Schedule and 2020-21 Results:
Regular Season Records: Phoenix 51-21, Denver 47-25
Game 1 on Monday, 07 June: Denver loses at Phoenix, 122-pts-105
Game 2 on Wednesday, 09 June: Denver loses at Phoenix, 123-pts-98
Game 3 on Friday, 11 June: Phoenix wins at Denver, 116-pts-102
Game 4 on Sunday, 13 June: Phoenix wins at Denver, 125-pts-118

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Phoenix Suns visited and bested the Denver Nuggets 125-pts-118 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1478 victory. With the series 1478 win, the Phoenix Suns improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 17-20 overall and 10-9 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1478 loss, the Denver Nuggets see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 8-20 overall and 4-7 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Phoenix Suns in series 1478 was WWWW: Series 1478 thus becomes the 30th NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the 89th NBA series (all rounds), and the 243rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the Denver Nuggets have seen their Game 2 outcome match their series outcome now in their last seven such series. Trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-nil, the Denver Nuggets see their series record fall to 0-10.

After Game 3: The Phoenix Suns visited and defeated the Denver Nuggets 116-pts-102 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1478 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 2-0 and a Game 4 record of 2-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 0-4 and a Game 4 record of 3-1. In series 1478, the Denver Nuggets become the 380th MLB/NBA/NHL playoff team to fall behind 3-games-nil within a best-of-7 framework, and will attempt to become the sixth MLB/NBA/NHL team to surmount that deficit for a 4-games-3 series victory. Since the 2014 NHL and NBA Preliminary rounds (when the NHL Los Angeles Kings achieved the last such comeback victory), MLB/NBA/NHL teams up 3-games-nil have an active sixty-series winning streak. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series history, teams leading 3-games-nil have a 142-0 series record.

After Game 2: The Phoenix Suns hosted and topped the Denver Nuggets 123-pts-98 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1478 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 4-2 and a Game 3 record of 2-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 0-9 and a Game 3 record of 5-4.

After Game 1: The Phoenix Suns hosted and defeated the Denver Nuggets 122-pts-105 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1478 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 12-5 and a Game 2 record of 6-11. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 3-12 and a Game 2 record of 6-9. Trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the Denver Nuggets have seen their Game 2 outcome match their series outcome in their last six such series.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2020-21 NBA regular season, the Phoenix Suns finished four games ahead of the Denver Nuggets. From 1947 through the 2021 NBA Preliminary round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 29-12 (.707, with an active five-series winning streak) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1478 is the 37th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Phoenix Suns, and the 28th for the Denver Nuggets. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Phoenix Suns have an all-rounds series record of 16-20, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 9-9, and a Game 1 record of 17-19, while the Denver Nuggets have an all-rounds series record of 8-19, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 4-6, and a Game 1 record of 12-15. Series 1478 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets.