Nuggets Stat Of The Week: March 18-24

The Denver Nuggets have just wrapped up a 3-1 road trip and are heading into the final ten games of the regular season in a close battle for the first seed in the Western Conference.

In the weekly installments of this new article series, we will be taking a look at a key stat from Denver’s games in the prior week to better understand the team’s results and what they could mean moving forward.

In Denver’s four games last week, it’s clear that 3-point shooting played a significant role in the team’s three wins. The Nuggets shot 36.7 from beyond the arc in four games last week and more importantly, 40.1 percent in the three wins over the Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards and New York Knicks. In…