The 2022–23 Denver Nuggets season was the 47th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season culminated in a win in the NBA Finals, their first title in franchise history, including their time in the ABA.
On April 5, 2023, the Nuggets clinched the top seed in the Western Conference for the first time in franchise history. In the first round of the playoffs, the Nuggets eliminated their division rivals, the Minnesota Timberwolves, in five games. In the conference semifinals, they defeated the 4th seeded Phoenix Suns in six games to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the second time in four years. The Nuggets made the Finals for the first time in history by sweeping the 7th seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the Conference Finals to advance to the 2023 NBA Finals.
On June 12, 2023, Denver won their first championship in franchise history after a 94–89 win against the Miami Heat, defeating them in 5 games. They joined the San Antonio Spurs as the only former ABA franchises to win a championship in the NBA, although neither team had won a title in the old league. HoopsHype would later rank this squad as the team with the fifth-easiest path to winning the NBA Finals in 2024 (in terms of the records of their opponents) due to the improbable route they had to take to win it all this season (first by beating a #8 seed, then a #4 seed, before beating a #7 seed in the Western Conference Finals and then a #8 seed (who originally started out as a #7 seed before the play-in tournament began) in order to win the NBA Finals).
Draft
RoundPickPlayerPosition(s)NationalityCollege / Club121Christian BraunSGKansas The Nuggets own their first round pick; their second-round pick was traded to Minnesota via Philadelphia. A second-round pick Denver traded to the Miami Heat would later be forfeited by them after they violated tampering rules with free agency the previous season.
Roster
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Standings Division
Conference
Game log
Preseason
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 3 | Oklahoma City | | Zeke Nnaji (15) | Nnaji, Jordan (6) | Jokić, Green (3) | Ball Arena12,432 | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | October 7 | @ Chicago | | Bones Hyland (24) | DeAndre Jordan (10) | Murray, Smith (5) | United Center20,305 | 0–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | October 10 | Phoenix | | Ish Smith (17) | DeAndre Jordan (10) | Ish Smith (7) | Ball Arena12,505 | 1–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | October 12 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Ish Smith (15) | Zeke Nnaji (8) | Ish Smith (8) | Toyota Arena8,812 | 2–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 5 | October 14 | @ Golden State | | Bones Hyland (18) | Aaron Gordon (12) | Aaron Gordon (7) | Chase CenterN/A | 3–2
Regular season
|-style="background:#fcc; | 1 | October 19 | @ Utah | | Nikola Jokić (27) | Aaron Gordon (10) | Jokić, Caldwell-Pope (6) | Vivint Arena18,206 | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 21 | @ Golden State | | Nikola Jokić (26) | Nikola Jokić (12) | Nikola Jokić (10) | Chase Center18,064 | 1–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | October 22 | Oklahoma City | | Michael Porter Jr. (22) | Nikola Jokić (16) | Nikola Jokić (13) | Ball Arena19,983 | 2–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 4 | October 24 | @ Portland | | Aaron Gordon (26) | Nikola Jokić (9) | Nikola Jokić (9) | Moda Center18,111 | 2–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 5 | October 26 | L.A. Lakers | | Nikola Jokić (31) | Nikola Jokić (13) | Nikola Jokić (9) | Ball Arena19,520 | 3–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 6 | October 28 | Utah | | Bones Hyland (26) | Jordan, Porter Jr. (13) | Nikola Jokić (6) | Ball Arena19,560 | 4–2 |-style="background:#fcc; | 7 | October 30 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Nikola Jokić (23) | Nikola Jokić (14) | Nikola Jokić (6) | Crypto.com Arena18,997 | 4–3
|-style="background:#cfc" | 8 | November 3 | @ Oklahoma City | | Aaron Gordon (27) | Nikola Jokić (13) | Nikola Jokić (14) | Paycom Center13,791 | 5–3 |-style="background:#cfc" | 9 | November 5 | San Antonio | | Bones Hyland (24) | Michael Porter Jr. (9) | Nikola Jokić (10) | Ball Arena19,641 | 6–3 |-style="background:#cfc" | 10 | November 7 | @ San Antonio | | Nikola Jokić (26) | Jokić, Jordan (8) | Nikola Jokić (10) | AT&T Center11,574 | 7–3 |-style="background:#cfc" | 11 | November 9 | @ Indiana | | Nikola Jokić (24) | Aaron Gordon (17) | Gordon, Jokić (6) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse14,069 | 8–3 |-style="background:#fcc; | 12 | November 11 | @ Boston | | Nikola Jokić (29) | Bruce Brown (10) | Jamal Murray (10) | TD Garden19,156 | 8–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 13 | November 13 | @ Chicago | | Michael Porter Jr. (31) | Bruce Brown (11) | Nikola Jokić (14) | United Center21,602 | 9–4 |-style="background:#fcc; | 14 | November 16 | New York | | Hyland, Murray (21) | Jamal Murray (9) | Jamal Murray (6) | Ball Arena18,210 | 9–5 |-style="background:#fcc; | 15 | November 18 | @ Dallas | | Brown, Caldwell-Pope (18) | DeAndre Jordan (7) | Bruce Brown (7) | American Airlines Center20,135 | 9–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 16 | November 20 | @ Dallas | | Bones Hyland (29) | DeAndre Jordan (17) | Bruce Brown (8) | American Airlines Center20,244 | 10–6 |-style="background:#fcc; | 17 | November 22 | Detroit | | Nikola Jokić (31) | Nikola Jokić (9) | Nikola Jokić (10) | Ball Arena19,635 | 10–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 18 | November 23 | @ Oklahoma City | | Nikola Jokić (39) | Bruce Brown (13) | Bruce Brown (10) | Paycom Center13,656 | 11–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 19 | November 25 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Aaron Gordon (29) | Nikola Jokić (13) | Jamal Murray (9) | Crypto.com Arena16,559 | 12–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 20 | November 28 | Houston | | Nikola Jokić (32) | Nikola Jokić (12) | Jokić, Smith (8) | Ball Arena16,027 | 13–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 21 | November 30 | Houston | | Jamal Murray (26) | Nikola Jokić (9) | Nikola Jokić (12) | Ball Arena16,286 | 14–7
|-style="background:#fcc; | 22 | December 2 | @ Atlanta | | Nikola Jokić (24) | Nikola Jokić (10) | Nikola Jokić (8) | State Farm Arena16,974 | 14–8 |-style="background:#fcc; | 23 | December 4 | @ New Orleans | | Nikola Jokić (32) | Nikola Jokić (16) | Nikola Jokić (9) | Smoothie King Center15,658 | 14–9 |-style="background:#fcc; | 24 | December 6 | Dallas | | Aaron Gordon (27) | Gordon, Jokić (8) | Nikola Jokić (8) | Ball Arena19,520 | 14–10 |-style="background:#cfc; | 25 | December 8 | @ Portland | | Nikola Jokić (33) | Nikola Jokić (10) | Nikola Jokić (9) | Moda Center18,189 | 15–10 |-style="background:#cfc; | 26 | December 10 | Utah | | Nikola Jokić (31) | Nikola Jokić (12) | Nikola Jokić (14) | Ball Arena19,636 | 16–10 |-style="background:#cfc; | 27 | December 14 | Washington | | Nikola Jokić (43) | Nikola Jokić (14) | Nikola Jokić (8) | Ball Arena19,550 | 17–10 |-style="background:#fcc; | 28 | December 16 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Nikola Jokić (25) | Nikola Jokić (11) | Nikola Jokić (8) | Crypto.com Arena18,505 | 17–11 |-style="background:#cfc; | 29 | December 18 | Charlotte | | Nikola Jokić (40) | Nikola Jokić (27) | Jamal Murray (11) | Ball Arena19,235 | 18–11 |-style="background:#cfc; | 30 | December 20 | Memphis | | Aaron Gordon (24) | Nikola Jokić (13) | Nikola Jokić (13) | Ball Arena19,605 | 19–11 |-style="background:#cfc; | 31 | December 23 | Portland | | Nikola Jokić (29) | Jokić, Murray (8) | Jamal Murray (12) | Ball Arena19,619 | 20–11 |-style="background:#cfc; | 32 | December 25 | Phoenix | | Nikola Jokić (41) | Nikola Jokić (15) | Nikola Jokić (15) | Ball Arena19,642 | 21–11 |-style="background:#cfc; | 33 | December 27 | @ Sacramento | | Michael Porter Jr. (30) | Nikola Jokić (9) | Nikola Jokić (11) | Golden 1 Center17,937 | 22–11 |-style="background:#fcc; | 34 | December 28 | @ Sacramento | | Nikola Jokić (40) | Jokić, Jordan, Porter Jr. (7) | Bones Hyland (11) | Golden 1 Center17,985 | 22–12 |-style="background:#cfc; | 35 | December 30 | Miami | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (20) | Nikola Jokić (12) | Nikola Jokić (12) | Ball Arena19,638 | 23–12
|-style="background:#cfc; | 36 | January 1 | Boston | | Nikola Jokić (30) | Nikola Jokić (12) | Nikola Jokić (12) | Ball Arena19,641 | 24–12 |-style="background:#fcc; | 37 | January 2 | @ Minnesota | | Nikola Jokić (24) | Aaron Gordon (16) | Nikola Jokić (9) | Target Center15,962 | 24–13 |-style="background:#cfc; | 38 | January 5 | L.A. Clippers | | Jamal Murray (18) | Vlatko Čančar (12) | Nikola Jokić (9) | Ball Arena19,087 | 25–13 |-style="background:#cfc; | 39 | January 6 | Cleveland | | Nikola Jokić (28) | Nikola Jokić (15) | Nikola Jokić (10) | Ball Arena19,638 | 26–13 |-style="background:#cfc; | 40 | January 9 | L.A. Lakers | | Jamal Murray (34) | Nikola Jokić (11) | Nikola Jokić (16) | Ball Arena19,609 | 27–13 |-style="background:#cfc; | 41 | January 11 | Phoenix | | Hyland, Jokić (21) | Nikola Jokić (18) | Nikola Jokić (9) | Ball Arena18,872 | 28–13 |-style="background:#cfc; | 42 | January 13 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Jamal Murray (24) | Jamal Murray (8) | Aaron Gordon (5) | Crypto.com Arena16,005 | 29–13 |-style="background:#cfc; | 43 | January 15 | Orlando | | Aaron Gordon (25) | Nikola Jokić (10) | Nikola Jokić (14) | Ball Arena19,641 | 30–13 |-style="background:#cfc; | 44 | January 17 | Portland | | Nikola Jokić (36) | Nikola Jokić (12) | Nikola Jokić (10) | Ball Arena18,258 | 31–13 |-style="background:#cfc; | 45 | January 18 | Minnesota | | Nikola Jokić (31) | Nikola Jokić (11) | Nikola Jokić (13) | Ball Arena16,112 | 32–13 |-style="background:#cfc; | 46 | January 20 | Indiana | | Aaron Gordon (28) | Jamal Murray (10) | Jamal Murray (14) | Ball Arena19,609 | 33–13 |-style="background:#fcc; | 47 | January 22 | Oklahoma City | | Jamal Murray (26) | Gordon, Nnaji (10) | Jamal Murray (9) | Ball Arena19,557 | 33–14 |-style="background:#cfc; | 48 | January 24 | @ New Orleans | | Jokić, Murray (25) | Nikola Jokić (11) | Nikola Jokić (10) | Smoothie King Center14,699 | 34–14 |-style="background:#fcc; | 49 | January 25 | @ Milwaukee | | Aaron Gordon (24) | Aaron Gordon (14) | Brown, Gordon (4) | Fiserv Forum17,352 | 34–15 |-style="background:#fcc; | 50 | January 28 | @ Philadelphia | | Nikola Jokić (24) | Nikola Jokić (8) | Nikola Jokić (9) | Wells Fargo Center21,255 | 34–16 |-style="background:#cfc; | 51 | January 31 | New Orleans | | Jamal Murray (32) | Nikola Jokić (18) | Nikola Jokić (15) | Ball Arena18,868 | 35–16
|-style="background:#cfc; | 52 | February 2 | Golden State | | Jamal Murray (33) | Nikola Jokić (14) | Nikola Jokić (16) | Ball Arena19,555 | 36–16 |-style="background:#cfc; | 53 | February 4 | Atlanta | | Jamal Murray (41) | Nikola Jokić (18) | Nikola Jokić (10) | Ball Arena19,630 | 37–16 |-style="background:#fcc; | 54 | February 5 | @ Minnesota | | Michael Porter Jr. (22) | Ish Smith (7) | Bruce Brown (7) | Target Center17,136 | 37–17 |-style="background:#cfc; | 55 | February 7 | Minnesota | | Michael Porter Jr. (30) | Nikola Jokić (12) | Nikola Jokić (16) | Ball Arena18,307 | 38–17 |-style="background:#fcc; | 56 | February 9 | @ Orlando | | Aaron Gordon (37) | Aaron Gordon (14) | Nikola Jokić (6) | Amway Center18,846 | 38–18 |-style="background:#cfc; | 57 | February 11 | @ Charlotte | | Nikola Jokić (30) | Nikola Jokić (16) | Nikola Jokić (10) | Spectrum Center19,256 | 39–18 |-style="background:#cfc; | 58 | February 13 | @ Miami | | Nikola Jokić (27) | Nikola Jokić (12) | Nikola Jokić (8) | Miami-Dade Arena19,755 | 40–18 |-style="background:#cfc; | 59 | February 15 | Dallas | | Jeff Green (24) | Nikola Jokić (13) | Nikola Jokić (10) | Ball Arena19,627 | 41–18 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |-style="background:#cfc; | 60 | February 23 | @ Cleveland | | Michael Porter Jr. (25) | Nikola Jokić (18) | Nikola Jokić (13) | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse19,432 | 42–18 |-style="background:#fcc; | 61 | February 25 | @ Memphis | | Nikola Jokić (15) | Nikola Jokić (13) | Jamal Murray (4) | FedExForum18,302 | 42–19 |-style="background:#cfc; | 62 | February 26 | L.A. Clippers