There’s a reason Spurs fans were rooting for the Denver Nuggets, and it wasn’t just rooting for the underdog.
There has been a palpable respect from Pounders since the Spurs fell to the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs in 2019. The recognition of how good this Denver squad was paired with how young their two top players were (Jamal Murray was twenty-two at the time, Nikola Jokic was twenty-four) showed a promise. That promise took another leap in the NBA Orlando bubble as the team, led by two international players came back not once, but twice from a 3-1 deficit.