The Denver Nuggets recently finished off a three-game road trip in which they lost two games to Atlanta and Cleveland and picked up a solid win in New York as Nikola Jokic dropped 40 points for a new career high. Upon the return home, things got shaken up as center Jusuf Nurkic was traded to Portland in exchange for the Trail Blazer’s Mason Plumlee on Sunday morning. Undoubtedly, this move was made to solidify the rotation and strengthen Denver’s chances of holding onto the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Preview: Nuggets back in Denver to host red-hot Warriors
