DENVER — At 15-23, the Denver Nuggets somehow find themselves still in the hunt for the eighth seed in the Western Conference and their first playoff berth since the 2012-2013 season.
While the Nuggets’ offense has been among the league’s elite since reinserting Nikola Jokic into the starting unit, their defense has nearly collapsed.
Denver has yet to win a game this season where they did not score 100 or more points and have only had eight total games where they have held the opposition under the century mark. The Nuggets are also now the third-worst team in basketball in terms of points allowed per game (111.