Not in my house, no, no, no. Dikembe Mutombo and the were the first-ever eight seed to knock off the No. 1 squad. In 94, that was the Seattle Supersonics (Editor’s note: BRING THEM BACK!) led by Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, and Detlef Schrempf.
The Nuggets overcame an 0-2 deficit to advance before falling short — 4-3 — to Karl Malone, John Stockton and the Utah Jazz.
