Perhaps it was David Adelman’s fault. The glue-fingered Alex Caruso and Oklahoma City launched a surprise trap attack on Denver out of a timeout, the game hanging on a fourth-quarter pendulum, and the Nuggets’ interim HC didn’t plan for a press-break alignment to squirm their way free.
Perhaps it was Michael Porter Jr.’s fault. Adelman said the hobbled wing postgame was the next man who was “supposed to flash” — and flash, he did. But Porter’s cut toward the baseline didn’t remotely shake a sliding Jalen Williams.
Perhaps it was Christian Braun’s fault. He said as much, postgame.