The Nuggets’ arrival at a crossroads comes amid the most difficult portion of their schedule.
Losers in three of their last five games heading into Monday night’s showdown against Milwaukee, the Nuggets (41-21, No. 3 in West) did themselves no favors by dropping games to the lowly Warriors and Cavs in the past week.
Those games, in addition to the handful of other losses to teams below .500, could’ve created a buffer between themselves and hard-charging teams like Oklahoma City, which now resides in the fifth seed at 21/2 games behind the Nuggets. Heading into Monday night’s action, Denver is just one game ahead of No.