The Denver Nuggets were blitzed in the second half in their return to official basketball today. The final score of 125-105 doesn’t do it justice. The Nuggets stopped scoring offensively, and the Miami Heat opened up the flood gates in the second half when their shooters started getting hot. Kelly Olynyk dropped 20 points in the 4th quarter alone. Until the Nuggets hit some shots in garbage time, that would have nearly matched Denver’s team totals in each of the third and fourth quarters.
There were several takeaways to be had in our first true look at Nuggets basketball since March.