The Nuggets entered the season after a second-round loss at the hands of the eventual Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns.
Still, they lost to the eventual champion Golden State Warriors in five games in the first round.
[2] The two teams previously met in the first round of the 2013 playoffs in which the Warriors defeated the Nuggets in six games.
[4] Jamal Murray was rumored to return from his torn ACL suffered the previous April but sat out the entire campaign, while Michael Porter Jr. would appear in only nine games before needing surgery again on his back in November.
[13] On 19 January, the Nuggets traded Bol again (along with PJ Dozier), this time to the Boston Celtics, as part of a three-team deal.