Please, Denver Nuggets, don’t break our hearts. Not Again, not this time.

“I wish those guys a happy summer”, it’s the only thing that should be on the whiteboard today...Just watching that interview makes my blood boil. We all remember the Denver Nuggets loss to the Portland Trail Blazers just over a year ago, how it didn’t officially eliminate them but effectively eliminated them. Tonight, they face that very same situation again, except there’s a chance a loss to the Blazers will actually eliminate the Nuggets outright. After an inspiring five game win streak against fierce competition that’s included wins in virtually every way you can get them, thanks to the top 3 seeds in the Western conference all losing against seeds 5-7 (also the Los Angeles Lakers provided no help against the 4th seeded Utah Jazz) on Saturday, Denver still is on the outside looking in and teetering on the edge of elimination.

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