The Denver Nuggets don’t have the typical profile of an elite offense this season. According to Cleaning the Glass, the Nuggets rank 24th in free-throw rate and just 21st in the team’s effective field-goal percentage (51.8 percent). Every other offense in the top 10 of the league ranks above-average in at least one of those categories, if not both.
However, there is one key reason the Nuggets have stayed near or in the top 10 of offensive rating this season, and it has to do with complete dominance on the offensive glass. It should also be mentioned that Denver rarely turns the ball over and owns the seventh-best (or lowest) turnover rate in the league.