1993–94 Denver Nuggets season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the 18th season for the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association, and their 27th season as a franchise. The Nuggets received the ninth overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft, and selected power forward Rodney Rogers out of Wake Forest University. During the off-season, the team acquired Brian Williams from the Orlando Magic, then during the first month of the regular season, they traded Mark Macon and Marcus Liberty to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for All-Star guard Alvin Robertson; however, Robertson never played for the Nuggets due to a back injury, and was out for the entire season.

The Nuggets played around .500 basketball all season long with a 22–25 record at the All-Star break, and finished in fourth place in the Midwest Division with a 42–40 record, earning the #8 seed in the Western Conference, and qualifying for the NBA playoffs for the first time in four years.

Last season's Most Improved Player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf averaged 18.0 points and 4.5 assists per game, while second-year star LaPhonso Ellis averaged 15.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, and Dikembe Mutombo provided the team with 12.0 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.1 blocks per game. In addition, Reggie Williams provided with 13.0 points and 1.4 steals per game, and second-year guard Bryant Stith contributed 12.5 points and 1.4 steals per game. Off the bench, Robert Pack provided with 9.6 points and 5.4 assists per game, while Rogers contributed 8.1 points per game, and Brian Williams averaged 8.0 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Mutombo finished in third place in Defensive Player of the Year voting, and Brian Williams finished tied in seventh place in Most Improved Player voting.

The Western Conference First Round of the 1994 NBA playoffs saw the Nuggets matched up with the top-seeded Seattle SuperSonics, who had posted a league best 63–19 record during the regular season, and won the first two games of the series. Upon arriving in Denver, the Nuggets won the next two games at home to even the series at two games a piece. The series went back to Seattle for Game 5, as the Nuggets rallied to tie the game and force overtime; the Nuggets would emerge with a 4-point victory by the score of 98–94, and became the first 8th-seeded team to beat a #1 seed. An on-court camera featured Mutombo, in jubilation on his back holding the ball after the buzzer.

In the Western Conference Semi-finals, the Nuggets dropped their first three games to the 5th-seeded Utah Jazz; despite the threat of elimination, the Nuggets would rally to win the next three games and force a Game 7. The postseason run would end as they lost 91–81. Following the season, Robertson was released to free agency.

For the season, the Nuggets revealed a new primary logo of a snowcapped mountain over the team name in gold, and changed their uniforms adding dark navy blue, gold and dark red to their color scheme. The new logo and uniforms both remained in use until 2003, while the basic design of the logo lasted until 2018.