This much we’ve figured out about the Nuggets.They’re some weird, stubborn, basketball unicorns. Not wired conventionally for success, they’re as lovably goofy as center Nikola Jokic’s grin.
Denver beat Portland 116-112 on Sunday in what, truth be told, was more a tightrope act than an NBA playoff game.
What’s the conventional wisdom about how to win in April, May or June? Well, forget all that. A best-of-seven series doesn’t really get started for the Nuggets until they have one foot dangling over the abyss.
“I think we don’t like to lose more than we like to win,” said Jokic, philosopher king of the triple-double.