May 25, 2023

FILE - Denver Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony, center, drives to the hoop between Cleveland Cavaliers' Christian Eyenga, left, of the Congo, and Antawn Jamison in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Cleveland, Jan. 28, 2011. 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/Amy Sancetta, File)