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The runway was cleared for a smooth landing.
With the 6-11 obstacle removed — who just so happens to be one of the best basketball players in the world in Nikola Jokic — all that stood between the Bulls and a fourth victory in the last five games was a “Joker-less” Nuggets squad.
The defending NBA champions, though, still showed they had more than enough to win.