These Denver Nuggets simply will not die. Sometimes it’s better to be too young and inexperienced to know you can’t do this - and sometimes it’s just better to be really good. The Nuggets are a bit of both, and despite losing a brutal Game 3 to a terrific Portland Trail Blazers team and throwing away several chances to garner that victory, the Nuggets fought back in Game 4 to even the series and reclaim home court.
How? Some say talent, some say luck. I might suggest sorcery. The first tee shirt Denver Stiffs did while I’ve been a writer had a doughy center emblazoned on it next to the words, “Magic Jokic.