SAN ANTONIO — OK, now it’s decision time for Nuggets coach Michael Malone.
Does Malone want to babysit struggling forward Will Barton? Or do the Nuggets want to win this NBA playoff series against San Antonio?
“We got our (butt) kicked,” Malone said Thursday, after the Nuggets lost 118-108 to San Antonio. This was a thoroughly humbling and sometimes humiliating beat-down that was not nearly as close as the final score would indicate.
Facing a must-win situation on the road in Game 4 with their season on the brink, Malone needs to stop worrying about hurt feelings and aggressively take action.