 4-4 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1403 loss, the Nets as the Brooklyn Nets see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 1-4 overall and 1-3 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Philadelphia 76ers in series 1403 was LWWWW: Series 1403 thus becomes the fifth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 21st NBA series (all rounds), and the 65th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 4: The Philadelphia 76ers visited and defeated the Brooklyn Nets 112-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1403 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 11-2 (with an active six-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 5-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 5 record of 1-1. The Philadelphia 76ers trailed the Nets in Brooklyn by six points after three quarters of series 1403 Game 4, but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series since 1947, road teams down six points after three quarters had a game record of only 13-86 (.131) prior to series 1403 Game 4.

After Game 3: The Philadelphia 76ers visited and defeated the Brooklyn Nets 131-pts-115 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1403 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 12-6 and a Game 4 record of 11-7. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-3 and a Game 4 record of 1-2. The total of 378 points amassed by the Philadelphia 76ers in series 1403 Games 1-3 are the most in the first three games of a best-of-7 NBA playoff series since 2003, when the Dallas Mavericks totaled 386 points in series 899 Games 1-3 (in the NBA Quarterfinals against the Sacramento Kings). The total of 378 points amassed by the Philadelphia 76ers in series 1403 Games 1-3 are the most ever in the first three games of a best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round playoff series.

After Game 2: The Philadelphia 76ers hosted and bested the Brooklyn Nets 145-pts-123 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1403 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 9-13 and a Game 3 record of 12-10, while the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 3 record of 1-1. The Philadelphia 76ers scored 51 points in the third quarter of series 1403 Game 2. The 51-point third quarter by Philadelphia ties the fourth quarter of series 149 Game 5 by the Lakers in Los Angeles (in their 1962 NBA Semifinals series against the visiting Detroit Pistons) for the most points by one team ever in one quarter of a best-of-7 format NBA playoff game. The 145 points by the 76ers is the most ever in a best-of-7 format NBA Preliminary-round playoff game, and the most in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game (all rounds) since series 618 Game 4, in which the Portland Trailblazers visited and defeated the Phoenix Suns 153-pts-151 (2OT) in the 1992 NBA Quarterfinals.

After Game 1: The Brooklyn Nets visited and topped the Philadelphia 76ers 111-pts-102 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1403 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 2 record of 0-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 4-19 and a Game 2 record of 11-12.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2018-19 NBA regular season, the Philadelphia 76ers finished nine games ahead of the Brooklyn Nets. From 1947 through the 2018 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 24-4 (.857) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1403 is the 47th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Philadelphia 76ers, and the fifth for the Nets as the Brooklyn Nets. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Philadelphia 76ers have an all-rounds series record of 20-26, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-4, and a Game 1 record of 23-23, while the Brooklyn Nets have an all-rounds series record of 1-3, a Preliminary-round series record of 1-2, and a Game 1 record of 2-2. Series 1403 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets.