Schedule and 2008-09 Results
Regular Season Records: Denver 54-28, Dallas 50-32
Game 1 on Sunday, 03 May: Dallas loses at Denver, 109-pts-95
Game 2 on Tuesday, 05 May: Dallas loses at Denver, 117-pts-105
Game 3 on Saturday, 09 May: Denver wins at Dallas, 106-pts-105
Game 4 on Monday, 11 May: Denver loses at Dallas, 119-pts-117
Game 5 on Wednesday, 13 May: Dallas loses at Denver, 124-pts-110

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Denver Nuggets defeated the Dallas Mavericks 4-games-1 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1082. Denver will meet the winner of series 1081 between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers in series 1084, in the 2009 NBA Semifinals (i.e., the Western Conference Finals). The series 1082 victory improves the Denver Nuggets' best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 4-12 overall and 3-5 in the Quarterfinals; the series 1082 loss drops the Dallas Mavericks' best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 8-12 overall and 3-6 in the Quarterfinals. The win order for the victorious Denver Nuggets in series 1082 was WWWLW: Series 1082 thus becomes the 15th NBA Quarterfinals series, the 26th NBA series (all rounds), and the 72nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Denver and Dallas combined for 1107 total points in series 1082. Those 1107 points are the most total points in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series lasting five games since series 618, in which the Portland Trailblazers and Phoenix Suns teamed for 1238 total points in Portland's 4-games-1 victory in the 1992 NBA Quarterfinals round. The 1107 total points are the 20th most ever in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series lasting five games.