After weeks of build up to reach a season high in the last edition of the NBA Power Rankings, the Denver Nuggets go and blow all the momentum.
Winners of four out of six heading into the break, it seemed like the extra rest, health, and chemistry coming out of All-Star weekend was going to propel them to the next level. Instead, the time off let some rust set in and their recent success took a huge step back.
After nine days off, the Nuggets headed to Sacramento to take on the Kings, a team with as much dysfunction as there could be right now.