All season, coach Earl Watson has talked about potential and youth and what it all means for the Suns’ future. Here in the Rocky Mountains, they talk a similar language.
Before Thursday’s match-up, Denver coach Michael Malone discussed all the playoff talk surrounding the Nuggets, who entered holding down the eighth spot in the early Western Conference playoff picture. His stance: All that’s nice, but with seven players age 22 or younger, he’s simply excited for the future.
Nikola Jokic showed why. Denver’s rookie forward produced 29 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists as Denver rallied in the second half to beat the Suns 127-120 in front of 12,321 fans at the Pepsi Center.