Schedule and 2025-26 Results
Regular Season Records: Denver 54-28, Minnesota 49-33
Game 1 on Saturday, 18 April: Minnesota loses at Denver, 116-pts-105
Game 2 on Monday, 20 April: Minnesota wins at Denver, 119-pts-114
Game 3 on Thursday, 23 April: Denver loses at Minnesota, 113-pts-96
Game 4 on Saturday, 25 April: Denver loses at Minnesota, 112-pts-96
Game 5 on Monday, 27 April: Minnesota loses at Denver, 125-pts-113
Game 6 on Thursday, 30 April: Denver at Minnesota
Game 7* on Saturday, 02 May: Minnesota at Denver
* if needed

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 3-games-2:
Ignoring win order; ignoring site order: The team leading 3-games-2 irrespective of site order (Minnesota) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 745-188 (.798)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 233-54 (.812)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 300-57 (.840)
series record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 79-11 (.878)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 514-419 (.551)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 170-117 (.592)
Game 6 record, NBA only, all rounds: 202-155 (.566)
Game 6 record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 57-33 (.633)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1616 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 3-games-2 @ VVHHV:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team leading 3-games-2 with site order VVHHV (Minnesota) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 226-68 (.769)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 83-29 (.741)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 86-28 (.754)
series record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 27-9 (.750)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 180-114 (.612)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 67-45 (.598)
Game 6 record, NBA only, all rounds: 70-44 (.614)
Game 6 record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 21-15 (.583)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1616 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading LWWWL:
Considering win order; ignoring site order: The team leading LWWWL irrespective of site order (Minnesota) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 75-17 (.815)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 20-9 (.690)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 24-4 (.857)
series record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 8-2 (.800)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 57-35 (.620)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 15-14 (.517)
Game 6 record, NBA only, all rounds: 17-11 (.607)
Game 6 record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 7-3 (.700)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1616 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading LWWWL @ VVHHV:
Considering win order; considering site order: The team leading LWWWL with site order VVHHV (Minnesota) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 36-5 (.878)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 14-3 (.824)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 18-3 (.857)
series record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 8-2 (.800)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 26-15 (.634)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 11-6 (.647)
Game 6 record, NBA only, all rounds: 14-7 (.667)
Game 6 record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 7-3 (.700)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1616 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Denver Nuggets hosted and bested the Minnesota Timberwolves 125-pts-113 to reduce the Minnesota Timberwolves best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1638 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 6 record of 0-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 2-10 and a Game 6 record of 5-7. Prior to series 1638, the sole best-of-7 NBA playoff series which the Minnesota Timberwolves led 3-games-2 was series 931, against the Sacramento Kings in the 2004 NBA Quarterfinals: Minnesota lost Game 6 but then won Game 7 and the series. The sole victories by the Denver Nuggets upon trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-2 occurred in series 1440 (over the Utah Jazz in the 2020 NBA Preliminary round), and in series 1445 (over the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2020 NBA Quarterfinals round). Four times have the Denver Nuggets been on the receiving end of a LWWWL @ VVHHV win/site order in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series (as they now are in series 1638): Their series record in such series is 1-3.

After Game 4: The Minnesota Timberwolves hosted and defeated the Denver Nuggets 112-pts-96 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1638 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a series record of 3-0 and a Game 5 record of 3-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 2-15 and a Game 5 record of 8-9. The first best-of-7 NBA playoff series opponent which the Minnesota Timberwolves led 3-games-1 and dispatched in Game 5 was also the Denver Nuggets, in series 925 (in the 2004 NBA Preliminary round). The only two best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which the Denver Nuggets rallied from a 3-games-1 deficit for a 4-games-3 victory occurred in 2020, when Denver won series 1440 (over the Utah Jazz in the 2020 NBA Preliminary round) and then won series 1445 (over the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2020 NBA Quarterfinals round).

After Game 3: The Minnesota Timberwolves hosted and defeated the Denver Nuggets 113-pts-96 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1638 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a series record of 5-1 (with an active five-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 3-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 4-15 and a Game 4 record of 6-13. With their series 1638 Game 3 victory, the Minnesota Timberwolves now have an active four-Game 3 winning streak in best-of-7 NBA playoff series.

After Game 2: The Minnesota Timberwolves visited and defeated the Denver Nuggets 119-pts-114 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1638 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 6-11 and a Game 3 record of 4-13, while the Minnesota Timberwolves have a series record of 3-3 and a Game 3 record of 4-2. Irrespective of Game 1 outcome in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Denver Nuggets now have an active four-Game 2 losing streak in such series. The Minnesota Timberwolves trailed the host Denver Nuggets by 14 points as late as after one quarter of their series 1638 Game 2, but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 19 April 2026, inclusive, road teams down 14 points as late as after one quarter had a game record of only 7-44 (.137) - the Minnesota Timberwolves thus achieve a grade-B (.100 - .199) in-game comeback in series 1638 Game 2.

After Game 1: The Denver Nuggets hosted and defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-pts-105 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1638 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 11-8 and a Game 2 record of 8-11. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a series record of 2-6 and a Game 2 record of 4-4. Trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the Minnesota Timberwolves have seen their Game 2 outcome presage their series outcome in their last five such series (one win, four losses). The Denver Nuggets trailed the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves by ten points as late as after one quarter of series 1638 Game 1, but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2025, inclusive, home teams down ten points as late as after one quarter had a game record of only 19-36 (.345).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2025-26 NBA regular season, the Denver Nuggets finished five games ahead of the Minnesota Timberwolves. From 1947 through the 2025 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by five regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 30-13 (.698) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1638 is the 38th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Denver Nuggets, and the 14th for the Minnesota Timberwolves. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Denver Nuggets have an all-rounds series record of 14-23, a Preliminary-round series record of 7-10, and a Game 1 record of 19-18, while the Minnesota Timberwolves have an all-rounds series record of 6-7, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-4, and a Game 1 record of 5-8. Series 1638 is the fourth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Denver Nuggets in two of their previous three best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings.