Phoenix may very well be what Denver once was.
The Suns will gladly embrace that if they can become what the Nuggets are right now.
Denver forced a Game 7 with an 111-98 comeback victory Sunday over the favored Los Angeles Clippers after falling behind 3-1 in the Western Conference semifinals. Going 33-49 in Mike Malone’s first season in 2015-16, the Nuggets are now a win away from advancing to the conference finals for the first time since 2009.
“I think about Stan and Josh Kroenke, I think about our ownership group who is a very patient ownership group,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said in a media Zoom call Monday morning.