Nuggets, down 3-1, last team to overcome such a deficit

Down 3-1? Yeah, the Nuggets know the feeling.

It’s not ideal. Not even close. But it’s also not unfamiliar.

As noted by the popular NBA account Oh No He Didn’t, the last two times the Nuggets faced a 3-1 deficit in the playoffs… they came all the way back to win the series.

Both of those runs came in 2020, when Denver erased 3-1 holes against the Jazz and Los Clippers in the Orlando bubble. Same franchise. Same kind of situation.

Of course, this is a different year. A different roster. And right now, a different kind of challenge.

The Nuggets just dropped Game 4, 112-96, and have lost three straight to the Timberwolves. They’ll need to flip the series quickly, starting with Game 5 back in Denver.

Still, if there’s one team that doesn’t automatically panic at 3-1…

It might be this one.

History doesn’t guarantee anything.

But in Denver’s case, it at least makes things a little more interesting.