Phoenix Suns will play Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals Saturday at Denver against the No. 1 seed Nuggets.
The NBA released the conference semifinals schedule after the fourth-seeded Suns closed out their first round series against the Clippers with an 136-130 Game 5 victory Tuesday at Footprint Center.
Game 1 of the Suns-Nuggets semifinal series will start at 7 p.m. Saturday if the Hawks-Celtics series goes seven games. If that series wraps up in six (Celtics lead, 3-2) on Thursday, the Suns-Nuggets game will start at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Times for other games have yet to be announced.
Game 1: Saturday in Denver, 5:30 p.m. or 7 p.m..
Game 2: May 1 in Denver.
Game 3: May 5 in Phoenix.
Game 4: May 7 in Phoenix.
*Game 5: May 9 in Denver.
*Game 6: May 11 in Phoenix.
*Game 7: May 14 in Denver.
*If necessary
If the Hawks force a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference first round, the Suns will play the Nuggets at 7 p.m. Saturday in Game 1. If the Celtics close out the series in six games, the Suns-Nuggets series will start with Game 1 at 5:30 p.m. Saturday
The Nuggets eliminated Minnesota, 112-109 in Tuesday’s Game 5 in Denver.
Two years ago, Phoenix swept Denver in the conference semifinals on its way to the 2021 NBA Finals.
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