Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Toronto 53-19, Brooklyn 35-37
Game 1 on Monday, 17 August: Brooklyn loses at Toronto, 134-pts-110
Game 2 on Wednesday, 19 August: Brooklyn loses at Toronto, 104-pts-99
Game 3 on Friday, 21 August: Toronto wins at Brooklyn, 117-pts-92
Game 4 on Sunday, 23 August: Toronto wins at Brooklyn, 150-pts-122

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Toronto Raptors visited and defeated the Brooklyn Nets 150-pts-122 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1435 victory. With the series 1435 win, the Toronto Raptors improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 9-8 (with an active five-series winning streak) overall and 5-4 (with an active five-Preliminary round series winning streak) in the Preliminary round. With the series 1435 loss, the Brooklyn Nets see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 1-5 (with an active four-series losing streak) overall and 1-4 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Toronto Raptors in series 1435 was WWWW: Series 1435 thus becomes the 30th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 86th NBA series (all rounds), and the 237th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Toronto scored 150 points in series 1435 Game 4, which is the sixth-most points ever by one team in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game (all rounds), and the most points ever by one team in a best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round game. The 150 points by Toronto are the most in a regulation best-of-7 NBA playoff game since the Los Angeles Lakers hosted and defeated the Denver Nuggets 153-pts-109 in series 454 Game 5, in the 1985 NBA Semifinals.

After Game 3: The Toronto Raptors visited and defeated the Brooklyn Nets 117-pts-92 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1435 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-0. The Brooklyn Nets become the 370th MLB/NBA/NHL team to fall into a three-games-nil hole in a best-of-7 playoff series, and seek to become the sixth MLB/NBA/NHL team to overcome such a deficit with a series win. The Nets become the 137th NBA team to fall into such a hole in a best-of-7 series, and seek to become the first NBA team to overcome such a deficit with a series win.

After Game 2: The Toronto Raptors hosted and defeated the Brooklyn Nets 104-pts-99 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1435 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 3 record of 0-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 3 record of 2-0. The Toronto Raptors trailed the pseudo-visiting Brooklyn Nets by six points as late as after three quarters but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, home teams down six points as late as after three quarters had a game record of only 21-45 (.318) - the Toronto Raptors thus achieve a grade-D in-game comeback.

After Game 1: The Toronto Raptors hosted and defeated the Brooklyn Nets 134-pts-110 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1435 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 3-1 and a Game 2 record of 1-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 2 record of 0-2.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NBA regular season, the Toronto Raptors finished 18 games ahead of the Brooklyn Nets. From 1947 through the 2019 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 18 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 8-0 (1.000) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1435 is the 17th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Toronto Raptors, and the sixth for the Brooklyn Nets. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Toronto Raptors have an all-rounds series record of 8-8 (with an active four-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion), a Preliminary-round series record of 4-4 (with an active four-Preliminary-round-series winning streak), and a Game 1 record of 4-12, while the Brooklyn Nets have an all-rounds series record of 1-4, a Preliminary-round series record of 1-3, and a Game 1 record of 3-2. Series 1435 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Toronto Raptors and the Brooklyn Nets. Brooklyn won the only previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series between these two entities (series 1238, in the 2014 NBA Preliminary round).