Nuggets 2024 Playoff Schedule: Every playoff game (updated)

Two-time NBA MVP and presumed favorite to win his third award in four seasons, Nikola Jokic, and the Denver Nuggets are on a quest to defend their crown as reigning champions after finishing with a 57-25 record and the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.

Denver has a chance to join rarified air by winning another championship, making them the 14th team in league history to win back-to-back titles and the first since the Golden State Warriors did it in 2017-18.

But the Nuggets have a long way to go before reaching the stage of the NBA Finals in a highly competitive West playoff picture where each series should be a dogfight and only get more intense as the stakes get raised. 

Let's assess the Nuggets' schedule for the 2024 NBA Playoffs as they prepare for what they hope will be another long postseason run that ends with them hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy.

Nuggets 2024 playoff schedule: Every game's date, start time, and TV channel

As of this writing, Wednesday, Apr. 17, this is how things stand for the Nuggets:

• Game 1: vs. Los Angeles Lakers, Saturday, Apr. 20, 8:30 p.m. ET, ABC
• Game 2: vs. Los Angeles Lakers, Monday, Apr. 22, 10:00 p.m. ET, TNT
• Game 3: at Los Angeles Lakers, Thursday, Apr. 25, 10:00 p.m. ET
• Game 4: at Los Angeles Lakers, Saturday, Apr. 27, 8:30 p.m. ET, ABC
• Game 5 (if necessary): vs. Los Angeles Lakers, Monday, Apr. 29, TBD, TBD
• Game 6 (if necessary): at Los Angeles Lakers, Thursday, May 2, TBD, TBD
• Game 7 (if necessary): vs. Los Angeles Lakers, Saturday, May 4, TBD, TNT

The Nuggets will face the Los Angeles Lakers, who defeated the New Orleans Pelicans in the Play-In Tournament on Tuesday.

Game 1 will be on Saturday, Apr. 20, at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, where the Nuggets had a 33-8 regular season record (tied with the Oklahoma City Thunder for most home wins in the conference).

Nuggets second-round playoff schedule

• Game 1: vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, Saturday, May 4, TBD, TBD
• Game 2: vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, Monday, May 6, TBD, TBD
• Game 3: at Minnesota Timberwolves, Friday, May 10, TBD, TBD
• Game 4: at Minnesota Timberwolves, Sunday, May 12, TBD, TBD
• Game 5 (if necessary): vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, Tuesday, May 14, TBD, TBD
• Game 6 (if necessary): at Minnesota Timberwolves, Thursday, May 16, TBD, TBD
• Game 7 (if necessary): vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, Sunday, May 19, TBD, TBD

This page will be updated with additional tip-off times and TV channels, particularly through Games 5 and 7, if necessary.