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Originally Posted by horse900703
We will win at home.
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Horse used a period?
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Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one
This game is on NBA TV? Are freaking kidding me?
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3/6 and 4/5 matchups tend to get at least one game on NBATV unfortunately.
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Originally Posted by SMC0007
What is the % of game 3 winners going on to win the series? I think it's pretty good.
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I can't find the 1-1 historical records for Game 3 specifically, but this is on the front page of whowins.com:
One-game-all (note 1):
Five of the eight 2009 NBA Preliminary-round series were tied 1-game-all after Wednesday. In these five, the Atlanta Hawks were the only home team to win Game 1 and lose Game 2; by contrast, the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs, and Portland Trailblazers each lost Game 1 but won Game 2 at home. So Boston, Orlando, San Antonio, and Portland have a "momentum" that Atlanta lacks, no? Well, historically, no - at least not in a series context. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series, teams such as Atlanta that win Game 1 and lose Game 2 at home have a 48-23 (.676) series record, while teams such as the other four (which lose Game 1 but win Game 2 at home) have only a 34-32 (.515) series record.
One-game-all (note 2):
On Monday, the Boston Celtics and San Antonio Spurs won Game 2 of their respective series at home, thereby tying their respective series 1-game-all. For the Chicago Bulls and Dallas Mavericks, then, the last NBA team to win Game 1 and lose Game 2 on the road but win their best-of-7 NBA playoff series was the San Antonio Spurs (in 2007, over the Phoenix Suns). The 2007 Spurs thus set a favorable precedent for the Dallas Mavericks against the 2009 Spurs (as well as for the Bulls against the Celtics). UPDATE: On Tuesday, the Houston Rockets joined Chicago and Dallas in this situation with the Game 2 win at home by the Portland Trailblazers.