DENVER — About 15 minutes after the Nuggets suffered a 120-113 gutless loss Tuesday at the hands of the Sacramento Kings, Michael Malone emerged from the Nuggets’ locker room, paced down the 50-foot hallway that separates the team quarters from a group of huddled reporters, and labeled his team as the “worst defense in the NBA.”
It was an emotionally fueled and somewhat understandable response from Malone, who’s now 0-4 against his former employer since Sacramento fired him just over three years ago, but one that was said with merit.
On the season, the Nuggets are giving up 109.