Bennett Durando is the Denver Nuggets beat writer for The Denver Post. Before moving to Colorado, where he started as The Post's Avalanche beat writer, he covered SEC football, basketball and other sports for five years: first reporting on his alma mater, Missouri, for the St.
Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets checks his tongue after taking contact from Miles McBride of the New York Knicks during the second quarter at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. By the end of practice Wednesday, Jamal Murray was in sweats and a long-sleeve 2023 NBA champions T-shirt, working on his 3-pointer in a corner of the gym. Six days after aggravating his hamstring in Cleveland, the injury was still lingering enough to limit him. Not entirely, though.
“It’s so weird. This week, two games in seven days. Next week, two in seven. And then the Grinch comes out; we play five in seven the week of Christmas,” Malone said. “So when you know that, you have to be smart about the approach. … Today, we got after it.” Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic , Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen, center, and forward Peyton Watson, right, reach for the ball in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Cleveland.
“There are three areas we really have to continue to focus on : transition, paint and rebounding. Those three areas are just really hurting us,” Malone said. “We’re bottom-five in all those categories. And my message was this: We’re giving up 116.8 points per game. If we give up one less in transition, one less blow-by and not trap the box in the half-court, and one less offensive rebound, we can get down to 110.8. It’s right there. It’s hanging in the air.
Braun emphasized that Denver’s ongoing struggle to guard opponents isn’t a coaching or scheme issue, and he echoed much of what Malone said about the Nuggets being a few avoidable mistakes away from major improvements.
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