Denver Nuggets are playing in their first NBA finals in 47 years. Nikola Jokic, a Serbian teenager, is the team's star player.
The number 15 is the number used by Carmelo Anthony, who left the team in 2003. The team has its origins in the American Basketball Association (ABA), which emerged in 1967 as an NBA rival with 11 teams, including the Denver Rockets (Nuggets since 1974), a blue, white and red tricolor, a frenetic pace and rules that were attractive to fans.