However, the trade only seemed to make them better. Denver finished 24–58 that year. [40] However, the Lakers swept them in four games, marking the second time in NBA history that a 50-win team was swept in a best-of-seven playoff series in the first round. The Nuggets had two lottery picks that year and drafted University of Notre Dame forward LaPhonso Ellis and University of Virginia guard Bryant Stith. [47] They later went 3–0, 4–0, and 5–0 for the first time since 1985 after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies, Indiana Pacers, and New Jersey Nets respectively. Navy blue numerals trimmed in gold, as well as navy blue nameplates, were featured on both the home and away jerseys. Coat each veggie nuggets with breadcrumbs. Anthony averaged a career-high 30.7 points per game in the playoffs. [39] It was the third-most points scored for a regulation game in NBA history (The Nuggets and the Pistons hold the spot for most combined points scored in a game which was over 360 points total. The first one coming from the Los Angeles Lakers, along with McGee, in late November. The winning choice was "Nuggets", in honor of the original Nuggets team in Denver from 1948–50, the last year as a charter member of the NBA. Haywood was one of the first players to turn pro before graduating from college, and the NBA initially refused to let him play in the league. Similarly to the other new NBA teams, the Nuggets were given many financial issues including a $2 million entry fee. McGee, at the heart of trade rumblings the last few days, didn’t play in Wednesday’s deadline eve win against the Chicago Bulls. The royal blue away jersey had "Denver" written across the chest in white, with gold trim. [81], For the 2015–16 season, the Nuggets modified the script and numbering fonts on their home and away jerseys, with a gold "Nuggets" script on the home white jersey and a gold "Denver" script on the powder blue away jersey—both with the "Coliseum" typeface. The Nuggets won Game 1 97–95 on their home court on a last second Andre Miller game winner, but the Warriors won the next three games, putting the Nuggets on the brink of elimination. The Nuggets and Nets had actually applied to join the NBA in 1975, but were forced to stay in the ABA by a court order. It was assembled by Lenny Kaye, who at the time was a writer and clerk at the Village Oldies record shop in New York.He would later become the lead guitarist for the Patti Smith Group. That brings the Cavaliers’ total to three second-round picks added in multiple McGee trades over the last five months. [35], On December 18, 2006, team co-captain Carmelo Anthony, shooting guard J. R. Smith and power forward Nenê were suspended by the NBA (15, 10 and one games respectively) for a fight that occurred in the last two minutes of a game against the New York Knicks two days earlier. Denver lost Mason Plumlee to the Detroit Pistons this offseason and weren’t able to adequately fill that spot -- until Thursday. The team has had some periods of success, qualifying for the ABA Playoffs for all seasons from 1967 to the 1976 ABA playoffs where they lost in the finals. The initial home uniforms were white with navy and green trim, with "Nuggets" and the uniform number in gold with blue trim. The white-based design featured a modified pickaxe logo, with the top half in skyline blue and the bottom half in flatirons red. Denver’s going to soldier on and end this campaign with a first- or second-round playoff exit. Their new logo was a miner "discovering" an ABA ball. Despite compiling their first winning season since 2013, they missed the 2018 playoffs, the fifth straight missed playoff run, after losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a win-or-go-home situation in the regular season finale, also ending the Timberwolves' 14-year playoff drought. 8 seed and Seattle was a No. The light uniform (dubbed by Nike as the "Association" jersey), the dark uniform (dubbed by Nike as the "Icon" jersey) and the alternate uniform (dubbed by Nike as the "Statement" jersey) saw the return of navy blue as a primary color for the first time since the 2002–03 season, while powder blue was drastically diminished and relegated to trim color status. Since the NFL does not allow its owners to hold majority control of major-league teams in other NFL cities, Kroenke turned over day-to-day control of the Nuggets and Avalanche to Josh Kroenke toward the end of 2010, and transferred his controlling interest in both teams to his wife in 2015.[49][50]. 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The font and "skyline" logo were later reintroduced on alternate jerseys beginning with the 2012–13 season—see below.