May 25, 2023

FILE - Denver Nuggets guard Lafayette Lever (12) and forward Bill Henzlik (24) prevent Dallas Mavericks guard Rolando Blackman (22) from going for the basket during an NBA basketball game in Dallas, May 14, 1988. 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/Pat Sullivan, File)