In the words of David Adelman, the Nuggets’ performance on Sunday in Brooklyn was embarrassing. The team came out flat with no energy and a lackluster effort, and they got punked by the Nets. It was doubly frustrating because the team had another game on Monday night in Philadelphia without arguably their top seven players.
With Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun, Cam Johnson, Jonas Valanciunas, and Tim Hardaway Jr. all out of the lineup, on the second night of a road back-to-back, against a solid, hot, and healthy Sixers team, this felt like a schedule loss for Denver.