1993–94 Denver Nuggets season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the Nuggets' 18th season in the National Basketball Association, and 27th season as a franchise. The Nuggets had the ninth overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft, and selected Rodney Rogers out of Wake Forest University. During the off-season, the team acquired Brian Williams from the Orlando Magic, then during the first month of the regular season, they traded Mark Macon and Marcus Liberty to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for All-Star guard Alvin Robertson. However, Robertson never played for the Nuggets due to a back injury, and was out for the entire season. The Nuggets played around .500 all season long with a 22–25 record at the All-Star break, and finished fourth in the Midwest Division with a 42–40 record and made the playoffs for the first time in four years. The Nuggets qualified for the playoffs as the #8 seed in the Western Conference.

Last season's Most Improved Player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf led the team in scoring with 18.0 points per game, while second-year star LaPhonso Ellis averaged 15.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, and Dikembe Mutombo averaged 12.0 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.1 blocks per game. In addition, Reggie Williams provided the team with 13.0 points and 1.4 steals per game, while second-year guard Bryant Stith contributed 12.5 points and 1.4 steals per game, and sixth man Robert Pack provided with 9.6 points and 5.4 assists per game off the bench. Mutombo also finished in third place in Defensive Player of the Year voting.

The Western Conference First Round saw the Nuggets matched up with the Seattle SuperSonics. The Sonics had posted a league best 63–19 record, as the Nuggets lost the first two games of the series. Upon arriving in Denver, the Nuggets used the shot blocking presence of Mutombo to match up with the Sonics. Along with career performances by Pack, Reggie Williams and Brian Williams, the Nuggets evened the series. The series went back to Seattle for the 5th game. The Nuggets rallied to tie the game and force overtime. The Nuggets would emerge with a 4-point victory by the score of 98–94, and became the first 8th-seeded team to beat a #1 seed. An on-court camera featured Mutombo, in jubilation on his back holding the ball after the buzzer.

In the Western Conference Semi-finals, the Nuggets dropped their first 3 games to the 5th-seeded Utah Jazz. Despite the threat of elimination, the Nuggets would rally to win the next 3 games and force a game seven. The postseason run would end as they lost 91–81. Following the season, Robertson was released to free agency.

For the season, the Nuggets revealed a new primary logo of a snowcapped mountain over the team name in gold, and changed their uniforms adding dark navy blue, gold and dark red to their color scheme. The new logo and uniforms both remained in use until 2003, while the basic design of the logo lasted until 2018.

Draft picks

Main article: 1993 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	9	Rodney Rogers	SF/PF	United States	Wake Forest
2	43	Josh Grant	F	United States	Utah

Roster

1993–94 Denver Nuggets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	3	Abdul-Rauf, Mahmoud	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	1969–03–09	LSU
F	43	Brooks, Kevin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1969–10–12	Louisiana
F	20	Ellis, LaPhonso	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1970–05–05	Notre Dame
F	21	Hammonds, Tom	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1967–03–27	Georgia Tech
G	4	Mee, Darnell	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1971–02–11	Western Kentucky
C	55	Mutombo, Dikembe	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1966–06–25	Georgetown
G	14	Pack, Robert	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1969–02–03	USC
F	42	Randall, Mark	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1967–09–30	Kansas
F	54	Rogers, Rodney	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1971–06–20	Wake Forest
G	23	Stith, Bryant	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1970–12–10	Virginia
C	8	Williams, Brian	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1969–04–06	Arizona
F	34	Williams, Reggie	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1964–03–05	Georgetown

Head coach

Dan Issel

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(IN) Inactive
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 7, 1994

Roster Notes

Shooting guard Alvin Robertson missed the entire season due to a back injury, and never played for the Nuggets.

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Houston Rockets	58	24	.707	—	35–6	23–18	15–11
x-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	3	32–9	23–18	16–10
x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	5	33–8	20–21	21–5
x-Denver Nuggets	42	40	.512	16	28–13	14–27	14–12
Minnesota Timberwolves	20	62	.244	38	13–28	7–34	5–21
Dallas Mavericks	13	69	.159	45	6–35	7–34	7–19

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Seattle SuperSonics	63	19	.768	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	58	24	.707	5
3	x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	7
4	x-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	10
6	x-Golden State Warriors	50	32	.610	13
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	47	35	.573	16
8	x-Denver Nuggets	42	40	.512	21

9	Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	30
10	Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	35
11	Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	36
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	20	62	.244	43
13	Dallas Mavericks	13	69	.159	50

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1993-94 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	4–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Boston	0–4	–	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–4	0–4	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Charlotte	1–4	4–0	–	1–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Chicago	3–2	2–2	4–1	–	1–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	1–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	–	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	–	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–5	0–4	0–5	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	–	2–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
Detroit	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–5	2–3	1–1	0–2	–	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	–	0–4	1–1	4–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–4	3–1	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	4–0	–	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Indiana	2–3	4–0	2–2	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	–	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	–	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	2–2	1–1
Miami	1–3	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	–	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–3	4–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	0–5	1–3	2–3	0–4	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	–	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–4	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	–	4–1	0–5	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–4	–	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–0
Orlando	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–3	–	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1
Philadelphia	0–4	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–4	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–4	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	–	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	–	1–3	0–5	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	–	0–4	0–5	2–0
Seattle	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	5–0	4–0	–	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	–	2–0
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–5	1–4	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

Regular season

1993–94 game log
Total: 42–40 (home: 28–13; road: 14–27)

November: 6–7 (home: 4–2; road: 2–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 5, 1993	@ Sacramento	L 100–109	ARCO Arena	0–1
2	November 7, 1993	L.A. Clippers	W 99–97	McNichols Sports Arena	1–1
3	November 9, 1993	@ Seattle	L 86–118	Seattle Center Coliseum	1–2
4	November 12, 1993	@ L.A. Lakers	W 113–84	Great Western Forum	2–2
5	November 13, 1993	Golden State	L 98–106	McNichols Sports Arena	2–3
6	November 16, 1993	San Antonio	L 74–86	McNichols Sports Arena	2–4
7	November 18, 1993	Cleveland	W 100–93	McNichols Sports Arena	3–4
8	November 20, 1993	@ Minnesota	W 90–89	Target Center	4–4
9	November 23, 1993	@ Portland	L 94–109	Memorial Coliseum	4–5
10	November 24, 1993	@ Phoenix	L 97–130	America West Arena	4–6
11	November 26, 1993	Portland	W 112–101	McNichols Sports Arena	5–6
12	November 27, 1993	New Jersey	W 111–89	McNichols Sports Arena	6–6
13	November 30, 1993	@ Utah	L 92–103	Delta Center	6–7

December: 8–6 (home: 6–0; road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
14	December 3, 1993	Charlotte	W 102–94	McNichols Sports Arena	7–7
15	December 5, 1993	Dallas	W 115–110	McNichols Sports Arena	8–7
16	December 7, 1993	@ Golden State	L 90–95	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	8–8
17	December 10, 1993	Utah	W 107–98	McNichols Sports Arena	9–8
18	December 11, 1993	@ San Antonio	L 100–105	Alamodome	9–9
19	December 14, 1993	@ New York	L 84–93	Madison Square Garden	9–10
20	December 15, 1993	@ Philadelphia	L 93–101	The Spectrum	9–11
21	December 17, 1993	@ Charlotte	L 96–99	Charlotte Coliseum	9–12
22	December 18, 1993	@ Atlanta	L 96–102	The Omni	9–13
23	December 21, 1993	Phoenix	W 121–95	McNichols Sports Arena	10–13
24	December 23, 1993	@ Houston	W 106–93	The Summit	11–13
25	December 26, 1993	Minnesota	W 100–97	McNichols Sports Arena	12–13
26	December 28, 1993	@ Dallas	W 97–85	Reunion Arena	13–13
27	December 30, 1993	Golden State	W 101–96	McNichols Sports Arena	14–13

January: 6–8 (home: 5–4; road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
28	January 2, 1994	Philadelphia	L 80–96	McNichols Sports Arena	14–14
29	January 4, 1994	L.A. Lakers	L 118–119	McNichols Sports Arena	14–15
30	January 5, 1994	@ Minnesota	L 95–109	Target Center	14–16
31	January 7, 1994	San Antonio	L 76–84	McNichols Sports Arena	14–17
32	January 8, 1994	Sacramento	W 104–98	McNichols Sports Arena	15–17
33	January 11, 1994	@ Detroit	W 94–86	The Palace of Auburn Hills	16–17
34	January 12, 1994	@ Indiana	L 96–107	Market Square Arena	16–18
35	January 14, 1994	@ New Jersey	L 96–103	Brendan Byrne Arena	16–19
36	January 16, 1994	@ Boston	L 100–105	Boston Garden	16–20
37	January 18, 1994	Portland	L 103–104 (OT)	McNichols Sports Arena	17–20
38	January 20, 1994	Houston	W 111–106 (2OT)	McNichols Sports Arena	17–21
39	January 22, 1994	Seattle	W 98–91	McNichols Sports Arena	18–21
40	January 27, 1994	Indiana	W 113–106	McNichols Sports Arena	19–21
41	January 29, 1994	Detroit	W 129–110	McNichols Sports Arena	20–21

February: 7–7 (home: 4–2; road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
42	February 1, 1994	Chicago	L 98–118	McNichols Sports Arena	20–22
43	February 2, 1994	@ Golden State	L 84–97	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	20–23
44	February 4, 1994	@ Sacramento	W 108–83	ARCO Arena	21–23
45	February 6, 1994	Dallas	W 99–89	McNichols Sports Arena	22–23
46	February 8, 1994	Utah	L 95–96	McNichols Sports Arena	22–24
47	February 10, 1994	@ San Antonio	L 87–94	Alamodome	22–25
All-Star Break
48	February 15, 1994	@ Cleveland	L 99–111	Richfield Coliseum	22–26
49	February 16, 1994	@ Milwaukee	W 107–95	Bradley Center	23–26
50	February 18, 1994	@ Chicago	W 109–84	Chicago Stadium	24–26
51	February 20, 1994	Atlanta	W 97–92	McNichols Sports Arena	25–26
52	February 22, 1994	@ Houston	L 97–98	The Summit	25–27
53	February 23, 1994	Boston	W 102–94	McNichols Sports Arena	26–27
54	February 25, 1994	New York	W 102–94	McNichols Sports Arena	27–27
55	February 27, 1994	@ Portland	L 97–104	Memorial Coliseum	27–28

March: 8–5 (home: 7–1; road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
56	March 4, 1994	Orlando	W 98–89	McNichols Sports Arena	28–28
57	March 6, 1994	Minnesota	W 117–97	McNichols Sports Arena	29–28
58	March 8, 1994	@ Orlando	L 88–95	Orlando Arena	29–29
59	March 9, 1994	@ Miami	L 80–102	Miami Arena	29–30
60	March 11, 1994	@ Washington	L 93–100	USAir Arena	29–31
61	March 14, 1994	San Antonio	W 116–88	McNichols Sports Arena	30–31
62	March 17, 1994	@ L.A. Clippers	W 102–99	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	31–31
63	March 18, 1994	Sacramento	L 103–115	McNichols Sports Arena	31–32
64	March 20, 1994	Washington	W 132–99	McNichols Sports Arena	32–32
65	March 22, 1994	Milwaukee	W 108–94	McNichols Sports Arena	33–32
66	March 24, 1994	Miami	W 113–101	McNichols Sports Arena	34–32
67	March 26, 1994	Dallas	W 112–101	McNichols Sports Arena	35–32
68	March 28, 1994	@ Seattle	L 97–111	Seattle Center Coliseum	35–33

April: 7–7 (home: 2–4; road: 5–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
69	April 2, 1994	@ Utah	L 91–101	Delta Center	35–34
70	April 3, 1994	@ Phoenix	L 98–108	America West Arena	35–35
71	April 5, 1994	L.A. Clippers	L 91–92	McNichols Sports Arena	35–36
72	April 7, 1994	Seattle	W 104–90	McNichols Sports Arena	36–36
73	April 8, 1994	@ L.A. Lakers	W 112–99	Great Western Forum	37–36
74	April 10, 1994	Houston	L 92–93	McNichols Sports Arena	37–37
75	April 12, 1994	Phoenix	L 102–107	McNichols Sports Arena	37–38
76	April 13, 1994	@ San Antonio	W 83–78	Alamodome	38–38
77	April 15, 1994	@ Dallas	L 97–99	Reunion Arena	38–39
78	April 17, 1994	@ Minnesota	W 99–88	Target Center	39–39
79	April 19, 1994	L.A. Lakers	W 105–98	McNichols Sports Arena	40–39
80	April 20, 1994	@ L.A. Clippers	W 100–85	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	41–39
81	April 22, 1994	Utah	L 106–113	McNichols Sports Arena	41–40
82	April 24, 1994	@ Houston	W 115–107	The Summit	42–40

1993–94 schedule

Playoffs

1994 playoff game log

Western Conference First Round: 3–2 (home: 2–0; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 28, 1994	@ Seattle	L 82–106	Bison Dele (15)	Dikembe Mutombo (9)	Robert Pack (4)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813	0–1
2	April 30, 1994	@ Seattle	L 87–97	LaPhonso Ellis (18)	Ellis, Dele (10)	Dikembe Mutombo (5)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813	0–2
3	May 2, 1994	Seattle	W 110–93	Reggie Williams (31)	Dikembe Mutombo (13)	Reggie Williams (8)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,171	1–2
4	May 5, 1994	Seattle	W 94–85 (OT)	LaPhonso Ellis (27)	LaPhonso Ellis (17)	Reggie Williams (6)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,171	2–2
5	May 7, 1994	@ Seattle	W 98–94 (OT)	Robert Pack (23)	Bison Dele (19)	Reggie Williams (5)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813	3–2

Western Conference semifinals: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 10, 1994	@ Utah	L 91–100	Dikembe Mutombo (20)	LaPhonso Ellis (12)	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (5)	Delta Center 19,911	0–1
2	May 12, 1994	@ Utah	L 94–104	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (23)	Dikembe Mutombo (13)	Robert Pack (6)	Delta Center 19,911	0–2
3	May 14, 1994	Utah	L 109–111 (OT)	LaPhonso Ellis (25)	Dikembe Mutombo (13)	Robert Pack (8)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,171	0–3
4	May 15, 1994	Utah	W 83–82	Reggie Williams (21)	Dikembe Mutombo (11)	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (6)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,171	1–3
5	May 17, 1994	@ Utah	W 109–101 (2OT)	Stith, Abdul-Rauf (22)	LaPhonso Ellis (11)	Robert Pack (7)	Delta Center 19,911	2–3
6	May 19, 1994	Utah	W 94–91	Dikembe Mutombo (23)	Dikembe Mutombo (12)	three players tied (2)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,171	3–3
7	May 21, 1994	@ Utah	L 81–91	Reggie Williams (17)	Dikembe Mutombo (17)	Robert Pack (3)	Delta Center 19,911	3–4

1994 schedule

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (8) Denver Nuggets: Nuggets win series 3-2

Game 1 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (April 28): Seattle 106, Denver 82
Game 2 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (April 30): Seattle 97, Denver 87
Game 3 @ McNichols Sports Arena, Denver (May 2): Denver 110, Seattle 93
Game 4 @ McNichols Sports Arena, Denver (May 5): Denver 94, Seattle 85 (OT)
Game 5 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (May 7): Denver 98, Seattle 94 (OT)

Last Playoff Meeting: 1988 Western Conference First Round (Denver won 3–2)

West Conference Semi-finals

(5) Utah Jazz vs. (8) Denver Nuggets: Jazz win series 4-3

Game 1 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 10): Utah 100, Denver 91
Game 2 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 12): Utah 104, Denver 94
Game 3 @ McNichols Sports Arena, Denver (May 14): Utah 111, Denver 109 (OT)
Game 4 @ McNichols Sports Arena, Denver (May 15): Denver 83, Utah 82
Game 5 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 17): Denver 109, Utah 101 (2OT)
Game 6 @ McNichols Sports Arena, Denver (May 19): Denver 94, Utah 91
Game 7 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 21): Utah 91, Denver 81

Last Playoff Meeting: 1985 Western Conference Semi-finals (Denver won 4–1)

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	80	78	32.7	.460	.316	.956	2.1	4.5	1.0	0.1	18.0
LaPhonso Ellis	79	79	34.2	.502	.304	.674	8.6	2.1	0.8	1.0	15.4
Reggie Williams	82	68	32.4	.412	.278	.733	4.8	3.7	1.4	0.8	13.0
Bryant Stith	82	82	34.8	.450	.222	.829	4.3	2.4	1.4	0.2	12.5
Dikembe Mutombo	82	82	34.8	.569	.000	.583	11.8	1.5	0.7	4.1	12.0
Robert Pack	66	4	20.9	.443	.207	.758	1.9	5.4	1.2	0.1	9.6
Rodney Rogers	79	14	17.8	.439	.380	.672	2.9	1.3	0.8	0.6	8.1
Bison Dele	80	1	18.8	.541	.000	.649	5.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	8.0
Mark Macon	7	0	18.0	.311	.000	.800	1.0	1.6	0.9	0.1	5.1
Tom Hammonds	74	2	11.9	.500		.683	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.2	4.1
Marcus Liberty	3	0	3.7	.571	.000	.500	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	3.0
Adonis Jordan	6	0	13.2	.261	.300		1.0	3.2	0.0	0.2	2.5
Kevin Brooks	34	0	5.6	.364	.174	.900	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	2.5
Mark Randall	28	0	5.5	.340	.143	.786	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	2.1
Darnell Mee	38	0	7.5	.318	.208	.444	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.9
Jim Farmer	4	0	7.3	.333	.000		0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Roy Marble	5	0	6.4	.167		.000	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.8

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
LaPhonso Ellis	12	12	36.3	.479	.500	.704	8.1	2.2	0.8	0.9	14.8
Reggie Williams	12	12	33.8	.416	.400	.771	5.1	3.5	0.8	1.0	14.3
Dikembe Mutombo	12	12	42.6	.463		.602	12.0	1.8	0.7	5.8	13.3
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	12	12	28.3	.370	.324	.935	1.5	2.5	0.4	0.1	12.9
Robert Pack	12	0	27.7	.407	.300	.709	2.3	4.3	1.5	0.5	11.8
Bryant Stith	12	12	34.4	.422	.000	.833	4.7	2.2	0.9	0.2	11.3
Bison Dele	12	0	24.1	.553		.659	7.4	0.9	0.3	0.9	9.3
Rodney Rogers	12	0	15.8	.388	.316	.630	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.5	5.1
Kevin Brooks	2	0	2.5	.286	.000	.500	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5
Darnell Mee	3	0	10.0	.500	.250		0.7	0.7	1.0	0.0	2.3
Tom Hammonds	8	0	6.1	.222		.833	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.1
Mark Randall	2	0	3.0	.000			2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0

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Nuggets on Basketball Reference

1993–94 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington
Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

v t e Denver Nuggets
Founded in 1967 Formerly the Denver Rockets (1967–1974) Based in Denver, Colorado
Franchise	ABA–NBA merger All-time roster Draft history Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Denver Auditorium Arena Denver Coliseum McNichols Sports Arena Ball Arena
Personnel	Owner(s) Ann Walton Kroenke President Josh Kroenke General manager Calvin Booth Head coach Michael Malone
G League affiliate	Grand Rapids Gold
Retired numbers	2 12 33 40 44 55 432
NBA championships	2023
Rivalries	Minnesota Timberwolves Utah Jazz
Culture and lore	Alex English Mt. Mutombo The Hey Song "Cartman Finds Love" (South Park) Kansas City (ABA) 1976 ABA All-Star Game Knicks–Nuggets brawl The Joker