The Brutal Beginning Schedule Is Finally Over
The Nuggets have to be positive and look at it like this: 74 games remain, and they aren’t in terrible shape. They are 3-5, but if you take a look at their opening schedule, it’s been absolutely brutal.
They opened the season having to play against six playoff teams in their first eight games, and aside from the Pistons and Warriors losses, Denver had a real shot to win every one of those games.
It was as tough of a start to a season as I’ve seen in recent memory, and the most interesting part about it was that the Nuggets could honestly be 6-2 right now if not for an inability to close out games they should have won or an admitted mistake by the referees.
Moving forward, it gets a bit better for them, as they’re set to play eight of their next 11 at home.
