The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team, based in Denver. The Nuggets play within the National Basketball Association as a part of the nba's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded in 1967 as the American Basketball Association's charter franchise as the Denver Larks, but had changed its name to Rockets before the first season. In 1974 it once again shortened its name to the Nuggets. After the name change, the Nuggets played in 1976 for the final ABA Championship title, losing to the New York Nets. The club has had some fruitful years, qualifying for all ABA playoff seasons from 1967 to the 1976 ABA playoffs where it lost in the final. Following the ABA – NBA merger, the franchise joined the NBA in 1976 and qualified in nine straight seasons and ten consecutive seasons between 2004 and 2013 for the NBA playoffs in the 1980s. Nevertheless, it hasn't made an appearance in a championship round since its last year in the ABA; as such, they're actually the only one of the four remaining actual ABA franchises to never reach the NBA Finals. The Nuggets play their home games at the Pepsi Center, which they compete with the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League and the Mammoth Rockies of the National Lacrosse League. During their franchise history, the Nuggets displayed numerous colour schemes, logos and uniforms, including their days as the National Basketball Association's "Denver Rockets." On July 16, 2008, former NBA Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Camby was traded by the Nuggets to the Los Angeles Clippers for a second-round draught pick at the close of NBA season 2007–08. This exchange was for the Nuggets to reduce the labour costs. With Carmelo Anthony averaging 22.8 points per game and Billups adding 6.4 assists in the 2008–09 NBA season the Nuggets accomplished a large number of franchise milestones. That record of 54–28 has been the most franchise wins since that incorporation in the NBA; their 27–14 start was also a winning mark in the first half of a season. This also marked the first time in league history that the team had back-to-back 50-win seasons. They are leading the Northwest division for much of the season, finally taking the championship and ranking # 2 in the Western Conference, moving closer to the highest the team has ever been ranked for playoffs. General Manager Mark Warkentien has received the NBA Executive of the Year Award for the Nuggets 'success. They won Game 1 of the playoffs in a blowout win over the New Orleans Hornets, they got a home-court edge for the first time since 1988 and even the 29-point triumph became the greatest achievement by any player in the first round of the 2009 Game 1 NBA Playoffs. Chauncey Billups set a Nuggets franchise record for the most three-pointers in a single game with 8 and his 19 three-pointers are also a Nuggets record for the threes made in a playoff series in general. We managed to smash the Hornets in 5, including a 58-point win in Game 4 that tied the most lopsided victory in NBA playoffs history. They then routed the sixth seed Dallas Mavericks in the Conference Semifinals with 4-to-1 games to make their first trip to the Western Conference Finals since 1985. This was also the first time the Nuggets had ever led 3–0 in a best-of-seven series. We held a three-point NBA playoffs-high and a 16-point cumulative margin of victory up to that point, the largest total margin of victory in the first 10 playoff games of NBA Playoff history. They lost the first Western Conference Finals game to the Los Angeles Lakers but won the second game to even out the series. Anthony joined the NBA in 1976 and became the first Denver player to score a total of 30 points in five consecutive playoff games. They lost the series 4–2, ending Denver's longest playoff run in team history.
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Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team, based in San Francisco. The Warriors play within the National Basketball Association as part of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Warriors, founded in Philadelphia in 1946, moved in 1962 to the San Francisco Bay Area and took on the name of the city, before changing their geographic moniker to Golden State in 1971. They play their home games in the Chase Center. The Kings, a founding member of the American Basketball League, became the Philadelphia Kings in 1946. We were the owners of Peter A. Tyrrell who once owned the Philadelphia Rockets in the American Hockey League. Tyrrell employed Eddie Gottlieb, a longtime proponent of basketball in the Philadelphia area, as coach and general manager. Unlike the Philadelphia Eagles, an old baseball club that took part in the American Basketball League in 1925, the owners signed up the franchise. The Warriors captured their second championship during the 1955–56 season, crushing the four-to - one Fort Wayne Pistons, during Philadelphia. The Warrior stars of this time included future Hall of Famers Paul Arizin, Tom Gola and Neil Johnston. Driven by early scoring phenomena Joe Fulks, the team won the inaugural championship league season in 1946–47 by crushing the Chicago Stags, four to one games. The NBA, established in 1949 by a merger, officially acknowledges that as its own first championship. Gottlieb bought the team in 1951. The franchise folded in the 1980s but became staples in the playoffs with stars Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin at the turn of the decade nicknamed "Run TMC." The team returned to title glory in 2015, led by Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green; they again won in 2017 and 2018, with the help of former MVP Kevin Durant. The Fighters have used several different logo and uniform designs throughout their history, with the most recent change taking place in 2010. On June 12, 2019, the Warriors have announced small improvements to their signature logo, including a new, personalised font. The squad unveiled six new uniform designs incorporating the newly refurbished logo on 17 September 2019. While the Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers played together after the Cavs joined the NBA in 1970, the competition between the two teams started to evolve during the 2014–15 season when they met in the first of four consecutive NBA finals. A group of teams have never played each other in more than two consecutive Seasons. The Warriors have won against the Cavaliers three of the four NBA finals, winning in 2015, 2017 and 2018. Bob Fitzgerald's play-by-play on tv, and the colour commentary by former Warriors swingman Kelenna Azubuike on the NBC Sports Bay Area with the Warriors, where they broadcast more than 70 Warrior games a year. We are also hosting Roundtable Live, a half hour pre-game show that leads to the televisioning of numerous Golden State home games, and also offers postgame commentary. Fitzgerald is the Warriors 'play-by-play man in his 23rd season, and is Azubuike's first colour analyst. The retired Warrior guard Jim Barnett was the TV colour analyst from 1985 to 2019, and is now the full-time colour man on the network. Other telecast crew members include Greg Papa and Garry St. Jean, mid-pregame expert, mid-game, half-time and post-game reporting, while Kerith Burke serves as the sideline reporter. Tim Roye did the radio play-by-play for Warrior sports after 1995. Also for home games former warriors join Tom Tolbert in the pit. He will now be replaced by full-time Jim Barnett beginning in 2019, who will report on all road and home games in colour, and has also been in the booth for national coverage and post-season matchups. On August 25, 2016, the Warriors announced they were leaving long-term KNBR station and will air all their games on KGMZ's 95.7 The Game. Roye, Fitzgerald and Barnett sit down together for the post-game radio commentary following each game and a preview of next season.
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