The Denver Nuggets preseason is over almost as quickly as it began. They closed it out tonight with their second straight rout of the Portland Trail Blazers. Once again the Nuggets jumped on Portland early in the game and quickly built an insurmountable lead. Paul Millsap put up twenty-four points in the half and the majority of the starters didn’t play the second with the game never in doubt. The Nuggets go 2-1 in the shortened preseason after a 129-96 win against their division rival.
Malone elected to go with Will Barton in the starting lineup over Michael Porter Jr and Denver got off to a strong start.