Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Boston 48-24, Philadelphia 43-30
Game 1 on Monday, 17 August: Philadelphia loses at Boston, 109-pts-101
Game 2 on Wednesday, 19 August: Philadelphia loses at Boston, 128-pts-101
Game 3 on Friday, 21 August: Boston wins at Philadelphia, 102-pts-94
Game 4 on Sunday, 23 August: Boston wins at Philadelphia, 110-pts-106

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Boston Celtics visited and bested the Philadelphia 76ers 110-pts-106 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1436 victory. With the series 1436 win, the Boston Celtics improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 68-28 overall and 10-5 (with an active four-series winning streak) in the Preliminary round. With the series 1436 loss, the Philadelphia 76ers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 21-28 overall and 4-5 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Boston Celtics in series 1436 was WWWW: Series 1436 thus becomes the 29th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 85th NBA series (all rounds), and the 236th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 3: The Boston Celtics visited and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 102-pts-94 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1436 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 15-0 and a Game 4 record of 6-9. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 0-6 and a Game 4 record of 5-1. The Philadelphia 76ers become the 371st 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 76ers become the 138th 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 Boston Celtics hosted and outscored the Philadelphia 76ers 128-pts-101 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1436 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 38-1 and a Game 3 record of 15-24. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 0-12 and a Game 3 record of 6-6.

After Game 1: The Boston Celtics hosted and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 109-pts-101 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1436 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 56-7 and a Game 2 record of 39-24. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 5-20 and a Game 2 record of 13-12. The series 1436 Game 1 victory by the Boston Celtics is their sixth consecutive best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 1 victory.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NBA regular season, the Boston Celtics finished 5.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers. From 1947 through the 2019 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 5.5 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 1-0 (1.000) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1436 is the 96th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Boston Celtics, and the 49th for the Philadelphia 76ers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Boston Celtics have an all-rounds series record of 67-28, a Preliminary-round series record of 9-5, and a Game 1 record of 63-32 (with an active five-Game 1 winning streak), while the Philadelphia 76ers have an all-rounds series record of 21-27, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-4, and a Game 1 record of 23-25. Series 1436 is the thirteenth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers. Boston won eight of the previous twelve best-of-7 NBA playoff series between these two teams, including the last three such series.