Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder playoff series schedule: Game times, TV

For the first time in the Nikola Jokic era, the Denver Nuggets will face the Oklahoma City Thunder in a playoff series.

And for the second series in a row, the Nuggets go into the best-of-seven affair as decided underdogs, with BetMGM setting the top-seeded Thunder as -800 favorites to win the series as of Sunday afternoon.

The series will also be a referendum of sorts on the NBA MVP race, with the likely top two finishers facing off in OKC’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver’s Jokic. The winner will be announced during the series.

Oklahoma City is coming off a four-game sweep of the Memphis Grizzlies, while the Nuggets just survived a seven-game war thanks in part to the contributions of former Thunder superstar Russell Westbrook. The two teams split their regular-season series 2-2, including a two-game split in Oklahoma City on March 9 and 10.

The full television schedule for the best-of-seven series is not yet set, but the first four games have been scheduled. Here’s a look:

Nuggets at Thunder, Game 1: Monday, May 5

7:30 p.m. MT, TNT/truTV

Paycom Center, Oklahoma City

Game 2: Wednesday, May 7

7:30 p.m. MT, TNT/truTV

Paycom Center, Oklahoma City

Game 3: Friday, May 7

8 p.m. MT, ESPN

Ball Arena, Denver

Game 4: Sunday, May 11

1:30 p.m. MT, ABC

Ball Arena, Denver