{"id":691261,"date":"2026-04-01T05:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/691261\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:12:39","slug":"nuggets-ticket-punched-to-the-2026-nba-playoffs-denver-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/691261\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets ticket punched to the 2026 NBA Playoffs \u2013 Denver Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Denver Nuggets are headed back to the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the Phoenix Suns\u2019 115-111 loss to the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nuggets\/status\/2039160220535157117?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nuggets officially clinched<\/a> a spot in the 2026 NBA Playoffs. As soon as that game went final, Denver\u2019s postseason fate was sealed without even having to take the court.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Lakers also clinched a playoff berth with the Suns\u2019 loss, while simultaneously claiming the Pacific Division title. The Nuggets could face the Lakers in the postseason for the third time in four years.<\/p>\n<p>For the <a href=\"https:\/\/denversports.com\/nba\/denver-nuggets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nuggets<\/a>, the clinching marks another successful regular season push and keeps Denver among the Western Conference\u2019s postseason contenders. It\u2019s eight trips to the playoffs in a row and this year they\u2019ll be at worst the sixth seed but could finish as high as third. It\u2019s one of the best stretches of continued success in franchise history matched only by the Carmelo Anthony era and Alex English\u2019s prime years in Denver. No surprise given how good and what Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray have meant to the Mile High.<\/p>\n<p>The Nuggets are back in action on Wednesday in Utah, then again on Saturday when they host the Spurs.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shapalicious\" data-show-count=\"false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow @Shapalicious<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DenverSports1043\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Subscribe-Banner.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Subscribe-Banner_DS.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/denversports.com\/daily\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DenverSportsEmail-300x250-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DenverSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Denver Nuggets are headed back to the postseason. 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