If a championship hangover is in the offing for the Nuggets it hasn’t shown up yet.
While their 110-102 victory over Utah Monday night wasn’t always pretty, the Nuggets took care of business when it counted and have opened the season 4-0 for the sixth time in franchise history and the first time since 2018.
Through the first four games, Denver has trailed for just four minutes, 33 seconds. The Nuggets trailed for only 16 seconds Monday night, 3-2, in the opening minute of the game.
The Nuggets, playing back-to-back games after blowing out the Thunder In Oklahoma City on Monday night, seemed on the verge of blowing out Utah a number of times but never put together a sustained run, in part because their free-throw shooting (7 for 17) was so bad.