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Ehh they were picked at every level to lose these series though except for Minnesota last season. They ran through the suns. Ran through the lakers. Even after they figured something out at the end of game with Rui on Jokic. People picked the Heat to beat them. Then the lakers got them early like they wanted. Not ducking smoke
Can’t be both luck and people pick against them. They absolutely are shook right now though.
I said historically lucky from from a seeding perspective. Actually, when you look it up the 2023 nuggets literally did have the easiest run to a title in over 40 years:
They went out there and they got it done, years from now nobody is going to ask about who they played or how they did it.
This does help to contextualize their championship run. Fans are so quick to anoint teams as the next dynasty. Maybe Denver was a very good team that went on a great title run but not a budding dynasty. That's perfectly fine.