May 25, 2023

FILE - Denver Nuggets' Dan Issel holds the game ball and is all smiles after scoring his 26,000th NBA career point against the Golden State Warriors in an NBA basketball game in Oakland, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 1984. Now, with the Nuggets the top-seed in the Western Conference, Denver has never seemed to be mistaken for much beyond an NBA novelty. And if there really is gold at the end of all those rainbows, a real Nuggets fan will have to see it to believe it. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)