LOS ANGELES — On the glorious night when the Nuggets ended a tortuous 47-year wait to earn their first invitation to the NBA Finals, team owner Stan Kroenke admired the 17 championship banners hanging in the rafters of the arena where the Lakers have long ruled.
His dream? For Denver to be second to nobody, not even King LeBron James, in the pro basketball world.
“We’ve got work to do,” Kroenke told . . .