Three days ago it felt like the dream season for this upstart Denver Nuggets team was headed for an untimely end. With the team down two games to one, the 8th youngest playoff team in NBA history appeared to be shaken, rattled, and on their way to being rolled out of the playoffs. The Spurs were living at the rim as they drove around the Nuggets’ soft perimeter defense, three-point shots weren’t falling, and Will Barton looked like he was trying to shoot his way out of a slump while each shot buried the team further and further underground.