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. They finished 30-54, but finished in a tie for the fourth and final playoff spot. However, they lost the tiebreaker 115-109 to the

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Roster

Season standings

Eastern Division

Western Division

Game log

1970-71 Denver Rockets Schedule and Results , Basketball-Reference.com

Statistics

Awards and records

* ABA All-League Team: Larry Cannon

Transactions

References

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Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

Denver Nuggets The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the D ...