Schedule and 2020-21 Results
Regular Season Records: Philadelphia 49-23, Washington 34-38
Game 1 on Sunday, 23 May: Washington loses at Philadelphia, 125-pts-118
Game 2 on Wednesday, 26 May: Washington loses at Philadelphia, 120-pts-95
Game 3 on Saturday, 29 May: Philadelphia wins at Washington, 132-pts-103
Game 4 on Monday, 31 May: Philadelphia loses at Washington, 122-pts-114
Game 5 on Wednesday, 2 June: Washington loses at Philadelphia, 129-pts-112

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Philadelphia 76ers hosted and topped the Washington Wizards 129-pts-112 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1467 victory. With the series 1467 win, the Philadelphia 76ers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 22-28 overall and 5-5 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1467 loss, the Washington Wizards see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 4-9 overall and 4-5 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Philadelphia 76ers in series 1467 was WWWLW: Series 1467 thus becomes the eleventh NBA Preliminary-round series, the 41st NBA series (all rounds), and the 98th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The last best-of-7 NBA playoff series victory for the Washington Wizards remains in the 2017 NBA Preliminary round.

After Game 4: The Washington Wizards hosted and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 122-pts-114 to drop the Philadelphia 76ers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1467 lead to 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 12-2 (with an active seven-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 6-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Washington Wizards have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 5 record of 2-0.

After Game 3: The Philadelphia 76ers visited and bested the Washington Wizards 132-pts-103 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1467 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 6-0 and a Game 4 record of 4-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Washington Wizards have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 4 record of 0-2.

After Game 2: The Philadelphia 76ers hosted and defeated the Washington Wizards 120-pts-95 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1467 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 11-1 (with an active eight-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 6-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Washington Wizards have a series record of 1-5 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 3 record of 4-2.

After Game 1: The Philadelphia 76ers hosted and defeated the Washington Wizards 125-pts-118 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1467 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 16-7 and a Game 2 record of 12-11. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Washington Wizards have a series record of 1-6 (with an active six-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 1-6 (with an active four-Game 2 losing streak). The series 1467 Game 1 victory by the Philadelphia 76ers ends a best-of-7 NBA playoffs four-Game 1 losing streak. In their last nine best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Game 2 outcome for the Washington Wizards has presaged their series outcome (three wins, six losses) irrespective of Game 1 outcome.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2020-21 NBA regular season, the Philadelphia 76ers finished fifteen games ahead of the Washington Wizards. From 1947 through the 2020 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by fifteen regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 7-3 (.700) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1467 is the 50th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Philadelphia 76ers, and the 13th for the Washington Wizards. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Philadelphia 76ers have an all-rounds series record of 21-28, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-5, and a Game 1 record of 23-26 (with an active four-Game 1 losing streak), while the Washington Wizards have an all-rounds series record of 4-8, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-4, and a Game 1 record of 5-7. Series 1467 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Washington Wizards. The Philadelphia 76ers did meet the precursor to the Washington Wizards (the old Washington Bullets) once in best-of-7 NBA playoff action, defeating the old Bullets in series 348 (in the 1978 NBA Semifinals).