Schedule and 2023-24 Results
Regular Season Records: Minnesota 56-26, Phoenix 49-33
Game 1 on Saturday, 20 April: Phoenix loses at Minnesota, 120-pts-95
Game 2 on Tuesday, 23 April: Phoenix loses at Minnesota, 105-pts-93
Game 3 on Friday, 26 April: Minnesota wins at Phoenix, 126-pts-109
Game 4 on Sunday, 28 April: Minnesota wins at Phoenix, 122-pts-116

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Minnesota Timberwolves visited and defeated the Phoenix Suns 122-pts-116 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1572 victory. With the series 1572 win, the Minnesota Timberwolves improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 3-5 overall and 2-4 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1572 loss, the Phoenix Suns see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 20-24 overall and 7-3 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Minnesota Timberwolves in series 1572 was WWWW: Series 1572 thus becomes the 35th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 93rd NBA series (all rounds), and the 253th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The series 1572 loss by the Phoenix Suns breaks a four-series best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round winning streak by the Phoenix Suns. The series 1572 win by the Minnesota Timberwolves breaks a four-series best-of-7 NBA playoff series losing streak by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

After Game 3: The Minnesota Timberwolves visited and bested the Phoenix Suns 126-pts-109 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1572 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading 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. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 0-6 and a Game 4 record of 4-2. The Minnesota Timberwolves have become the 401st MLB/NBA/NHL team to take a three-games-nil lead in a best-of-7 playoff series; the Phoenix Suns will attempt to become the sixth MLB/NBA/NHL team (and the first in the NBA) to surmount a three-games-nil deficit to win four-games-three.

After Game 2: The Minnesota Timberwolves hosted and bested the Phoenix Suns 105-pts-93 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1572 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 3 record of 0-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 0-14 and a Game 3 record of 8-6. The sole previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which the Minnesota Timberwolves led 2-games-nil was series 925, against the Denver Nuggets in the 2004 NBA Preliminary round; Minnesota won that series in five games.

After Game 1: The Minnesota Timberwolves hosted and bested the Phoenix Suns 120-pts-95 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1572 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 2 record of 1-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 5-16 and a Game 2 record of 7-14.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2023-24 NBA regular season, the Minnesota Timberwolves finished seven games ahead of the Phoenix Suns. From 1947 through the 2023 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by seven regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 28-6 (.824) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1572 is the eighth best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the 44th for the Phoenix Suns. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Minnesota Timberwolves have an all-rounds series record of 2-5 (with an active four-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 1-4, and a Game 1 record of 2-5, while the Phoenix Suns have an all-rounds series record of 20-23, a Preliminary-round series record of 7-2 (with an active four Preliminary-round series winning streak), and a Game 1 record of 22-21. Series 1572 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Phoenix Suns.