The Denver Nuggets performed wizardry over the summer, acquiring Jonas Valanu010diu016bnas from the Kings for Dario Šariu0107. They went from having a non-rotation player they mistakenly gave a two-year contract with a player option to the best Jokiu0107 backup they've had. In Valanu010diu016bnas's first regular-season game with the Nuggets, he posted eight points (4-of-8 shooting), three rebounds, two assists, and one block in 12 minutes.
Fans got used to watching Denver lose leads or dig itself into an even bigger hole in non-Jokiu0107 minutes. It would get ugly, really fast. On Thursday, that didn't happen. Valanu010diu016bnas posted a +/- of +4.