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Great Moments in Denver Nuggets History

By: Ayaz Sait1

1967 to 1968 - The Denver Nuggets franchise traces its origins to 1967-68 in the American Basketball Association. A stable ABA franchise for nine years, Denver carried its winning ways into the NBA when the two leagues merged in 1976. During their early NBA years the Nuggets boasted a deep and talented roster anchored by such superstars as David Thompson and Dan Issel. Although the franchise had its down periods, the team always retained its character as a freewheeling, high-scoring unit. After Alex English assumed the team's scoring mantle in the 1980s, the Nuggets played in the highest-scoring game in NBA history and established the all-time single-season record for scoring average. After another downturn the franchise again reloaded with young talent in the early 1990s, and in 1994 made history by becoming the first No. 8 seed ever to beat a No. 1 seed when they shocked the Seattle SuperSonics.
1993-94 - That optimism spilled over into 1993-94 in a big way. After a mediocre regular season the Nuggets embarked on a thrilling playoff run that made them the darlings of the NBA. Denver lingered around the .500 mark for much of the campaign before finishing at 42-40 to claim the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Nuggets' first-round chances looked slim against the swaggering Seattle SuperSonics, who had blitzed through the year with the league's best record. The Sonics won the first two games, but in Denver the Nuggets used the shotblocking presence of Dikembe Mutombo, along with career performances by Reggie Williams, Brian Williams, and Robert Pack, to win Games 3 and 4. Denver won Game 5 in Seattle to become the first No. 8 seed in history to defeat a No. 1 seed. The Nuggets then injected excitement into the conference semifinals. After losing three straight games to the Utah Jazz, Denver rallied with three straight wins to force a Game 7, in which Utah prevailed, 91-81.

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