Don't you remember how the Nuggets played super fast and gave up 130 ppg to their opponents, that year. It was an abomination gimmick year. They gave 80+ pts seven times in just the 1st half. They gave up 80+ in the second half another three times, includes a 94pt 2nd half to the Rockets.
Phoenix played the old Paul Westhead Denver team in that game. No D. Check out the results of their games that year : https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DEN/1991_games.html
plus, I think Brad Stevens and their NBA best defense are the 2 main reasons for their record...Kyrie is the 3rd reason at best
Kyrie tonight 16 points on 4/16 shooting. Meanwhile Harden 33 at half. Leading league in points/assists. #1 seed in West.
while i know of their crazy high scoring /bad defense, i was pretty young and mostly just watched the rockets. my memory of 1990 is basically hakeem scoring 52 and then having a quad-double taken away in another game.