Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Los Angeles Lakers 52-19, Denver 46-27
Game 1 on Friday, 18 September: Denver loses at Los Angeles Lakers, 126-pts-114
Game 2 on Sunday, 20 September: Denver loses at Los Angeles Lakers, 105-pts-103
Game 3 on Tuesday, 22 September: Los Angeles Lakers lose at Denver, 114-pts-106
Game 4 on Thursday, 24 September: Los Angeles Lakers win at Denver, 114-pts-108
Game 5 on Saturday, 26 September: Denver loses at Los Angeles Lakers, 117-pts-107

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Los Angeles Lakers hosted and outscored the Denver Nuggets 117-pts-107 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1447 victory. With the series 1447 win, the Los Angeles Lakers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 71-31 overall and 26-5 (with an active eight-Semifinals series winning streak) in the Semifinals round. With the series 1447 loss, the Denver Nuggets see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 7-19 overall and 0-4 in the Semifinals round. The win order for the victorious Los Angeles Lakers in series 1447 was WWLWW: Series 1447 thus becomes the 12th NBA Semifinals-round series, the 62nd NBA series (all rounds), and the 126th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Game 5 loss in series 1447 by the Denver Nuggets ends their best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 5 winning streak at six.

After Game 4: The Los Angeles Lakers visited and defeated the Denver Nuggets 114-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1447 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 33-1 (with an active six-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 22-12. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 2-13 and a Game 5 record of 8-7. The sole Los Angeles Lakers loss in the wake of a 3-games-1 lead in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series occurred in series 977, to the Phoenix Suns in the 2006 NBA Preliminary round. The Denver comebacks from 3-games-1 deficits occurred in the 2020 NBA Preliminary round and Quarterfinals round.

After Game 3: The Denver Nuggets hosted and bested the Los Angeles Lakers 114-pts-106 to drop the Los Angeles Lakers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1447 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 44-5 (with an active 13-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 27-22. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 3-13 and a Game 4 record of 4-12. Irrespective of outcomes in Games 1-3, the Los Angeles Lakers have had their Game 4 outcome presage their series outcome in their last six best-of-7 NBA playoff series prior to the current series 1447.

After Game 2: The Los Angeles Lakers hosted and bested the Denver Nuggets 105-pts-103 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1447 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 42-1 (with an active 35-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 20-23. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 0-8 and a Game 3 record of 4-4. The sole Los Angeles Lakers loss in the wake of a 2-games-nil lead in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series occurred in series 215, to the Boston Celtics in the 1969 NBA Finals.

After Game 1: The Los Angeles Lakers hosted and defeated the Denver Nuggets 126-pts-114 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1447 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 57-7 (with an active 22-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 43-21. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 2-11 and a Game 2 record of 5-8. The two best-of-7 NBA playoff series comeback victories by the Denver Nuggets upon having trailed 1-game-nil occurred in their last two such series.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers finished seven games ahead of the Denver Nuggets. From 1947 through the 2020 NBA Quarterfinals 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 26-6 (.813) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1447 is the 102nd best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Los Angeles Lakers, and the 26th for the Denver Nuggets. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Los Angeles Lakers have an all-rounds series record of 70-31, a Semifinals-round series record of 25-5 (with an active seven-Semifinals series winning streak), and a Game 1 record of 64-37 (with an active four-Game 1 losing streak), while the Denver Nuggets have an all-rounds series record of 7-18, a Semifinals-round series record of 0-3, and a Game 1 record of 12-13. Series 1447 is the fifth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets. The Los Angeles Lakers won all four of the previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series pitting the Lakers against the Denver Nuggets.