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It wasn't always rooting for the Nuggets in this territory. Their way was paved by a group known as the Rockets. The pro game resurfaced 18 years after a first go in the Mile High City for the 1967-68 season, this time in the form of the ABA's Denver Rockets. The team played its first game on October 15, 1967, and defeated the Anaheim Amigos, 110-105. Under Coach Bob Bass, Denver went 45-33 in its inaugural season before being eliminated by the New Orleans Buccaneers in the first round of the 1968 ABA Playoffs.

The team enjoyed mild success for a few years and then found itself in last place at the end of the 1973-74 and missed the playoffs. The following year they came back and won the ABA finals. The following couple years the team prospered finishing in the postseason.

While Denver was flourishing, most ABA franchises were floundering. In June 1976 the league went out of business, and the Nuggets, Nets, San Antonio Spurs, and Indiana Pacers became part of the NBA after paying $3.2-million entry fees. So the born again team in 1976 the became the Denver Nuggets and the region's professional basketball team. They did well in their debut in the National Basketball Association.

Although most of the new teams adjusted slowly to the NBA, Denver thrived right from the start. The Nuggets won their first eight games of the 1976-77 campaign, the all-time franchise record for a season-starting winning streak. They lost little momentum, posting a 23-10 mark by the new year and keeping the pressure on for most of the campaign. Denver finished with a 50-32 record, won the Midwest Division, and tied the Philadelphia 76ers for the second-best record in the league behind the Los Angeles Lakers' 53-29 mark. But the Nuggets faltered in the playoffs and were eliminated by the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, the eventual NBA champions.

The following years have been good to the Denver Nuggets and they continue to play basketball in the Mile High City. The city built a new facility for them to play in the 1990's. The Pepsi Center in a brand new building that has state of the art lighting, sound, and facilities for the athletes and seats more than McNichols Arena used to.

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