The Nuggets should’ve been content Wednesday night having locked up the No. 3 seed and a first-round date with the Utah Jazz.
Instead, they were left searching for more answers after the Clippers gashed another hole in their porous defense. Los Angeles’ 40-point third quarter wouldn’t have raised alarms in a vacuum, but it’s been commonplace for the Nuggets inside the bubble.
Six times over their first seven seeding games the Nuggets conceded quarters of at least 35 points. Against the Spurs, whom the Nuggets slipped past in a 132-126 shootout, San Antonio had separate 37-point quarters.