Three takeaways from the Nuggets’ 2025-26 preseason opener, a 126-116 loss to the Timberwolves on Saturday night in San Diego.
Denver’s starters changed out of their uniforms at halftime, their chemistry work to be continued Monday in Vancouver at the second preseason game. They got off to a slow start together, mostly at the defensive end with lackluster perimeter containment. (The Wolves didn’t have Anthony Edwards or Julius Randle available, but scored 70 first-half points anyway.)
Murray did his best to be a tone-setter, though, contributing a handful of stops and looking spry at both ends.