The Nuggets (5-6) ended a promising East Coast road trip on a bitter note, squandering an 18-point lead en route to a 122-116 defeat against the Nets in Brooklyn Tuesday. With the Golden State Warriors (6-4) in town Thursday, Denver will hope to correct the issues that prevented it from going undefeated out east.
The Warriors might be two games over .500, but they have been a better team in 2021 than they were in 2020. Golden State had the worst net rating in the NBA in December at -12.2. The team might be 3-2 in its last five games, but it has the ninth-best net rating at 5.