how many times have the nuggets lost in the first round the last 10 years

The Denver Nuggets have fallen short 21 times in Western Conference First Round between November 1, 2016 and November 1, 2026.

	TEAM	DATE	L	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Nuggets	4/13/2019	1	2018-19	First Round	DEN	vs	SAS	L 96-101	240	96	46	25	8	3	37	88	42.0	6	28	21.4	16	24	66.7	48.7	13	33	10	18
2	Nuggets	4/16/2019	0	2018-19	First Round	DEN	vs	SAS	W 114-105	240	114	41	29	5	2	43	89	48.3	10	24	41.7	18	26	69.2	56.8	7	34	6	21
3	Nuggets	4/18/2019	1	2018-19	First Round	DEN	@	SAS	L 108-118	240	108	37	31	3	1	42	81	51.9	15	29	51.7	9	17	52.9	61.0	10	27	13	21
4	Nuggets	4/20/2019	0	2018-19	First Round	DEN	@	SAS	W 117-103	240	117	45	25	4	2	40	89	44.9	15	31	48.4	22	24	91.7	58.8	11	34	8	22
5	Nuggets	4/23/2019	0	2018-19	First Round	DEN	vs	SAS	W 108-90	240	108	49	25	4	6	39	78	50.0	14	33	42.4	16	20	80.0	62.2	7	42	14	21
6	Nuggets	4/25/2019	1	2018-19	First Round	DEN	@	SAS	L 103-120	240	103	37	26	5	3	44	96	45.8	6	24	25.0	9	12	75.0	50.8	12	25	7	18
7	Nuggets	4/27/2019	0	2018-19	First Round	DEN	vs	SAS	W 90-86	240	90	53	21	3	8	35	88	39.8	2	20	10.0	18	23	78.3	45.9	13	40	6	19
8	Nuggets	8/17/2020	0	2019-20	First Round	DEN	vs	UTA	W 135-125	265	135	41	23	10	6	49	95	51.6	22	41	53.7	15	18	83.3	65.6	8	33	12	22
9	Nuggets	8/19/2020	1	2019-20	First Round	DEN	vs	UTA	L 105-124	240	105	41	22	1	4	37	81	45.7	13	27	48.1	18	23	78.3	57.6	13	28	12	19
10	Nuggets	8/21/2020	1	2019-20	First Round	DEN	@	UTA	L 87-124	240	87	45	20	2	5	33	88	37.5	12	38	31.6	9	11	81.8	46.9	16	29	17	24
11	Nuggets	8/23/2020	1	2019-20	First Round	DEN	@	UTA	L 127-129	240	127	40	25	2	4	49	100	49.0	17	44	38.6	12	13	92.3	60.1	17	23	6	24
12	Nuggets	8/25/2020	0	2019-20	First Round	DEN	vs	UTA	W 117-107	240	117	38	22	4	5	43	85	50.6	16	35	45.7	15	16	93.8	63.6	5	33	10	18
13	Nuggets	8/30/2020	0	2019-20	First Round	DEN	@	UTA	W 119-107	240	119	43	22	8	4	39	71	54.9	18	36	50.0	23	26	88.5	72.2	7	36	16	24
14	Nuggets	9/1/2020	0	2019-20	First Round	DEN	vs	UTA	W 80-78	240	80	46	21	7	4	31	83	37.3	8	31	25.8	10	13	76.9	45.1	8	38	11	18
15	Nuggets	5/22/2021	1	2020-21	First Round	DEN	vs	POR	L 109-123	240	109	48	22	3	7	47	93	50.5	11	36	30.6	4	8	50.0	56.5	11	37	8	18
16	Nuggets	5/24/2021	0	2020-21	First Round	DEN	vs	POR	W 128-109	240	128	35	29	12	3	46	86	53.5	12	28	42.9	24	30	80.0	64.5	10	25	13	25
17	Nuggets	5/27/2021	0	2020-21	First Round	DEN	@	POR	W 120-115	240	120	45	24	4	4	39	84	46.4	20	38	52.6	22	27	81.5	62.6	12	33	14	18
18	Nuggets	5/29/2021	1	2020-21	First Round	DEN	@	POR	L 95-115	240	95	47	20	5	5	32	94	34.0	13	44	29.5	18	22	81.8	45.8	14	33	9	18
19	Nuggets	6/1/2021	0	2020-21	First Round	DEN	vs	POR	W 147-140	290	147	52	33	5	5	50	104	48.1	20	44	45.5	27	32	84.4	62.2	13	39	11	24
20	Nuggets	6/3/2021	0	2020-21	First Round	DEN	@	POR	W 126-115	240	126	39	28	8	3	44	86	51.2	15	34	44.1	23	27	85.2	64.4	10	29	12	18
21	Nuggets	4/16/2022	1	2021-22	First Round	DEN	@	GSW	L 107-123	240	107	35	26	8	3	43	93	46.2	11	35	31.4	10	13	76.9	54.2	9	26	11	22
22	Nuggets	4/18/2022	1	2021-22	First Round	DEN	@	GSW	L 106-126	240	106	47	20	4	4	37	87	42.5	13	36	36.1	19	21	90.5	55.1	17	30	18	25
23	Nuggets	4/21/2022	1	2021-22	First Round	DEN	vs	GSW	L 113-118	240	113	44	25	9	3	40	80	50.0	11	26	42.3	22	27	81.5	61.5	11	33	18	26
24	Nuggets	4/24/2022	0	2021-22	First Round	DEN	vs	GSW	W 126-121	240	126	33	28	9	2	41	73	56.2	15	31	48.4	29	36	80.6	70.9	5	28	20	31
25	Nuggets	4/27/2022	1	2021-22	First Round	DEN	@	GSW	L 98-102	240	98	50	26	5	5	36	81	44.4	6	29	20.7	20	29	69.0	52.3	14	36	15	21
	Average		0.4							242.6	110.3	43.0	25.0	6.3	3.9	40.5	86.8	46.7	12.0	32.3	37.1	17.3	21.8	79.4	57.2	10.4	32.6	12.1	20.8
	Total		21							11,645	5,294	2,064	1,200	304	186	1,944	4,165	46.7	576	1,552	37.1	830	1,045	79.4	57.2	501	1,563	582	996

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.8

Murray

RPG

9.8

Jokić

APG

9.2

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Team Rankings

ORTG

114.6

11th

DRTG

115.8

20th

NETRTG

-1.2

19th

3P%

37.4

7th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
6	Spurs	4	2	.667	2.0
7	Mavericks	4	2	.667	2.0
8	Nuggets	3	2	.600	2.5
9	Timberwolves	4	3	.571	2.5
10	Warriors	3	3	.500	3.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 11/2	POR	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Wed 11/4	TOR	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Sat 11/7	DEN	@	IND	5:00 PM
Mon 11/9	DEN	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 11/11	DEN	@	MEM	8:00 PM

Last Game

Nuggets

3 - 2

127

Final

120

Suns

1 - 3

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NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

36.2

Dončić

29.6

Maxey

29.2

Curry

RPG Leaders

15.8

Sabonis

13.5

Towns

12.3

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

10.2

Young

9.2

Jokić

8.2

Mitchell

SPG Leaders

3.2

Williamson

3.0

Daniels

3.0

Gillespie

BPG Leaders

4.2

Wembanyama

2.8

Kessler

2.5

Turner

3PM Leaders

5.4

Dončić

4.6

Murray

4.4

Curry

TS% Leaders

81.3

Camara

81.1

Stewart

77.0

Banchero

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.5

119.9

119.7

118.9

117.7

DRtg Rankings

103.8

104.9

105.4

105.9

108.5

NetRtg Rankings

15.1

12.6

11.3

11.0

10.5

9.1

Tank Leaderboard

0-5

0-6

1-5

1-4

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

359.8

Wembanyama

323.3

Maxey

317.3

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

347

Wembanyama

334.5

Antetokounmpo

325.3

Maxey

USG% Leaders

39.7

Dončić

34.5

Miller

34.4

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

38.2

Murray

37.6

Maxey

37.2

Jokić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.85

Wembanyama

1.68

Antetokounmpo

1.62

Flagg

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Wembanyama

1.77

Antetokounmpo

1.69

Dončić

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

6-0

6-1

5-1

4-2

Worst Record ATS

0-4

1-5

2-4

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	6	1	.857
2	Pistons	5	1	.833	0.5
3	Celtics	4	1	.800	1.0
4	Cavaliers	4	2	.667	1.5
5	Raptors	3	2	.600	2.0
6	Wizards	3	3	.500	2.5
7	Hawks	3	4	.429	3.0
8	Hornets	3	4	.429	3.0
9	Magic	2	3	.400	3.0
10	Heat	2	4	.333	3.5
11	Pacers	2	4	.333	3.5
12	Knicks	2	4	.333	3.5
13	Bulls	1	5	.167	4.5
14	Bucks	1	5	.167	4.5
15	Nets	0	5	.000	5.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Grizzlies	6	0	1.000
2	Rockets	6	1	.857	0.5
3	Trail Blazers	4	1	.800	1.5
4	Lakers	4	2	.667	2.0
5	Thunder	4	2	.667	2.0
6	Spurs	4	2	.667	2.0
7	Mavericks	4	2	.667	2.0
8	Nuggets	3	2	.600	2.5
9	Timberwolves	4	3	.571	2.5
10	Warriors	3	3	.500	3.0
11	Pelicans	2	4	.333	4.0
12	Suns	1	3	.250	4.0
13	Clippers	1	4	.200	4.5
14	Jazz	1	5	.167	5.0
15	Kings	0	6	.000	6.0

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/1	BKN	@	IND	5:00 PM
Sun 11/1	LAC	@	GSW	8:30 PM
Sun 11/1	TOR	@	LAL	9:00 PM
Mon 11/2	OKC	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Mon 11/2	ATL	@	IND	7:30 PM

The Denver Nuggets have fallen short 21 times in Western Conference First Round between November 1, 2016 and November 1, 2026.

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NBA 2026-27 Leaders

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29.2

15.8

13.5

12.3

10.2

9.2

8.2

3.2

3.0

3.0

4.2

2.8

2.5

5.4

4.6

4.4

81.3

81.1

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NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

359.8

323.3

317.3

347

334.5

325.3

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34.4

38.2

37.6

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