If the Nuggets want to be a title contender, it doesn’t matter where they finish in the West. They need to start defending, RohanNadkarni writes
is making a case for his third straight MVP, the team is the healthiest it’s been in years and the offense is humming. What’s surprising is how Denver beat Memphis on Tuesday: with a great defensive performance.
Even after going Bad Boy on the Grizz, Denver is in possession of the sixth-worst defense in the NBA, per Cleaning the Glass, ahead of only a group of tank squads. The Nuggets are keeping ignominious company on that end of the floor, and are in first entirely by virtue of Jokić’s offensive genius. still went off for 35 and frequently knifed his way into the paint, yet a Memphis team that normally hits nearly 12 threes a night was limited to five with the lack of shooting on the outside.Denver started rookie Christian Braun on Tuesday. The lineup of Brown, Braun, KCP, Jokić and Aaron Gordon has now played 43 minutes together and has a promising 100.0 defensive rating, but it’s not a long-term solution.
Denver’s true starting five of Jokić, Murray, KCP, Gordon and Michael Porter Jr. has actually been great when MPJ has been healthy. That unit has posted a 101.6 D-rating in 172 minutes, and Porter is expected back soon after missing every game since Nov. 22. Though Porter has never been considered a stopper, he does offer some size on the backline when the team is caught rotating, which helps within the confines of Jokić’s chasing around guards.
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