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The second-seeded Nuggets face a third-seeded Timberwolves team that gave them a tough test in the playoffs last year.
DENVER — The Denver Nuggets are moving on to the second round of the NBA playoffs after dispatching the Los Angeles Lakers in five games.
The No. 2 seed Nuggets will continue their quest for back-to-back championships with a best-of-seven playoff series against the No. 3 seed Minnesota Timberwolves.
The series begins Saturday at Ball Arena in Denver. Tickets are now on sale for all games.
The Timberwolves are coming off their first series win since 2004 and the first sweep in the franchise’s history.
“We did not want to get on that plane going back to L.A. And so now we can try to get ready for Saturday against a beast in Minnesota,” Nuggets head coach Michael Malone said Monday. “But I’ve got to give the Lakers a lot of credit. Man, that was a hard-fought series, a lot harder than 4-1 might indicate because we had to scrap for every game that we won in this series.”
Nuggets vs. Timberwolves series schedule
Start times and the TV schedule hasn’t yet been announced.
• Game 1: Wolves at Nuggets, Saturday, May 4
• Game 2: Wolves at Nuggets, Monday, May 6
• Game 3: Nuggets at Wolves, Friday, May 10
• Game 4: Nuggets at Wolves, Sunday, May 12
• Game 5: Wolves at Nuggets, Tuesday, May 14 *
• Game 6: Nuggets at Wolves, Thursday, May 16 *
• Game 7: Wolves at Nuggets, Sunday, May 19 *
Playoff tickets in Denver
“There’s so much room for improvement,” Malone said. “It was great to see us finally make some 3s tonight, 16 for 38. That has been a real area where we have struggled, not because they weren’t good looks but because they weren’t going down.
“We can get better, and we’re going to have to get better because Minnesota was the No. 1 team in the West for most of the year,” Malone said. “And it’s going to be a hard-fought series and I’m sure they’re going to want revenge from last season.”
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