Editing Denver Nuggets (section)

====2023–2024: Dethroned and Jokic's third MVP season====
In the [[2023–24 NBA season|2023–24 season]], the first season in league history with the Nuggets as defending champions, Denver finished with the 2nd seed in the [[Western Conference (NBA)|Western Conference]] with a 57–25 record, tying with the [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] and finishing 1 game ahead of the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]]. On May 8, 2024, [[Nikola Jokić]] won his third [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player Award]], becoming the ninth player to do so and tying with other greats such as [[Moses Malone]] and [[Larry Bird]]. In the first round of the playoffs against the [[Los Angeles Lakers|Lakers]], the Nuggets won the series 4–1, with [[Jamal Murray]] hitting several game-winning shots to pull out a win. In the conference semifinals against the [[Minnesota Timberwolves|Timberwolves]], the Nuggets were up by 20 points in the 3rd quarter of the 7th game, but, after a Wolves comeback in  the final quarter, they ended up losing the game 98–90.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/denver-nuggets-game-7-loss/|work=CBS News|title=Denver Nuggets fall to Timberwolves in Game 7, season ends in disappointing fashion|last=Sarles|first=Jesse|date=May 19, 2024|access-date=May 19, 2024}}</ref>