After edging out Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz in Game 1, the Denver Nuggets have subsequently been punched in the mouth in Games 2 and 3.
The only real positive takeaway so far is that the Nuggets are *only* down 2 to 1 in the series. Mathematically it’s not over but Denver is on thin ice. Games 2 and 3 were so comically bad that one more poor showing and not only will the ice break through on this season but the entire trajectory of this team could sink with it.