Came back from being down 1-3 twice in the NBA playoffs

Posted: Jun 13, 2023

In 2020, the Denver Nuggets became the first NBA team to overcome twice a 3-1 deficit in the same playoffs. The Kansas City Royals in the 1985 MLB playoffs and the Minnesota Wild in the 2003 NHL playoffs were the only other professional North American teams to accomplish this feat. The Nuggets would overcome the Utah Jazz in the first round and then the LA Clippers in the semifinals.

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2020 NBA Western Conference Semifinals

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The Los Angeles Clippers down 31-66 with one minute and twenty seconds left in the first half against the Washington Wizards before coming back to win 116-115.
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The Clippers came back to win after trailing the Golden State Warriors by 31 points in game two of the first round of the 2018-19 playoffs.
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The LA Lakers were down 29 points against the Seattle SuperSonics in game 4 of the semifinals in the 1989 playoffs before coming back to win.

Came back from being down 1-3 twice in the NBA playoffs

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