Denver Nuggets Team Stats 2021 Nuggets Team Stats

44-22, 2nd in West Northwest

The Denver Nuggets were one of the original American Basketball Association teams. Their only trip to the finals as a member of the ABA ended in a six-game loss to the New York Nets. However, Denver fans were rewarded later that summer with a spot as one of the four franchises to enter the NBA as part of the merger. The Nuggets continued to be a successful franchise, making a dozen playoff appearances in their first 14 seasons in the NBA. Only twice did they inch close to making the NBA Finals, losing both their chances in the Western Conference Finals. Denver made minimal roster adjustments ahead of the new season. Management chose to keep the core talent in place. As the team has gelled offensively, the Nuggets have immediately realized an improvement in scoring.

Home Record: 1-2 Away Record: 0-1 Conference Record: 1-3 Division Record: 0-0

Head Coach: Mike Malone Assitant Coach: David Adelman Assitant Coach: Jordi Fernandez Assitant Coach: Ryan Bowen

Assitant Coach: Charles Klask Assitant Coach: John Beckett General Manager: Tim Connelly Arena:

Nuggets Team Stats

Team Ratings				Offense Stats											Defense Stats
Overall	OFF RTG	DEF RTG	PPG	ORB	AST	TO	FGM	FGA	3PA	3-PM	FG%	3PT%	FT%	Pace	PPG Allow	DRB	AST Allow	STL	BLK	FG% Allow	3P% Allow	FORCE TO
85	117	111.6	115.1	697	1776	894	2856	5885	2245	848	48.5	37.8	79.7	97.1	109.7	2257	1715	534	309	46.8	36.3	929

Nuggets Team Rankings

Team Rankings				Offense Rankings											Defense Rankings
Overall	OFF RTG	DEF RTG	PPG	ORB	AST	TO	FGM	FGA	3PA	3-PM	FG%	3PT%	FT%	Pace	PPG Allow	DRB	AST Allow	STL	BLK	FG% Allow	3P% Allow	FORCE TO
11	5	10	7	6	2	12	2	8	17	14	4	7	7	26	8	16	28	8	18	17	10	15

Nuggets Team Offensive Stats

Opponent		Vegas			Points Scored					Shooting						Rebounding			Assists	TO
Date	Team	Spread	ML	O/U	TOT PTS	Q1 PTS	Q2 PTS	Q3 PTS	Q4 PTS	FGA	FGM	3PTA	3PTM	3PT%	FG%	DREB	OREB	TOT REB	TOT ASS	TO
5/5/21	NYK	-3.5	-155	216	113	34	30	25	24	98	37	39	12	30.8	37.8	46	18	64	23	13
5/3/21	LAL	+4	+155	213.5	89	24	18	23	24	82	36	24	6	25	43.9	35	6	41	22	12
5/1/21	LAC	-3.5	-220	222	110	27	25	31	27	80	39	32	12	37.5	48.8	36	8	44	26	10
4/29/21	TOR	-4.5	-180	217.5	121	30	29	28	34	92	44	35	12	34.3	47.8	33	14	47	22	12
4/28/21	NOP	-4	-172	230.5	114	35	25	27	27	85	43	32	10	31.3	50.6	35	3	38	26	18
4/26/21	MEM	-2.5	-170	230	120	21	37	27	35	94	45	33	11	33.3	47.9	40	8	48	25	11
4/24/21	HOU	-8.5	-1300	219	129	36	36	30	27	84	50	37	16	43.2	59.5	35	1	36	36	14
4/23/21	GSW	+2.5	+120	227.5	97	24	26	24	23	88	34	46	13	28.3	38.6	30	6	36	26	9
4/21/21	POR	+1	+100	230	106	35	25	22	24	88	39	39	13	33.3	44.3	30	16	46	24	13
4/19/21	MEM	-7.5	-330	226.5	139	27	29	31	29	102	51	39	15	38.5	50	45	13	58	30	24
4/16/21	HOU	+8.5	+300	225.5	128	35	34	31	28	94	46	31	9	29	48.9	36	18	54	22	9
4/14/21	MIA	-5	-200	209.5	123	26	34	36	27	89	48	36	17	47.2	53.9	32	11	43	32	10
4/12/21	GSW	+4.5	+155	228	107	32	29	22	24	83	39	26	8	30.8	47	31	10	41	23	19
4/11/21	BOS	-3.5	-170	221	87	27	24	28	8	88	32	34	8	23.5	36.4	33	13	46	23	9
4/9/21	SAS	-6.5	-280	220	121	36	25	35	25	79	43	27	14	51.9	54.4	37	9	46	32	18
4/7/21	SAS	-3.5	-260	221	106	30	24	27	25	91	40	26	8	30.8	44	41	12	53	26	17
4/6/21	DET	-11.5	-800	213	134	39	37	33	25	94	56	31	14	45.2	59.6	31	13	44	36	10
4/4/21	ORL	-16	-1400	212.5	119	23	24	38	34	88	43	29	9	31	48.9	35	19	54	27	14
4/1/21	LAC	+2.5	0	227.5	101	31	31	19	20	81	39	25	13	52	48.1	31	7	38	28	13
3/30/21	PHI	-5.5	-210	220	104	44	24	20	16	81	39	31	12	38.7	48.1	42	9	51	26	20
3/28/21	ATL	-5	-200	221.5	126	31	34	32	29	92	50	36	15	41.7	54.3	34	15	49	32	10
3/26/21	NOP	+1.5	+116	231	113	26	28	31	28	93	47	28	14	50	50.5	25	11	36	28	8
3/24/21	TOR	+1.5	-105	223.5	111	30	24	27	30	98	41	43	14	32.6	41.8	29	17	46	25	11
3/23/21	ORL	+7.5	+280	217.5	110	30	31	19	30	91	45	30	8	26.7	49.5	39	13	52	25	10
3/21/21	NOP	0	0	0	108	30	21	29	28	88	44	34	12	35.3	50	27	10	37	30	15
3/19/21	CHI	-7	-300	225	131	20	27	34	35	91	48	34	14	41.2	52.7	34	9	43	29	13
3/17/21	CHA	-6	-255	229	129	26	31	38	34	90	52	44	16	36.4	57.8	40	8	48	37	15
3/13/21	DAL	+0.5	+108	226.5	103	29	22	22	30	90	37	41	16	39	41.1	29	12	41	27	9
3/12/21	MEM	+1.5	+136	227	103	26	27	28	22	92	41	37	13	35.1	44.6	36	9	45	27	9
3/4/21	IND	+4.5	+150	227.5	113	28	33	21	31	77	45	28	12	42.9	58.4	35	6	41	27	19
3/2/21	MIL	-8	-320	234.5	128	37	27	35	29	95	53	30	11	36.7	55.8	36	9	45	28	10
3/1/21	CHI	+4.5	+165	224.5	118	37	25	27	29	87	46	27	10	37	52.9	41	9	50	22	12
3/1/21	CHI	+4.5	+165	224.5	118	37	25	27	29	87	46	27	10	37	52.9	41	9	50	22	12
2/27/21	OKC	+6.5	+230	219.5	126	38	27	34	27	89	49	31	15	48.4	55.1	43	6	49	30	12
2/25/21	WAS	-7.5	-330	237.5	110	22	32	34	22	85	37	38	15	39.5	43.5	32	12	44	23	18
2/23/21	POR	-6	-250	231.5	111	34	23	21	33	94	40	36	14	38.9	42.6	30	10	40	25	1
2/21/21	ATL	+2.5	+125	231.5	115	33	23	20	39	84	43	36	16	44.4	51.2	30	3	33	25	13
2/19/21	CLE	+9.5	+320	225.5	120	33	36	26	25	80	46	31	15	48.4	57.5	31	6	37	24	15
2/17/21	WAS	+3.5	+132	234.5	128	41	23	29	35	92	48	38	17	44.7	52.2	32	10	42	23	11
2/16/21	BOS	-2	-130	222.5	99	26	28	21	24	84	38	34	9	26.5	45.2	27	11	38	25	17
2/14/21	LAL	+0.5	+110	218.5	122	33	40	30	19	85	39	47	19	40.4	45.9	38	9	47	28	9
2/12/21	OKC	-11.5	-750	221.5	97	16	24	30	27	87	40	40	10	25	46	34	7	41	24	13
2/10/21	CLE	-9.5	-500	218	133	34	30	36	33	85	51	36	16	44.4	60	35	4	39	31	11
2/8/21	MIL	+3	+130	234	112	42	20	26	24	94	41	36	15	41.7	43.6	30	8	38	22	9
2/6/21	SAC	+2.5	+115	226	114	25	27	29	33	97	45	35	13	37.1	46.4	34	13	47	30	9
2/4/21	LAL	-3.5	-210	217	93	30	28	17	18	92	36	28	8	28.6	39.1	27	16	43	19	15
1/31/21	UTA	+3	+130	220	128	43	36	24	25	87	47	28	18	64.3	54	32	7	39	28	8
1/29/21	SAS	+4	+150	223.5	109	30	25	31	23	78	41	31	14	45.2	52.6	30	7	37	25	15
1/27/21	MIA	+6	+200	215.5	109	26	32	16	35	92	42	43	14	32.6	45.7	37	12	49	29	13
1/25/21	DAL	+2	+110	223	117	38	32	22	25	79	40	35	15	42.9	50.6	35	14	49	25	16
1/23/21	PHX	+2.5	+115	216.5	120	28	30	15	25	97	40	36	15	41.7	41.2	53	12	65	22	16
1/22/21	PHX	-1	-115	220	130	25	29	37	23	103	53	26	6	23.1	51.5	33	10	43	32	9
1/19/21	OKC	-9.5	-475	219	119	31	34	32	22	105	46	42	14	33.3	43.8	40	18	58	29	14
1/17/21	UTA	+1.5	+105	219.5	105	31	27	21	26	100	40	37	14	37.8	40	29	23	52	25	9
1/14/21	GSW	-4.5	-185	225.5	114	37	28	25	24	90	41	37	11	29.7	45.6	40	10	50	29	13
1/12/21	BKN	-1.5	-130	230.5	116	35	35	20	26	88	44	37	18	48.6	50	23	9	32	28	13
1/10/21	NYK	+5.5	+190	213.5	114	28	31	23	32	84	45	35	15	42.9	53.6	35	8	43	23	12
1/9/21	PHI	+13.5	+750	215	115	28	30	35	22	90	45	33	12	36.4	50	30	15	45	28	17
1/7/21	DAL	0	0	0	117	28	24	26	31	97	43	44	15	34.1	44.3	38	9	47	25	13
1/7/21	DAL	0	0	0	117	28	24	26	31	97	43	44	15	34.1	44.3	38	9	47	25	13
1/5/21	MIN	-11.5	-650	226.5	123	34	28	31	30	79	41	25	8	32	51.9	32	10	42	22	14
1/3/21	MIN	+5.5	+320	230	124	29	26	28	41	92	45	45	19	42.2	48.9	30	13	43	34	15
1/1/21	PHX	-3.5	-160	221	103	32	17	29	25	85	39	29	12	41.4	45.9	30	8	38	28	11
12/29/20	SAC	+1	-110	225.5	115	34	28	38	15	81	44	28	11	39.3	54.3	32	7	39	27	19
12/25/20	LAC	+2.5	-100	224	108	26	29	24	29	81	37	36	11	30.6	45.7	22	10	32	25	13
12/23/20	SAC	-4.5	-330	226.5	122	31	29	24	28	98	47	29	8	27.6	48	35	10	45	28	15

Nuggets Team Defensive Stats

Opponent		Vegas			Points Allowed					Shooting (Allowed)						Rebounding (Allowed)			AST Allow	Defensive
Date	Team	Spread	ML	O/U	TOT PTS	Q1 PTS	Q2 PTS	Q3 PTS	Q4 PTS	FGA	FGM	3PTA	3PTM	3PT%	FG%	DREB	OREB	TOT REB	TOT ASS	BLK	STL
5/5/21	NYK	-3.5	+135	216	97	12	31	26	28	86	33	35	13	37.1	38.4	36	6	42	18	7	13
5/3/21	LAL	+4	-175	213.5	93	20	25	25	23	73	32	30	13	43.3	43.8	36	7	43	18	7	10
5/1/21	LAC	-3.5	+190	222	104	28	19	26	31	83	36	34	14	41.2	43.4	29	10	39	21	4	2
4/29/21	TOR	-4.5	+160	217.5	111	33	24	28	26	83	40	32	16	50	48.2	28	7	35	27	7	6
4/28/21	NOP	-4	+144	230.5	112	25	26	27	34	87	43	30	12	40	49.4	36	6	42	27	8	14
4/26/21	MEM	-2.5	+150	230	96	18	35	22	21	81	34	32	4	12.5	42	39	6	45	20	3	8
4/24/21	HOU	-8.5	+800	219	116	26	24	32	34	82	41	40	15	37.5	50	29	6	35	27	8	8
4/23/21	GSW	+2.5	-140	227.5	118	30	24	32	32	84	45	39	15	38.5	53.6	45	7	52	40	7	9
4/21/21	POR	+1	-120	230	105	36	21	27	21	87	40	36	12	33.3	46	32	9	41	21	5	7
4/19/21	MEM	-7.5	+270	226.5	137	35	25	35	21	107	51	40	17	42.5	47.7	37	10	47	33	6	6
4/16/21	HOU	+8.5	-375	225.5	99	28	21	30	20	86	38	35	11	31.4	44.2	27	8	35	23	3	11
4/14/21	MIA	-5	+188	209.5	106	31	18	30	27	79	39	32	13	40.6	49.4	26	4	30	29	7	5
4/12/21	GSW	+4.5	-175	228	116	33	23	43	17	81	39	44	18	40.9	48.1	32	4	36	23	2	11
4/11/21	BOS	-3.5	+150	221	105	16	29	29	31	87	39	33	7	21.2	44.8	42	10	52	20	4	5
4/9/21	SAS	-6.5	+250	220	119	26	24	33	36	93	43	27	9	33.3	46.2	27	11	38	33	4	5
4/7/21	SAS	-3.5	+215	221	96	32	18	24	22	91	38	24	6	25	41.8	31	11	42	23	6	10
4/6/21	DET	-11.5	+550	213	119	32	24	30	33	81	44	35	15	42.9	54.3	23	7	30	27	5	7
4/4/21	ORL	-16	+830	212.5	109	29	36	21	23	89	42	35	13	37.1	47.2	26	10	36	27	5	6
4/1/21	LAC	+2.5	-108	227.5	94	20	29	21	24	85	35	34	10	29.4	41.2	32	13	45	17	5	6
3/30/21	PHI	-5.5	+180	220	95	22	23	26	24	82	35	35	11	31.4	42.7	29	5	34	18	6	9
3/28/21	ATL	-5	+175	221.5	102	35	20	24	23	76	36	34	12	35.3	47.4	29	2	31	18	3	7
3/26/21	NOP	+1.5	-136	231	108	33	30	23	22	78	39	29	12	41.4	50	31	6	37	30	7	7
3/24/21	TOR	+1.5	-115	223.5	135	38	34	26	37	89	45	48	24	50	50.6	36	9	45	31	2	5
3/23/21	ORL	+7.5	-340	217.5	99	15	24	30	30	88	39	34	11	32.4	44.3	28	9	37	27	7	12
3/21/21	NOP	0	0	0	113	22	36	25	30	85	41	28	8	28.6	48.2	31	14	45	26	5	9
3/19/21	CHI	-7	+250	225	127	30	25	34	27	90	47	35	17	48.6	52.2	33	9	42	32	3	10
3/17/21	CHA	-6	+210	229	104	25	20	22	37	80	36	38	12	31.6	45	26	7	33	25	3	12
3/13/21	DAL	+0.5	-126	226.5	116	28	34	31	23	86	42	46	18	39.1	48.8	37	12	49	26	1	5
3/12/21	MEM	+1.5	-162	227	102	31	24	22	25	87	40	28	14	50	46	37	8	45	27	5	10
3/4/21	IND	+4.5	-170	227.5	103	29	23	22	29	90	41	39	14	35.9	45.6	23	11	34	27	5	6
3/2/21	MIL	-8	+260	234.5	97	23	27	30	17	79	32	40	11	27.5	40.5	29	11	40	22	3	10
3/1/21	CHI	+4.5	-185	224.5	112	25	30	32	25	94	42	38	12	31.6	44.7	30	14	44	25	6	4
3/1/21	CHI	+4.5	-185	224.5	112	25	30	32	25	94	42	38	12	31.6	44.7	30	14	44	25	6	4
2/27/21	OKC	+6.5	-270	219.5	96	20	23	26	27	88	37	47	11	23.4	42	30	7	37	24	3	6
2/25/21	WAS	-7.5	+265	237.5	112	26	30	32	24	86	41	26	8	30.8	47.7	32	10	42	24	7	6
2/23/21	POR	-6	+210	231.5	106	25	32	21	28	87	41	40	14	35	47.1	40	7	47	21	3	8
2/21/21	ATL	+2.5	-145	231.5	123	27	37	29	30	81	42	34	12	35.3	51.9	34	10	44	29	3	8
2/19/21	CLE	+9.5	-400	225.5	103	23	27	30	23	83	39	31	12	38.7	47	21	13	34	30	2	9
2/17/21	WAS	+3.5	-156	234.5	130	24	46	30	30	86	44	33	15	45.5	51.2	36	10	46	31	7	8
2/16/21	BOS	-2	+110	222.5	112	30	29	27	26	81	39	42	15	35.7	48.1	33	10	43	26	3	12
2/14/21	LAL	+0.5	-130	218.5	105	33	28	24	20	87	40	28	6	21.4	46	38	8	46	27	4	6
2/12/21	OKC	-11.5	+530	221.5	95	28	25	26	16	89	36	32	10	31.3	40.4	38	11	49	26	5	6
2/10/21	CLE	-9.5	+400	218	95	17	26	23	29	94	36	37	8	21.6	38.3	31	18	49	25	9	12
2/8/21	MIL	+3	-150	234	125	37	22	34	32	89	45	40	16	40	50.6	39	11	50	24	4	5
2/6/21	SAC	+2.5	-135	226	119	26	27	34	32	91	44	35	14	40	48.4	35	10	45	30	9	3
2/4/21	LAL	-3.5	+180	217	114	27	19	37	31	81	46	24	8	33.3	56.8	32	7	39	29	2	8
1/31/21	UTA	+3	-150	220	117	29	25	37	26	75	32	47	20	42.6	42.7	28	10	38	28	2	8
1/29/21	SAS	+4	-170	223.5	119	37	24	26	32	81	44	23	10	43.5	54.3	32	9	41	29	5	8
1/27/21	MIA	+6	-240	215.5	82	12	21	32	17	80	30	45	13	28.9	37.5	32	6	38	24	4	14
1/25/21	DAL	+2	-130	223	113	31	27	36	19	84	41	32	11	34.4	48.8	26	8	34	26	4	9
1/23/21	PHX	+2.5	-135	216.5	112	30	31	16	21	102	41	53	16	30.2	40.2	43	7	50	26	3	4
1/22/21	PHX	-1	-105	220	126	34	34	27	19	94	47	44	17	38.6	50	36	9	45	30	1	12
1/19/21	OKC	-9.5	+370	219	101	31	21	22	27	86	36	43	14	32.6	41.9	32	9	41	22	3	11
1/17/21	UTA	+1.5	-125	219.5	109	32	21	28	28	76	39	37	15	40.5	51.3	29	7	36	24	6	6
1/14/21	GSW	-4.5	+165	225.5	104	24	30	22	28	81	38	29	11	37.9	46.9	38	5	43	29	5	11
1/12/21	BKN	-1.5	+110	230.5	122	27	27	36	32	79	48	32	16	50	60.8	33	8	41	31	5	12
1/10/21	NYK	+5.5	-220	213.5	89	21	17	26	25	74	32	21	6	28.6	43.2	28	8	36	19	4	11
1/9/21	PHI	+13.5	-1200	215	103	26	25	21	31	103	43	35	11	31.4	41.7	28	20	48	23	7	11
1/7/21	DAL	0	0	0	124	22	21	33	33	87	42	40	16	40	48.3	37	7	44	27	1	8
1/7/21	DAL	0	0	0	124	22	21	33	33	87	42	40	16	40	48.3	37	7	44	27	1	8
1/5/21	MIN	-11.5	+480	226.5	116	22	43	31	20	91	42	34	11	32.4	46.2	32	10	42	24	2	9
1/3/21	MIN	+5.5	-400	230	109	28	20	36	25	85	44	31	10	32.3	51.8	27	9	36	30	4	6
1/1/21	PHX	-3.5	+140	221	106	34	26	27	19	76	37	35	13	37.1	48.7	29	8	37	24	1	7
12/29/20	SAC	+1	-110	225.5	125	32	42	22	29	94	46	33	16	48.5	48.9	25	12	37	33	5	7
12/25/20	LAC	+2.5	-120	224	121	32	40	26	23	74	41	38	19	50	55.4	29	9	38	32	1	7
12/23/20	SAC	-4.5	+265	226.5	124	25	28	36	23	101	45	31	10	32.3	44.6	36	17	53	27	12	6

Nuggets Team Leaders

Points Per Game

N. Jokic: 26.4

J. Murray: 21.2

M. Porter Jr.: 18.8

W. Barton: 12.7

G. Harris: 10.7

Assists Per Game

N. Jokic: 8.4

J. Murray: 4.8

F. Campazzo: 3.4

W. Barton: 3.2

M. Morris: 3.2

Rebounds Per Game

N. Jokic: 10.9

M. Porter Jr.: 7.5

I. Hartenstein: 6.3

J. Green: 4.9

P. Millsap: 4.8

Steals Per Game

N. Jokic: 1.4

J. Murray: 1.3

F. Campazzo: 1.2

W. Barton: 0.9

P. Millsap: 0.8

Blocks per Game

I. Hartenstein: 1.3

M. Porter Jr.: 1

N. Jokic: 0.7

P. Millsap: 0.7

J. Green: 0.4

Nuggets Player Stats

NAME	RTG	MINS	PTS	AST	REB	STL	Blk	TO	FG%	FGM	3PTM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%
Nikola Jokic	90	2308	1743	557	721	93	46	206	56.5	676	90	222	40.5 0	301	351	85.8
Michael Porter Jr.	79	1767	1055	63	420	33	54	67	54.3	404	150	340	44.1 0	97	125	77.6
Will Barton	77	1736	711	181	226	50	23	96	42.6	259	98	257	38.1 0	95	121	78.5
Jamal Murray	85	1704	1018	231	194	64	13	108	47.7	378	129	316	40.8 0	133	153	86.9
Facundo Campazzo	74	1274	356	201	115	71	14	65	39.5	109	70	191	36.6 0	68	79	86.1
Monte Morris	76	1151	453	141	95	31	13	32	47.7	174	49	130	37.7 0	56	71	78.9
PJ Dozier	74	1088	385	92	182	31	22	46	41.7	148	47	149	31.5 0	42	66	63.6
Paul Millsap	81	1085	460	88	252	44	35	44	47.6	176	45	132	34.1 0	63	88	71.6
JaMychal Green	71	981	422	43	257	25	20	49	46.8	156	70	174	40.2 0	40	48	83.3
R.J. Hampton	73	510	214	48	96	16	7	32	43.3	81	16	53	30.2 0	36	52	69.2
Gary Harris	73	367	150	37	27	9	6	17	35	48	16	43	37.2 0	38	44	86.4
Zeke Nnaji	71	363	122	8	58	6	4	7	47.4	45	20	53	37.7 0	12	15	80
Isaiah Hartenstein	73	274	130	38	94	7	19	21	60.5	52	2	6	33.3 0	24	35	68.6
Vlatko Cancar	67	192	53	10	39	9	2	12	41.7	20	6	24	25 0	7	8	87.5
Bol Bol	73	136	66	7	20	3	10	13	49	24	9	21	42.9 0	9	14	64.3
Markus Howard	69	105	34	12	12	2	0	10	24.1	13	6	38	15.8 0	2	4	50
Greg Whittington	65	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0 0	0	0	0

Contents

Denver Nuggets Team Stats 2021
Nuggets Team Stats
Nuggets Team Rankings
Nuggets Team Offensive Stats
Nuggets Team Defensive Stats
Nuggets Team Leaders
Nuggets Player Stats

Denver would close out the 1980s getting swept out of the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. The Nuggets would begin a downward spiral that would encompass the next 13 seasons. Denver would make but two playoff appearances, getting to the conference semifinals once. Beginning in 2003, the Nuggets would improve enough to become a consistent playoff team. However, they consistently were swiftly eliminated. Denver won a total of four playoff games across five straight first-round exits. In 2008-09, Denver won their first of back-to-back Northwest Division crowns, only to get bumped by the Los Angeles Lakers in their third attempt to make the NBA Finals. The Nuggets would follow that conference finals loss up with four more first-round losing efforts.

Denver would begin another five-year playoff hiatus, never finishing better than fourth in the division. Two seasons ago, things began to change. The Nuggets won their first of another set of back-to-back Northwest Division titles. They played the Portland Trail Blazers into a seventh game in the semifinals at the end of the 2018-19 season and inched closer to the franchise's first trip to the NBA Finals last year. Denver put together a solid season behind a wealth of young talent, but the eventual NBA Champion Lakers were too strong. Denver will benefit from any improvements on defense to complement what has become a top-10 scoring offense. As the season unfolds, the Nuggets have the talent to once again challenge the elite for the Western Conference title, and hopefully Denver's first trip to the NBA Finals.