Saturday night’s game was supposed to be a celebration of health.
Instead, despite the Nuggets getting their original starting five back for just the third time this season, it turned into an ugly, disappointing night.
Playing on the second night of a back-to-back set, the Pelicans knocked off the Nuggets 120-112 at the Pepsi Center despite playing without Anthony Davis. The Nuggets fell to 42-20 in their second consecutive loss at home.
Denver trailed by eight points when Paul Millsap was fouled on a 3-point attempt with 1:46 remaining. He didn’t convert on any of the three attempts for Denver’s first misses from the charity stripe all night.