Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Los Angeles Clippers 49-23, Denver 46-27
Game 1 on Thursday, 03 September: Denver loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 120-pts-97
Game 2 on Saturday, 05 September: Denver wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 110-pts-101
Game 3 on Monday, 07 September: Los Angeles Clippers win at Denver, 113-pts-107
Game 4 on Wednesday, 09 September: Los Angeles Clippers win at Denver, 96-pts-85
Game 5 on Friday, 11 September: Denver wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 111-pts-105
Game 6 on Sunday, 13 September: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Denver, 111-pts-98
Game 7 on Tuesday, 15 September: Denver wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 104-pts-89

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The Denver Nuggets visited and bested the Los Angeles Clippers 104-pts-89 to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1445 victory. With the series 1445 win, the Denver Nuggets improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 7-18 overall and 4-6 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1445 loss, the Los Angeles Clippers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 5-9 overall and 0-5 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Denver Nuggets in series 1445 was LWLLWWW: Series 1445 thus becomes the third NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the seventh NBA series (all rounds), and the 24th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. With their series 1445 comeback victory, the Denver Nuggets become only the second MLB/NBA/NHL team to achieve two successful comebacks from 3-games-1 deficits to win 4-games-3 in the same playoff season (the first was the Kansas City Royals in 1985).

After Game 6: The Denver Nuggets hosted and bested the Los Angeles Clippers 111-pts-98 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1445 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have a Game 7 record of 3-3, while the Denver Nuggets have a Game 7 record of 3-3. The Los Angeles Clippers have a 2-1 Game 7 record in Los Angeles. The Denver Nuggets have a 0-2 Game 7 record on the road. In series 1445 Game 6, the Denver Nuggets trailed the pseudo-visiting Los Angeles Clippers by 16 points as late as after two quarters, but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, home teams down 16 points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 0-11 (.000) - the Denver Nuggets thus achieve a grade-A in-game comeback.

After Game 5: The Denver Nuggets visited and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 111-pts-105 to reduce the Los Angeles Clippers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1445 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 3-1 and a Game 6 record of 1-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 1-9 and a Game 6 record of 3-7. The Denver Nuggets trailed the pseudo-host Los Angeles Clippers by 12 points as late as after two quarters but won: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, road teams down 12 points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 6-65 (.085) - the Denver Nuggets thus achieve a grade-A in-game comeback.

After Game 4: The Los Angeles Clippers visited and defeated the Denver Nuggets 96-pts-85 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1445 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 5 record of 1-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 1-13 and a Game 5 record of 7-7. The sole Denver Nuggets series victory in the wake of a 3-games-1 deficit occurred in their last such series, in series 1440 over the Utah Jazz in the 2020 NBA Preliminary round.

After Game 3: The Los Angeles Clippers visited and bested the Denver Nuggets 113-pts-107 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1445 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 4-4 and a Game 4 record of 3-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 2-13 and a Game 4 record of 4-11. In Game 3 of their best-of-7 NBA Quarterfinals series, the Los Angeles Clippers trailed their pseudo-host Denver Nuggets by four points as late as after three quarters but prevailed. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, road teams down four points as late as after three quarters had a game record of only 30-91 (.248) - the Los Angeles Clippers thus achieve a grade-C in-game comeback.

After Game 2: The Denver Nuggets visited and topped the Los Angeles Clippers 110-pts-101 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1445 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 4-5 and a Game 3 record of 5-4, while the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 2-10 and a Game 3 record of 1-11 (with an active eight-Game 3 losing streak).

After Game 1: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and bested the Denver Nuggets 120-pts-97 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1445 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 4-4 and a Game 2 record of 3-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 1-11 and a Game 2 record of 4-8.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Clippers finished 3.5 games ahead of the Denver Nuggets. From 1947 through the 2019 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 3.5 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 0-1 (.000) in those series against those opponents (obviously a limited sample size due to the unequal number of 2019-2020 NBA regular season games played by Denver and the Clippers). MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1445 is the 14th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Los Angeles Clippers, and the 25th for the Denver Nuggets. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have an all-rounds series record of 5-8, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 0-4, and a Game 1 record of 8-5, while the Denver Nuggets have an all-rounds series record of 6-18, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 3-6, and a Game 1 record of 12-12. Series 1445 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Denver Nuggets. In their only previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series battle, the Clippers defeated Denver in series 978, in the 2006 NBA Preliminary round.