The Wizards switched up their starting lineup, but couldn’t avoid dropping their third game in a row in a 113-108 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night.
Scott Brooks gave Troy Brown Jr. his first career start in place of Trevor Ariza who missed the game with a groin strain, but he didn’t stop the rotation tweaks there. He also moved Jeff Green out of the starting lineup so he could play Bobby Portis and Thomas Bryant together. The changes worked early, as the Wizards jumped out to an early six-point lead, but that lead soon disappeared as the Nuggets caught fire later in the first quarter.