The Denver Larks became the Rockets before playing in the first season of the American Basketball Association (1967) and, as the Nuggets, reached the finals in the league’s final year (1975) against the New York Nets.Ī Nuggets rematch against the Nets of Brooklyn would be appropriate. The Nuggets joined the upstart National Basketball League in 1948 and finished last in the Western Division, then were absorbed by the National Basketball Association the next year, ending up with the worst record (11-51) before disbanding. But Denver, which had filched the Kansas City Scouts, much later pilfered the Quebec Nordiques and won a Stanley Cup in the team’s first season (1995-96), then another in 2001 and a third last season in a dominating dynamic. The Avalanche was the third major-league franchise for Denver after the Spurs of the World Hockey Association bolted in the middle of the night for Canada and the original Colorado Rockies of the NHL were stolen away by a New Jersey swamp salesman. The odds are overwhelming for dual titles, but nothing ever has come easy here. If they are still alive and skating, the Avs could end up with the Bruins, the Devils, the Rangers, the Hurricanes or, just as a year ago, the Lightning.
The Avalanche are destined in the West to confront those Golden Knights, who beat them before, or the Stars, the Oilers and the Kraken. Warriors, Pelicans or Grizzlies also possibly could be opponents, with the Celtics, the Bucks or the 76ers looming. The Nuggets might have to play the Lakers and/or the Clippers, as they did in the pandemic bubble season, or the Suns, who have beaten the Nuggets in the past two postseasons.
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