The lamb lies down at Pepsi Center

Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY SportsA shoehorned analogy featuring a surreal Genesis progressive rock epic from 1974 and the Denver Nuggets taking the next in their development in the NBA.

"Rael stands astonished doubting his sight,

Struck by beauty, gripped in fright;

Three vermilion snakes of female face

The smallest motion, filled with grace."

The Lamia - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Genesis

In 1974 an extremely fraught and challenging recording process revealed what is considered one of the "peaks" of 1970's progressive rock ... the epic double album by the band Genesis called The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. A surreal, languid, opaquely written coming of age story of a Puerto Rican street punk…