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With Carmelo Anthony averaging 22.8 ppg and Billups averaging 6.4 assists in the 2008â€"09 NBA season, the Nuggets accomplished a great deal of franchise milestones. Their 54â€"28 record matched the most wins the franchise has gotten since their induction in the NBA, their 27â€"14 start was also a record for wins in the first half of a season. This also marked the first time in the franchise's history the team has gotten back-to-back 50-win seasons. They led the Northwest division for much of the season, eventually winning the division and placing for #2 in the Western Conference, matching the highest the team has ever been seeded for the playoffs. They won Game 1 of the playoffs in a blowout victory against the New Orleans Hornets on April 19, 2009, the first time they had home-court advantage since 1988 and also, the 29 point victory was the largest victory for any team for Game 1 of the First Round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs. Chauncey Billups set a Nuggets franchise record with the most 3 pointers in a playoff game with 8, and his 19 3-pointers in total is also a Nuggets record for 3s made in a playoff series. They went on to beat the Hornets in 5 Games, including a 58-point victory in Game 4 which matched the biggest playoff victory in NBA History. They then went on to beat the #6 seed Dallas Mavericks 4 games to 1 in the Conference Semifinals to make their first trip to the Western Conference Finals since 1985. This included a 106-105 road win, after Carmelo Anthony hit a 3-pointer with 1 second left on the shot clock. However this was controversial as Dallas' Antoine Wright appeared to have fouled him twice, which was not called-since the Mavericks had a foul to give (the NBA soon after issued a statement saying that it was the wrong call). That was also the first time the Nuggets have ever led 3-0 in a best-of-seven series. Up to this point, they hold an NBA Playoffs-high in 3-pointers made and a 16 point average margin of victory, the largest average margin of victory in the first 10 playoff games in NBA Playoff History. They lost the first game of the Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers.