Schedule and 2022-23 Results
Regular Season Records: Denver 53-29, Minnesota 42-40
Game 1 on Sunday, 16 April: Minnesota loses at Denver, 109-pts-80
Game 2 on Wednesday, 19 April: Minnesota loses at Denver, 122-pts-113
Game 3 on Friday, 21 April: Denver wins at Minnesota, 120-pts-111
Game 4 on Sunday, 23 April: Denver loses at Minnesota, 114-pts-108(OT)
Game 5 on Tuesday, 25 April: Minnesota loses at Denver, 112-pts-109

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Denver Nuggets hosted and defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 112-pts-109 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1537 victory. With the series 1537 win, the Denver Nuggets improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 9-21 overall and 5-10 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1537 loss, the Minnesota Timberwolves see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 2-5 (with an active four-series losing streak) overall and 1-4 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Denver Nuggets in series 1537 was WWWLW: Series 1537 thus becomes the 13th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 44th NBA series (all rounds), and the 102nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 4: The Minnesota Timberwolves hosted and defeated the Denver Nuggets 114-pts-108(OT) to reduce the Denver Nuggets best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1537 lead to 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 4-0 and a Game 5 record of 3-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 5 record of 1-1. With their series 1537 Game 4 overtime victory, the Minnesota Timberwolves stave off a four-game sweep at the hands of the Denver Nuggets, and are one-fourth of the way to a 4-games-3 series victory.

After Game 3: The Denver Nuggets visited and topped the Minnesota Timberwolves 120-pts-111 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1537 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-0. The previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series led 3-games-nil by the Denver Nuggets was series 1082 (in the 2009 NBA Quarterfinals, against the Dallas Mavericks), won by the Nuggets in five games.

After Game 2: The Denver Nuggets hosted and topped the Minnesota Timberwolves 122-pts-113 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1537 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 4-0 and a Game 3 record of 1-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 3 record of 1-0.

After Game 1: The Denver Nuggets hosted and defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 109-pts-80 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1537 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 5-7 and a Game 2 record of 4-8 (with an active four-Game 2 losing streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a series record of 1-3 and a Game 2 record of 3-1. The Denver Nuggets brought a five-Game 1 losing streak into series 1537, which they ended with their series 1537 Game 1 victory over Minnesota.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2022-23 NBA regular season, the Denver Nuggets finished 11 games ahead of the Minnesota Timberwolves. From 1947 through the 2022 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 11 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 27-5 (.844) with an active nine-series winning streak in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1537 is the 30th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Denver Nuggets, and the seventh for the Minnesota Timberwolves. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Denver Nuggets have an all-rounds series record of 8-21, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-10, and a Game 1 record of 12-17 (with an active five-Game 1 losing streak), while the Minnesota Timberwolves have an all-rounds series record of 2-4, a Preliminary-round series record of 1-3, and a Game 1 record of 2-4. Series 1537 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Denver Nuggets in their only previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting, in five games in the 2004 NBA Preliminary round (in best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 925).