The Numbers Crunch: Jokic and Nuggets pummel Wizards

Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma played well in the team’s 20-point loss to the Denver Nuggets.What happened last night was an illustration of the gap between the Washington Wizards, one of the league’s worst teams, and the Denver Nuggets, one of the league’s best. The Nuggets shot just 7-32 from three-point range, the Wizards shot 17-38, and Washington got rolled.

The 20-point final margin was deceptively close. In truth, the Wizards got dominated throughout the game, and the only reason they lost by “just” 20 is Denver couldn’t hit wide-open threes.

Unsurprisingly, the game was dominated by Nikola Jokic, the planet’s best player. He had two passes in the first quarter — the length of the court…