Why getting spanked by Steph Curry and the Warriors could be a “gift” for the Nuggets

From left to right, Denver Nuggets guard Will Barton (5), center Nikola Jokic (15) and forward Paul Millsap (4) sit dejected on the bench late in the fourth quarter against the Golden State Warriors at the Pepsi Center on Jan. 15, 2019. The Nuggets lost 142-111. An hour after watching Steph Curry and Klay Thompson take turns playing Jesus Shuttlesworth, Nikola Jokic turned to the gospel of Shuttlesworth’s father, Jake.

“Did you listen to Denzel Washington, when he was talking?” the Nuggets’ star center said late Tuesday night at his locker inside the Pepsi Center following a 142-111 home thrashing at the hands of Golden State. “(He said), ‘You need to fail, and fail big.’ I think that’s the…