I posted this on RealGM yesterday, but basically I put together some simple stats looking at the ten 1/8 series over the last 5 years. -#1 teams are of course 9-1 in those series (Dal/GS being the exception) -#1 teams are 38-14 in their series, which comes to an average series of 4-1 in favor of the top seeds -The average differential of all games in all series is +7 points -Going through each individual series, here are the point differentials for the series, from highest to lowest: 16 (CLE/DET) 13 (LAL/DEN) 12 (BOS/ATL) 9 (CLE/CHI) 9 (LAL/UTA) 9 (DET/ORL) 8 (DET/MIL) 4 (SA/SAC) 2 (LAL/OKC) -7 (DAL/GS) Of the 10 series: -3 were sweeps -3 were won in 5 games -2 were won in 6 games -1 was won in 7 games -1 was lost in 6 games Right now the Bulls differential for the series is 5.5 points, which would be amongst the closer series of the last 5 years, but so far we haven't lost. Based on the last 10 series, there is only a 30% chance to sweep the series, so it's nothing to be ashamed about if we drop one this weekend in Indy.