Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Los Angeles Clippers 49-23, Dallas 43-32
Game 1 on Monday, 17 August: Dallas loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 118-pts-110
Game 2 on Wednesday, 19 August: Dallas wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 127-pts-114
Game 3 on Friday, 21 August: Los Angeles Clippers win at Dallas, 130-pts-122
Game 4 on Sunday, 23 August: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Dallas, 135-pts-133 (OT)
Game 5 on Tuesday, 25 August: Dallas loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 154-pts-111
Game 6 on Sunday, 30 August: Los Angeles Clippers win at Dallas, 111-pts-97

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Los Angeles Clippers visited and bested the Dallas Mavericks 111-pts-97 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1439 victory.With the series 1439 win, the Los Angeles Clippers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 5-8 overall and 5-4 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1439 loss, the Dallas Mavericks see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 12-18 (with an active five-series losing streak) overall and 5-9 (with an active five-Preliminary round series losing streak) in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Los Angeles Clippers in series 1439 was WLWLWW: Series 1439 thus becomes the third NBA Preliminary-round series, the 24th NBA series (all rounds), and the 46th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The series 1439 victory by the Los Angeles Clippers is the first by the Clippers since series 1275, in the 2015 NBA Preliminary round over the San Antonio Spurs in a seven-game battle. The last best-of-7 NBA playoff series win by the Dallas Mavericks was series 1151, in the 2011 NBA Finals. The 760 total points by the Los Angeles Clippers in series 1439 are the most ever by one team in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series lasting six games (in any round). The 1462 total points by the Los Angeles Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks in series 1439 are the most ever by both teams in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series lasting six games (in any round).

After Game 5: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 154-pts-111 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1439 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 6 record of 0-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 0-8 and a Game 6 record of 2-6. The 154 points by the Los Angeles Clippers in series 1439 Game 5 is the second-most ever by one team in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game, next only to the 156 points by the Milwaukee Bucks in Philadelphia against the 76ers, in series 224 Game 3 in the 1970 NBA Quarterfinals.

After Game 4: The Dallas Mavericks hosted and outscored the Los Angeles Clippers 135-pts-133 (OT) to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1439 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 2-5 and a Game 5 record of 1-6 (with an active four-Game 5 losing streak), while the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 6-5 and a Game 5 record of 6-5. The Dallas Mavericks trailed the pseudo-visiting Los Angeles Clippers by ten points after one quarter, but won: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series beginning in 1947, home teams down ten points after one quarter had a game record of only 16-30 (.348). Tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Dallas Mavericks have seen their Game 5 outcome presage their series outcome in all eleven such series for the Mavericks.

After Game 3: The Los Angeles Clippers visited and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 130-pts-122 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1439 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 3-4 and a Game 4 record of 3-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 3-11 and a Game 4 record of 6-8. The 45-point second quarter by the Los Angeles Clippers in series 1439 Game 3 is the highest-scoring second quarter ever by a road team in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game, and is the second-highest-scoring second quarter by a team in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game irrespective of site (next only to the 46-point second quarters by the Boston Celtics, at home in series 136 Game 1 in the 1960 NBA Finals against the old St. Louis Hawks, and at home in series 195 Game 1 in the 1968 NBA Quarterfinals against the Detroit Pistons).

After Game 2: The Dallas Mavericks visited and bested the Los Angeles Clippers 127-pts-114 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1439 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 3-5 and a Game 3 record of 4-4, while the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 7-7 and a Game 3 record of 6-8.

After Game 1: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and topped the Dallas Mavericks 118-pts-110 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1439 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 3-4 and a Game 2 record of 3-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 6-14 and a Game 2 record of 10-10. The series 1439 Game 1 loss by the Dallas Mavericks is their sixth consecutive best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 1 defeat.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Clippers finished 7.5 games ahead of the Dallas Mavericks. From 1947 through the 2019 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 7.5 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 0-0 (---) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1439 is the 13th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Los Angeles Clippers, and the 30th for the Dallas Mavericks. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have an all-rounds series record of 4-8 (with an active four-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 4-4, and a Game 1 record of 7-5, while the Dallas Mavericks have an all-rounds series record of 12-17 (with an active four-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 5-8 (with an active four-Preliminary-round series losing streak), and a Game 1 record of 9-20 (with an active five-Game 1 losing streak). Series 1439 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks.