(Given the news of the week, while the timing was weird, it was obviously done to serve as a quickie in-season and postseason audition for coach David Adelman on Josh Kroenke’s part. The Nuggets got their groove back, and DA got the job.)

Playing back-to-back seven-game series, Denver had Oklahoma hand them a semi-final exit. After proceeding to the WCF, the Thunder showed complete dominance in Game 1. Addressing OKC's win, Mike Malone mentioned how Shai showed he was the true MVP, stirring up social media.

For the fifth time in Nikola Jokic's career, Denver's do-it-all center garnered first-team All-NBA honors. The teams were announced prior to Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals series between the Pacers and Knicks on TNT.