If Tuesday night against the Atlanta Hawks was the first Nuggets game you have watched all season, well you might have some doubts about this team. Not only did the Nuggets struggle to defend—Trae Young in particular—but their offense was not any better.
Young ended up scoring a season high 42 points behind eight three-pointers, dishing out 11 assists and looking like the best player on the floor by far. The Nuggets knew coming into the game that Young was going to be a problem, and as Michael Malone noted after the game, “It was the Trae Young show for 48 minutes.