After Saturday night’s loss in Detroit, coach Michael Malone vowed to change his starting lineup in response to the Nuggets lack of energy and poor play to start games.
It turns out that the only change Malone would end up making to his lineup was inserting presumptive starting shooting guard Gary Harris, who missed Denver’s previous five games after partially tearing his right groin in the preseason, but Malone’s comments were apparently heard loud and clear by his players, mainly Emmanuel Mudiay.
Mudiay was unconscious from the opening tip, scoring 24 points in the first quarter on 9-10 shooting.