SB Nation Denver - NBA Playoff Schedule And Bracket 2012: Nuggets Will Play Lakers On Sunday In 1st Round Matchuphttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48907/denver-fave.png2012-04-26T21:49:41-06:00http://denver.sbnation.com/rss/stream/27432052012-04-26T21:49:41-06:002012-04-26T21:49:41-06:002012 NBA Playoffs, Nuggets VS Lakers: First Round Schedule Released
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<p><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; " id="internal-source-marker_0.8226776507217437"><span style="line-height: normal; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The Denver Nuggets will face the L.A. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/">Lakers</a> at the Staples Center Sunday Apr 29th after finishing the season with a 38-28 record. As a result, the Nuggets earned the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference while the Lakers own home court advantage with the No. 3 seed.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; "></span><br><span style="line-height: normal; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The Nuggets have made the playoffs nine straight times and every year since <span>George Karl</span> took over as head coach seven years ago. </span></b></p>
<p>The Playoff Schedule is listed as:</p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><b>Game 1</b> - Sun April 29, Denver at L.A. Lakers: 12:30PM ABC/R </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><b>Game 2</b> - Tue May 1, Denver at L.A. Lakers: 7:30PM TNT </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><b>Game 3</b> - Fri May 4, L.A. Lakers at Denver: 8:30PM ESPN </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><b>Game 4 </b>- Sun May 6, L.A. Lakers at Denver: 7:30PM TNT </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><b>Game 5</b> * Tue May 8, Denver at L.A. Lakers: TBD TBD </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><b>Game 6</b> * Thu May 10, L.A. Lakers at Denver: TBD TBD </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><b>Game </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; text-align: left; "><b>7</b> * Sat May 12, Denver at L.A. Lakers: TBD TNT</span></p>
<p><span style="text-align: left; ">The Final three games will only be played if necessary.<br></span></p>
<p><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; ">For more on this game, stick with <a style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #0a5069; font-weight: bold; " href="http://www.denver.sbnation.com/">SB Nation Denver</a>. For more on the <a style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #0a5069; font-weight: bold; " href="https://www.denverstiffs.com/">Nuggets</a>, head over to <a style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #0a5069; font-weight: bold; " href="http://www.denverstiffs.com/">Denver Stiffs</a>. For more news, notes and analysis from around the league, check out SB Nation's <a style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #0a5069; font-weight: bold; " href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba">NBA news hub</a>.</i></p>
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<p>The Denver Nuggets will know which seed they will have in the 2012 NBA Playoffs Western Conference scrum after Thursday's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.denverstiffs.com/">Denver Nuggets</a> have one game left in the regular season: a road contest against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.canishoopus.com/">Minnesota Timberwolves</a>. Win that game and the Nuggets are the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. If that happens, the team will play the No. 3 seed <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/">Los Angeles Lakers</a> on Sunday. The 2012 NBA Playoff schedule and bracket came out on Thursday:</p>
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<p>Sunday games will be Bos-Atl, Utah-SA, LAC-Mem and TBD-vs-Lakers. Saturday: TBD-vs-Chi, TBD-vs-Mia, TBD-vs-OKC, Orl-Ind.</p>
— Howard Beck (@HowardBeckNYT) <a href="https://twitter.com/HowardBeckNYT/status/195537984429363200" data-datetime="2012-04-26T15:41:03+00:00">April 26, 2012</a>
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<p>However, if the Nuggets lose and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/">Dallas Mavericks</a> win on Thursday, Denver falls back to No. 7 and will face the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.welcometoloudcity.com/">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>, whom they defeated on Wednesday night but lost to in the first round last year. If both teams lose, the Nuggets still take the No. 6 seed because they will still be one win ahead of Dallas.</p>
<p><i>For more news and notes on the Nuggets, check out <a target="_blank" href="http://www.denverstiffs.com">Denver Stiffs</a>. Head over to <a target="_blank" href="http://sbnation.com/nba">SB Nation NBA</a> for more on the 2012 NBA Playoffs.</i></p>
https://denver.sbnation.com/denver-nuggets/2012/4/26/2977214/nba-playoff-schedule-bracket-2012Russ Oates