Denver Nuggets is a professional basketball team located in Denver, Colorado, USA. 1967-76 participated in Aba League and joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1976. Now it's a team in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference.

Historically, he reached the ABA Finals in 1975-76 season, reached the NBA Western Finals four times in 1977-78, 1984-85, 2008-09, 20 19-20 season, and never won the NBA championship.

Originally known as Denver Rockets, it is one of the founding teams of NBA. 1974 changed its name to gold nuggets after joining the NBA. Because the United States discovered a gold mine in Denver during the development of the western region in the19th century, it was renamed the gold nugget team.

Team experience:

During the 1969-70 season, the team signed Spencer Haywood, a second-year rookie from Detroit Mercy University. This season, as a rookie, Heywood gave one of the greatest single-season performances in NBA history. 1969165438+1October 13 In the game against the Kentucky high school team, Heywood scored 3 1 rebound, setting a team record, and kept it to 1990.

Heywood scored 59 points in the 152- 1 16 victory over the Los Angeles Stars, which was the highest score in the ABA period of the team, second only to David Thompson's 73 points in the team's history. 1969-70 season, Heywood averaged 30 points 19.5 rebounds, became the MVP of all-star game, and won the best rookie and MVP.