Colorado Avalanche players support Denver Nuggets during playoffs

DENVER (KDVR) — This time last year, the Colorado Avalanche had Ball Arena to themselves after their roommates, the Denver Nuggets, were eliminated from the NBA playoffs in the first round.

But this year has flip-flopped for Colorado’s professional teams who call Ball Arena home. The Avalanche lost to the Seattle Kraken in seven games to end their NHL Stanley Cup playoff run in the first round. But the Nuggets’ postseason is thriving as Nikola Jokic and the team in blue and yellow battle for the Western Conference championship against the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Nuggets started off in Denver for Games 1 and 2 which drew some familiar faces. Denver Broncos quarterback Russell…