How in the world this wasn’t a foul — even before he got the ball — is beyond me. Still, the Nuggets didn’t execute well in the fourth and put themselves in a situation where this missed call was very impactful in the loss to Portland. A busy week next week with 4 games in 6 days, beginning Monday.

We’re starting to see more of this type of multiple-effort, great defense out of the Nuggets. They are remaking themselves on this side of the court and there are some good early returns as they look to be more consistent and disruptive. They had 14 steals in Saturday’s game vs. Phoenix. #NuggetsSky

Tim Hardaway Jr. is much more than just a 3-point shooter #NuggetsSky

This was the best action the Nuggets ran last night and shows you just how quickly they can use their two bigs — Jokic & Valanciunas — to put the opponent in a real bind. Great, great stuff. #NuggetsSky

Quick take on what I think the biggest challenge is for the Nuggets in their series vs. OKC #NuggetsSky

The Nuggets have to have their defensive rotations flawless as well, because this team passes it extremely well — particularly if, say, Kawhi or Harden are doubled, like the play below.

So, thing is, the Nuggets are about to be extremely tested defensively. They MUST hold up at the point of attack. So, at the level of the ball screen; or if they are ISO’d. The Clippers will hunt the matchups they want and then go to work. Like this one to get Kawhi onto Hield vs. GSW