Brandon Ewing (@B_Skip1717): It is huge because it should give the Denver Nuggets confidence going forward. Nikola Jokic picked up his third foul with 8:15 remaining in the first quarter and had to sit out the entire first half. If you had no idea what the final score was and just saw that, there is a pretty good chance you would think Portland had won the game.
Well, the Nuggets were able to pick up the slack with Jokic off the floor until he came back in the third quarter.