It’s late March 2021. The Denver Nuggets have the 5th-best record in the Western Conference, and, on March 24th, they were slapped off of the floor by the Toronto Raptors in a 135-111 beatdown that wasn’t even close to what the final score would indicate. The team’s guard rotation features Jamal Murray, Gary Harris, Will Barton, R.J. Hampton, P.J. Dozier, Monte Morris and Facundo Campazzo along with Markus Howard when the lead or deficit had grown large enough. Denver utilizes that guard depth to swing a trade for Aaron Gordon from the Orlando Magic by sending Harris, Hampton and a future first-round pick for Gordon and Gary Clark, who played four minutes for Denver before racking up DNPs with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Gauging the Denver Nuggets guards ahead of Game 5
