NBA Facts to Know

Most 3PM during 1 playoff series in NBA history: 1. 2020 Donovan Mitchell (33), T2. 2020 Jamal Murray, 2021 Damian Lillard, 2016 Steph Curry x2 (32)

Most combined PTS by opposing players in 1 NBA postseason GP: 1. 2020 Mitchell (51) & Murray (50) = 101, 2. 1986 Jordan (63) & Bird (36) = 99, 3. 2020 Murray (50) & Mitchell (44) = 94, 4. 2020 Mitchell (57) & Murray (36) = 93

September 1, 2020: Denver Nuggets beat the Utah Jazz in Gm 7 of Rd 1 after Nikola Jokic’s GW-FG before Torrey Craig’s missed layup led to Mike Conley missing the buzzer-beating GW-3PM. Jamal Murray & Donovan Mitchell recorded the most PTS (475) by opposing players in 1 series

August 30, 2020: When Nuggets PG Jamal Murray scored 50 PTS (21 in 4Q) to force a Game 7 vs. Utah, it was the most GP (4) with 50+ PTS across the NBA in 1 postseason ever with all 4 coming from Murray (2) or Donovan Mitchell (2) in the same 1st Rd series

August 25, 2020: Denver Nuggets PG Jamal Murray became the 1st player w/ 40+ PTS & 0 TOV in consecutive GP in NBA history (regular or postseason), highlighted by a spin move layup that helped DEN win Game 5 en route to a 3-1 1st Rd series comeback vs. UTA

August 23, 2020: Utah Jazz G Donovan Mitchell and Denver Nuggets PG Jamal Murray became the 1st opponents w/ 50+ PTS during the same NBA postseason GP. Murray had the most PTS (51) & 3PM (9) in Nuggets playoff history as the Jazz took a 3-1 series lead

Nikola Jokic will be the 1st reigning MVP to not play on Christmas Day since the league expanded to 5 games in 2008

August 10, 2012: Lakers, 76ers, Nuggets, & Magic completed a 4-team, 12-player trade involving multiple draft picks that sent C Dwight Howard to LAL, C Andrew Bynum to PHI, SF Andre Iguodala to DEN, and C Nikola Vucevic to ORL

June 26, 2003: The stacked NBA Draft class of 2003 included SF LeBron James to Cavs (#1), SF Carmelo Anthony to Nuggets (#3), PF Chris Bosh to Raptors (#4), and SG Dwyane Wade to Heat (#5)

June 26, 2014: NBA Draft had plenty of talent at the top — Andrew Wiggins (1st), Joel Embiid (3rd), Aaron Gordon (4th), Marcus Smart (6th), Julius Randle (7th), but arguably the best player wasn’t selected until #41: MVP Nikola Jokic

Most career BLK in Denver Nuggets history: 1. Dikembe Mutombo (1,486), 2. Marcus Camby (1,126), 3. Wayne Cooper (830), 4. Bobby Jones (625), T5. Chris Andersen & Alex English (624)

Dikembe Mutombo’s ranks in Nuggets history: 1st in career BLK (1,486), RPG (12.3), BPG (3.8); Top 4 season BLK (336/332/321/287), 4 of top 5 season BPG (4.5/4.1/3.9/3.5), 3rd in career REB (3,111), 3rd & 5th in season REB (1,070/1,020)

Dikembe Mutombo’s HOF resume: 8x All Star, 4x DPOY (t-most all time), 2001 All-NBA 2nd Team; 2x 3rd Team, 3x All-Defense 1st Team; 3x 2nd Team, 3x BPG Leader, 2x RPG Leader, 1992 All-Rookie Team, #55 retired by Hawks & Nuggets

June 23, 2016: 76ers drafted Ben Simmons with the 1st pick. Other key moves included Lakers taking Brandon Ingram (#2), Celtics claiming Jaylen Brown (#3), Nuggets snagging Jamal Murray (#7), TOR taking Pascal Siakam 27th, and Domantas Sabonis going 11th

June 17, 1976: 4 former ABA teams (Nets, Spurs, Pacers, and Nuggets) joined the NBA, marking the official NBA-ABA merger which brought the NBA’s total to 22 teams

See More Facts to Know