Watching the Nuggets without Nikola Jokic is like taking down a bowl of cereal without milk.
Without their franchise cornerstone, the Nuggets sputtered to the visiting Pelicans, snapping their four-game winning streak with a 107-88 loss. Their offense was uncharacteristically ugly, with awful 3-point shooting, mounting turnovers in the fourth quarter and a cold streak from the free throw line.“Well, Nikola didn’t play,” he said, before crediting his team for competing without their generational talent.
Jamal Murray motored the Nuggets’ offense with 21 points, though without his typical dance partner, many of the possessions deteriorated into an isolation-heavy attack. Murray played 36 minutes, and Malone suggested it was unlikely he’d travel to Phoenix as a precautionary measure. Bruce Brown was one of the few bright spots. He paced Denver’s second-unit with 19 points. The Nuggets got little from Thomas Bryant, who started in place of Jokic. His defense, ever since the Nuggets acquired him at the trade deadline, has been unreliable.
Christian Braun, the Nuggets’ energy bunny, slashed through the lane for a monstrous jam, and Brown, despite facing a 19-point deficit, didn’t quit. The two continued to attack, eventually whittling the deficit down to 82-70 heading into the fourth quarter.“Yeah, I think it’s just been something kind of brewing a little bit,” Malone said. “He was able to get through the Philadelphia game. In practice yesterday he didn’t do a whole lot.
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