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Introction to Denver Nuggets:

Denver Nuggets: is a professional basketball team belonging to Denver, Colorado in the United States, belongs to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is a part of the northwest division of the Western League of American men's Basketball League. The Nuggets began to play in the ABA League in 1967-76 and joined the NBA in 1976. In history, he won the ABA finals in 1975-76, and the western finals in 1977-78, 1984-85 and 2008-09. He never won the NBA championship

In June 1976, Nuggets became a part of NBA after paying 3.2 million joining fee. At the beginning of the 1976-77 season, the Nuggets won an eight game winning streak, which is also the longest winning streak in the team's history. In the end, the Nuggets won the Central District championship with a record of 50-32, which is second only to the Lakers and the second best result in the league. But the Nuggets were defeated by the Portland Trail Blazers in the playoffs

From 1977 to 1981, the Nuggets won the central Championship for the second year in a row with 48 wins and 34 losses in the 1977-78 season. Under the command of Larry Brown, the Nuggets reached the division finals in the playoffs and lost to the Sonics 2-4 in the division finals. Before the last game of the season, Denver's David Thompson scored 73 points, the fourth highest point in NBA history, second only to Wilt Chamberlain's 100 and 78 points

At the beginning of the 1978-79 season, the Nuggets suffered six consecutive losses at the beginning of the season, and they still won less and lost more until December. The situation did not improve until January, but on February 1, 1979, coach Larry Brown resigned and signed with UCLA. Downey Walsh took over and the team gave a gift to the new coach with a seven game winning streak in March. The final record of nuggets is 47-35

In the 1979-80 season, Nuggets' record dropped to 30-52. The team also started the 1979-80 season with the worst start of seven consecutive losses. The Nuggets did not win more than three games in a row this season. Despite the team's poor record, Nuggets made a deal in the middle of the season. On February 1, 1980, the Nuggets traded George McGinnis for Alex English and the first round draft in 1980. In the 1979-80 season, David Thompson suffered a serious foot injury and only played 39 games. For the first time in his career, he became a spectator on the court

in 1980-81, Nuggets' record improved to 37-45. At the beginning of the season, the coach was Downey Walsh, but at the end, the coach was legendary Doug Mo, who emphasized pressing defense, teamwork and sports attack. This season, the Nuggets averaged 121.8 points per game, breaking 120 points per game for five consecutive years. However, on the defensive end, the average loss of points is 122.3 points, the highest in the league. On February 13, 1981, the Nuggets set a new team scoring record in their 162-143 win over the Blazers. During the 1980-81 season, David Thompson came back from injury with an average of 25.5 points per game. Together with Alex English (23.8 points per game) and Dan Iser (21.9 points per game), he formed the Nuggets scoring trio

In the 1981-82 season, the Nuggets traded the Mavericks for the outstanding player of UCLA, Kiki van der wich. Nuggets in this season, the results of a step further, 46-36. After missing the playoffs for two years in a row, he came back, but lost in the first round against the Phoenix Suns. The Nuggets, led by English at the offensive end, averaged 126.5 points per game, breaking the record of 125.4 points for the Philadelphia warriors in 1962-63 season and setting a new NBA record. For the first time in the history of NBA, the score of every game in a season is more than 100

In 1982-1983, the Nuggets' record was 45-37, which was almost the same as that in 1981-82, but the offensive firepower of the Nuggets dropped slightly, and four games of the season scored less than 100 points. However, the Nuggets not only have English (28.4 points), van der wich (24.7 points) and ISEL (21.6 points). Ingrish and van der wich are the league's first two top scorers after the 1954-55 season (Neil Johnston and Paul Arizin of the Philadelphia warriors)

In the 1983-1984 season, the Nuggets' record dropped to 38-44, which was mediocre, but they still maintained the characteristics of sharp attack. In a game against the Detroit Pistons on December 13, 1983, the Nuggets set the highest score in NBA history. After three extra hours, they beat the pistons 186-184, easily breaking the record of 162 points against the Blazers in 1981

In 1984-1985, Denver Nuggets reversed the decline of 1983-1984 and won a brilliant season. He finished the regular season 52-30 and won the Western Conference to advance to the playoffs. But in the competition for the western conference championship, the total score of 1-4 lost to the Lakers. Alex English averaged 27.9 points this season; Calvin Knight's performance is his best in the Nuggets' five years, averaging 23.3 points per game; Two of the Bobbie Jones defense awards went to guard LEV, who won 202 steals and Wayne Cooper, who won 197 blocks

From 1985 to 1988, the Nuggets won 47-35 in 1985-86, with a winning rate of more than 50% in each month before April 1986. As a long-term scorer, English scored an average of 29.8 points per game, which is the team record of Denver Nuggets after they joined the NBA. English's 2414 points in a single season is also the team's NBA record. But the Nuggets continued their role as a loser after entering the 1986 playoffs. After easily beating the Blazers in the first round, they lost to the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference semifinals

In the 1986-87 season, the Nuggets' record dropped again to 37-45 at the end of the season. The team's winning rate was 50% in the first month of the season, and then all the way down. However, in the team, English scored 28.6 points per game, and LEV set the team's single season assists record of 654 (8 per game)

In 1987-88 season, Nuggets set the best record in NBA: 54-28. Denver's home record is 35-6, the team's second best in the NBA, but lost to the Mavericks in the Western Conference semi-final. Doug Moy won the NBA coach of the year 1987-88. Michael Adams scored 139 3-points in a single season, and LEV broke his own record with 223 steals. The Nuggets have six players this season with an average of 12.7 points or more, with English leading by 25.0

From 1988 to 1991, Denver won 35-6 at home in the 1987-88 season, but their record on the road was very low, with a winning rate of only 0.220. So the Nuggets dropped to 44-38 in 1988-89. Although into the playoffs, but early exit, in the first round by the Suns swept

in 1989-90 season, Nuggets' record is almost 43-39 compared with 1988-89 season. Among the team, Walter Davis has set a new free throw record of 0.912 this season. After scoring more than 20 points per game for nine consecutive years, the average score of "scoring king" English dropped to 17.9

In 1990-91, the Nuggets appointed former supersonic coach Bernie bikstaff as general manager. The team slipped to 20-60, losing seven games at the start of the season. This season, Nuggets at home (17-24) and away (3-38) season results have set a record low; The average loss of points per game is 130.8, which is lower than the lowest record of NBA in 1981-82 season; And for the first time in a decade since 1981, he didn't make it to the playoffs

in 1991-92 season, the Nuggets' performance is still no big improvement, the regular season record is 24-58. At the end of the season, coach Paul Westhead was fired. In this season, Mutombo was selected into the rookie challenge of that year, and became the only rookie to participate in the 1992 all star game, averaging 12.3 rebounds per game, second only to Charlotte's Larry johns in the rookie competition of the year

In 1992-93, Denver appointed Dan Iser as its new coach. When Dan Iser appointed coach, he was selected into Naismith Hall of fame. After Dan Iser took over, the Nuggets relied on rookies to improve the team's record to 36-46, but the Nuggets had a 14 consecutive loss from December 5, 1992 to January 5, 1993, which was an embarrassing result

In the 1993-94 season, the Nuggets entered the playoffs with very average results, and the winning rate has been hovering around 50%. In the end, the Nuggets finished the regular season with 42 wins and 40 losses, and ranked eighth in the playoffs. But the Nuggets beat the Sonics 3-2 in the first round of the playoffs, becoming the first team in NBA history to beat the No. 1 seed as the No. 8 seed. Nuggets made it to the Western Conference semi-final, but lost to Utah Jazz 3-4 in the semi-final

In 1994-95, Nuggets changed three coaches. In the end, the Nuggets won 41-41 and won a playoff ticket on the last day of the regular season. But was swept out by the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. But Mutombo in Nuggets ranks first in the league with 3.91 blocks, and has the second in the league with an average of 12.5 rebounds per game, winning the honor of NBA's best defender; Mahmoud Abdel Raouf continued to lead the team in scoring with an average of 16 points per game; The Nuggets are the only team with seven men scoring double a game

In the 1995-96 season, the Nuggets, with center dickenby Mutombo and guard Mahmoud Abdel Raouf as the core, were also selected as top player Antonio mcdace in 1995. The Nuggets were 1-8 at the beginning of the season and failed to reverse the trend. They ended the regular season with 35-47 and missed the playoffs. But the team's Michael days averaged 13.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, quickly grew into an efficient inside player, and was selected as the best rookie first team

In the 1996-97 season, although the Nuggets finished with 21 wins and 61 losses, they lost 4 points or less in 18 games, and only lost 1 or 2 points in 10 of them. This season, the Nuggets have a lot of talented young people in the front court, including center Elvin Johnson, forwards Antonio mcdace and Rafael Ellis. Johnson finished the season fourth with 11.1 rebounds per game and fifth with 2.77 blocks per game; Mcdays averaged more than 18 points and 7 rebounds per game; Ellis averaged his best career 21.9 points per game after recovering from a serious knee injury

From 1997 to 2004, the Nuggets were struggling for a long time to find a glimmer of hope, ending the season with 11 wins and 71 losses, avoiding the worst single season in NBA history. But this season, the Nuggets trained four recruits: Bob Jackson, Denny Fortson, Tony Batty and Eric Washington

In 1998-99, the Nuggets have only 14 wins and 36 losses in this shrinking season