The team playing Game 1 @ H (Golden State) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2015 NBA Quarterfinals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 856-421 (.670)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 201-119 (.628)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 359-121 (.748)
series record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 78-38 (.672)
Game 1 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 851-426 (.666)
Game 1 record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 206-114 (.644)
Game 1 record, NBA only, all rounds: 352-128 (.733)
Game 1 record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 82-34 (.707)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1277 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2015 NBA and NHL Quarterfinals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.
SERIES NOTES:
Pre-series assessment: In the 2014-15 NBA regular season, the Golden State Warriors finished eleven games ahead of the Houston Rockets. From 1947 through the 2015 NBA Quarterfinals, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by eleven regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 22-5 (.815) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1282 is the 20th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Golden State Warriors, and the 32nd for the Houston Rockets. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Golden State Warriors have an all-rounds series record of 9-10, a Semifinals-round series record of 1-2, and a Game 1 record of 10-9, while the Houston Rockets have an all-rounds series record of 15-16, a Semifinals-round series record of 4-2, and a Game 1 record of 13-18.
