Nuggets Journal: Observations from the bench unit’s upset win over the starters

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray works against Bones Hyland during the team’s training camp at the UCSD campus in La Jolla, California on Friday, September 30, 2022. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)SAN DIEGO – Bones Hyland’s high-pitched voice screeched across the gymnasium.

“That’s my boy!” he shouted from the sidelines of the Nuggets’ scrimmage Friday afternoon after rookie Christian Braun buried a 3-pointer from the corner. Hyland, whose own 3-point barrage helped Denver’s second unit upend the starters 98-89, has been integral to the cohesion of the bench unit.

“When I have that energy, it’s very contagious, it’s throughout the whole team,” Hyland said. “It’s like a bomb,…