Schedule and 2020-21 Results
Regular Season Records: Brooklyn 48-24, Boston 36-36
Game 1 on Saturday, 22 May: Boston loses at Brooklyn, 104-pts-93
Game 2 on Tuesday, 25 May: Boston loses at Brooklyn, 130-pts-108
Game 3 on Friday, 28 May: Brooklyn loses at Boston, 125-pts-119
Game 4 on Sunday, 30 May: Brooklyn wins at Boston, 141-pts-126
Game 5 on Tuesday, 1 June: Boston loses at Brooklyn, 123-pts-109

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Brooklyn Nets hosted and bested the Boston Celtics 123-pts-109 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1468 victory. With the series 1468 win, the Brooklyn Nets improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 2-5 overall and 2-4 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1468 loss, the Boston Celtics see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 69-30 overall and 10-6 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Brooklyn Nets in series 1468 was WWLWW: Series 1468 thus becomes the 20th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 63rd NBA series (all rounds), and the 127th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The series 1468 victory by the Brooklyn Nets ends their best-of-7 NBA playoff series losing streak at four series. The series 1468 loss by the Boston Celtics ends their best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round playoff series winning streak at four Preliminary-round series.

After Game 4: The Brooklyn Nets visited and defeated the Boston Celtics 141-pts-126 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1468 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 5 record of 0-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 2-12 (with an active seven-series losing streak) and a Game 5 record of 8-6. Series 1468 Game 4 presented the most total points (267 by both teams) in a road team victory since series 1435 Game 4, in which the Toronto Raptors and the Nets in Brooklyn combined for 272 points in the 150-pts-122 Toronto victory in the 2020 NBA Preliminary round. Series 1468 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series led 3-games-1 by the Nets as the Brooklyn Nets; the precursor entity to the Brooklyn Nets (the New Jersey Nets) had a 2-0 series record and a 1-1 Game 5 record upon leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-1.

After Game 3: The Boston Celtics hosted and defeated the Brooklyn Nets 125-pts-119 to drop the Brooklyn Nets best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1468 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 10-19 and a Game 4 record of 17-12.

After Game 2: The Brooklyn Nets hosted and bested the Boston Celtics 130-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1468 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 3 record of 0-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 2-14 and a Game 3 record of 10-6 (with an active four-Game 3 winning streak). Series 1468 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series which the Nets as the Brooklyn Nets have led 2-games-nil.

After Game 1: The Brooklyn Nets hosted and defeated the Boston Celtics 104-pts-93 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1468 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 1-2 and a Game 2 record of 0-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 11-22 and a Game 2 record of 7-16 (with an active seven-Game 2 losing streak). The Brooklyn Nets trailed the visiting Boston Celtics by six points as late as after two quarters but won: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, home teams down six points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 35-64 (.354) - the Brooklyn Nets thus achieve a grade-D in-game comeback in series 1468 Game 1.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2020-21 NBA regular season, the Brooklyn Nets finished twelve games ahead of the Boston Celtics. From 1947 through the 2020 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by twelve regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 24-4 (.857) with an active nine-series winning streak in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1468 is the seventh best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Brooklyn Nets, and the 99th for the Boston Celtics. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Brooklyn Nets have an all-rounds series record of 1-5 (with an active four-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 1-4, and a Game 1 record of 3-3, while the Boston Celtics have an all-rounds series record of 69-29, a Preliminary-round series record of 10-5 (with an active four-series winning streak in the Preliminary round), and a Game 1 record of 65-33. Series 1468 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Brooklyn Nets and the Boston Celtics. The precursor to the Brooklyn Nets (the old New Jersey Nets) defeated the Boston Celtics in their two previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series, in the 2002 NBA Semifinals and the 2003 NBA Quarterfinals; series 1468 is the first between the Boston Celtics and the Nets as the Brooklyn Nets.