It didn’t matter that the No. 1 seed had long been sealed, or that all of Denver’s normal starters were in street clothes on Sunday afternoon.
The Nuggets needed a win, to snap a three-game losing streak, to establish something positive ahead of the postseason, or, at minimum, because fans packed Ball Arena for another sellout crowd. Against the No. 3 seed Kings, who played their starters for the f . . .