Schedule and 2007 Results
Regular Season Records: San Antonio 58-24, Denver 45-37
Game 1 on Sunday, 22 April: Denver wins at San Antonio, 95-pts-89
Game 2 on Wednesday, 25 April: Denver loses at San Antonio, 97-pts-88
Game 3 on Saturday, 28 April: San Antonio wins at Denver, 96-pts-91
Game 4 on Monday, 30 April: San Antonio wins at Denver, 96-pts-89
Game 5 on Wednesday, 2 May: Denver loses at San Antonio, 93-pts-78

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: With best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1011 having returned to Texas for Game 5, the host San Antonio Spurs defeated the Denver Nuggets 93-pts-78; San Antonio thus achieves a 4-games-1 series 1011 victory. The series 1011 win improves the San Antonio best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 19-14 overall and 5-0 in the NBA Preliminary round. The series 1011 loss drops the Denver best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 2-11 overall (with an active eight-series losing streak) and 0-4 in the NBA Preliminary round. The victorious San Antonio Spurs posted a series 1011 win order of LWWWW: Series 1011 thus becomes the second NBA Preliminary-round series, the 14th NBA series (all rounds), and the 48th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order within a best-of-7 format.

After Game 4: With best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1011 in Denver for Games 3-4, the San Antonio Spurs visited and defeated the Denver Nuggets 96-pts-89 to take a 3-games-1 series lead. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-1, the San Antonio Spurs have a 9-1 series record with an eight-series winning streak, and a 6-4 Game 5 record. When trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-1, the Denver Nuggets have a 0-8 series record and a 3-5 Game 5 record with a three-Game 5 losing streak. The win/site order for San Antonio in series 1011 is LWWW @ HHVV: Once before has this win/site order been seen in a best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round playoff series - in series 944, the San Antonio Spurs lost Game 1, but won Games 2-4 with Games 1-2 at home and Games 3-4 on the road. The opponent for the Spurs in series 944? The Denver Nuggets - San Antonio's opponent in series 1011. In series 944, San Antonio won Game 5 to win their 2005 NBA Preliminary-round series 4-games-1.

After Game 3: With best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1011 in Denver for Games 3-4, the San Antonio Spurs visited and defeated the Denver Nuggets 96-pts-91 to take a 2-games-1 series lead. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-1, the San Antonio Spurs have a 12-2 series record with a four-series winning streak, and a 7-7 Game 4 record with a three-Game 4 losing streak. When trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-1, the Denver Nuggets have a 0-7 series record and a 1-6 Game 4 record with a three-Game 4 losing streak. One of these two three-Game 4 losing streaks will thus end in series 1011 Game 4.

After Game 2: Tying best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1011 at 1-game-all, the San Antonio Spurs hosted and defeated the Denver Nuggets 97-pts-88. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the San Antonio Spurs have a 5-7 series record and a 6-6 Game 3 record, while the Denver Nuggets have a 0-5 series record and a 1-4 Game 3 record. Series 1011 now moves to Denver for Games 3-4.

After Game 1: The Denver Nuggets visited and defeated the San Antonio Spurs 95-pts-89 to take a 1-game-nil lead in best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1011. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 2-3 and a Game 2 record of 2-3; when trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 3-10 (but with an active three-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 7-6 (with an active four-Game 2 winning streak).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2006-07 NBA regular season, San Antonio finished 13 games ahead of Denver. From 1947 through the 2006 NBA Finals, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 13 regular-season games, they have posted a 5-0 (1.000) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1011 is the 13th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for Denver, and the 33rd for San Antonio. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Denver has a 2-10 series record (with an active seven-series losing streak), a 0-3 Prelim-round series record, and a 5-7 Game 1 record, while San Antonio has an 18-14 series record, a 4-0 Prelim-round record, and a 19-13 Game 1 record (with an active five-Game 1 winning streak). Series 1011 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between Denver and San Antonio: San Antonio won the previous two (series 422 in the 1983 NBA Quarterfinals; series 944 in the 2005 NBA Preliminary round).