7 takeaways from Denver Nuggets’ open scrimmage at Fort Carson

Will Barton, left, and Jameer Nelson, joke around near the end of the morning practice. The Denver Nuggets NBA Basketball team began the first day of training camp at the Coors Events and Conference Center on the CU campus on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. COLORADO SPRINGS — As the Denver Nuggets move closer to the start of the 2017-18 regular season, they traveled South Friday for a rare open scrimmage at Fort Carson.

The Blue team, which featured the Nuggets’ projected starters, beat the White team 84-65. Here are seven observations from the scrimmage.

1. Lineup notes. The point guard running with the rest of the starting lineup (Nikola Jokic, Paul Millsap, Wilson Chandler and Gary Harris) was…