The Nuggets defeated the Suns 115-107 in their 2023-24 preseason opener Tuesday night in Phoenix. Here are three takeaways from the defending champs’ return to NBA action.
First glance at potential second unit?
Four preseason games remain, and as Michael Malone has pointed out, he might feel inclined to keep tinkering with his bench unit after the real games start like last year. But the preseason opener did offer some grain-of-salt sense of a developing pecking order as interim coach David Adelman went 10 deep in a first half that seemed designed to vaguely simulate standard lineup substitutions.