With three consecutive losses to the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Denver Nuggets have fallen behind 3-1 in their first-round series. Now, they need three consecutive wins to come back and advance , starting with a win-or-go-home Game 5 in Denver on Monday night. There have been just two instances of an NBA team coming back from a 3-1 deficit since the Cleveland Cavaliers famously did it in the 2016 Finals, and both of them were the Nuggets in 2020. Denver is the only team in the league that has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the last nine years, and they did so twice. If any team is capable of doing it this year, it is the Nuggets. To give the Nuggets some extra optimism, the Timberwolves will be without two starters for the rest of the series, including star guard Anthony Edwards. The Nuggets, on the other hand, are still dealing with a couple of notable injuries that will continue to limit them.…