Back on Feb. 8, Nuggets coach Michael Malone broached a subject no one around the NBA was remotely dialed-in on.
“Everyone is talking about (Russell) Westbrook and (James) Harden as MVPs,” he said. “Not just because I coached him, but Isaiah Thomas has to be in the conversation.”
A month later, he is.
On Friday night at the Pepsi Center (7 p.m., ALT, 950 AM), the Nuggets get their second up-close look at the Celtics mighty-mite, the 5-foot-9, 185-pound dynamo who is second in the NBA in scoring at 29.4 points per game, and leads the league in fourth-quarter scoring at 10.