Denver Post · Feb 4, 2016
Nuggets still searching for formula to solve Utah's defense
Utah center Rudy Gobert doing what he does best, here blocking a shot by Brooklyn guard Donald Sloan. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)SALT LAKE CITY — The simplest way to describe the Nuggets’ series against Utah this season can be done in one sentence.
It’s been a struggle.
Almost no team puts the Nuggets’ feet in quicksand quite like the Jazz. Slowing down the pace is how Utah rolls in general, but the Nuggets have yet to solve the pace game in two matchups with the Jazz this season. Utah has held the Nuggets to 86 points on 39 percent shooting. As a result the Nuggets are 0-2 so far in the series.
But there is hope, says Nuggets coach Michael Malone. It lies in getting to 100 points.