With the exception of Nikola Jokic and Bones Hyland, both invited to All-Star Weekend, the Nuggets had the opportunity to cut for a few days. Like many of their counterparts, the Colorado players returned to training on Wednesday to prepare for next night’s trip to the Kings.
The message delivered by Mike Malone to his troops? ” We did a good job to finish 6-1 before the break. His Nuggets have actually won five of their last six outings, ending that streak on a Monte Morris buzzer shot to win on the Warriors’ floor.
“ We gotta find a way to pick up like we’re done, continues the Denver technician. We can’t take it easy. We all know the Western Conference standings. It’s tight. We have to get to work and find a way to get back to a high level of play immediately.“
Compared to others, the Nuggets can be satisfied with a good first part of the season achieved despite the major absentees, Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. With 33 wins and 25 losses, Denver occupies 6th place in its conference, with two successes behind the Mavs and two ahead of the Wolves.
A relatively comfortable situation, therefore, to be … reinforced without delay. ” We see a lot of disjointed basketball at the end of a truce, it is the biggest challenge.judges the coach. “We challenge the players to keep busy to stay in shape and to have a ball in hand. But tomorrow night (Thursday), all over the league, we’re going to see early-season basketball. We have to find a way to try to avoid that as best we can.“
To see if it’s a good or a bad thing to get there, but the Nuggets have a rather lenient recovery schedule with a double confrontation with the Kings, a trip to Portland then the receptions of the Thunder, the Rockets and the Pelicans . Things will get worse later but Denver still plays 15 of its last 24 home games to end the season.
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| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Nikola Jokic | 45 | 33.0 | 57.2 | 37.5 | 81.4 | 2.7 | 11.1 | 13.8 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 25.9 |
| Will Barton | 43 | 32.4 | 43.6 | 37.5 | 79.2 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 15.3 |
| Aaron Gordon | 47 | 31.7 | 51.9 | 32.5 | 73.2 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 14.5 |
| Monte Morris | 47 | 30.0 | 47.2 | 37.1 | 83.7 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 12.6 |
| Jeff Green | 46 | 25.0 | 51.3 | 32.7 | 80.9 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 10.5 |
| Michael Porter, Jr. | 9 | 29.4 | 35.9 | 20.8 | 55.6 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 9.9 |
| Bryn Forbes | 7 | 19.3 | 36.5 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 8.6 |
| Bones Hyland | 38 | 17.4 | 36.4 | 34.1 | 88.4 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 8.3 |
| austin rivers | 37 | 21.3 | 41.8 | 35.7 | 70.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 6.6 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 34 | 15.3 | 53.8 | 53.2 | 61.8 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 6.6 |
| Demarcus Cousins | 4 | 12.6 | 24.1 | 18.2 | 75.0 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 6.2 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 49 | 20.8 | 37.8 | 30.9 | 80.3 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 6.0 |
| Jamychal Green | 38 | 14.7 | 44.3 | 24.7 | 87.0 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 5.8 |
| Pj Dozier | 18 | 18.9 | 36.4 | 31.2 | 76.9 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| Markus Howard | 20 | 6.5 | 37.5 | 43.4 | 91.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| Vlatko Cancar | 14 | 10.9 | 56.4 | 58.3 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| davon reed | 24 | 13.8 | 48.1 | 45.9 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 4.0 |
| bowl bowl | 14 | 5.8 | 55.6 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| Rayjon Tucker | 3 | 9.8 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| James Ennis | 3 | 4.6 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Petr Cornelie | 13 | 2.9 | 33.3 | 12.5 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| carlik jones | 2 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
