PLAYERS:
Danilo Gallinari,
Al Harrington,
Ty Lawson,
Andre Miller
TEAMS: Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors
TEAMS: Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors
The Denver Nuggets are currently on a four a game-losing streak. The latest loss came at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday night, a 105-95 loss. The Nuggets struggled the entire game as the team dealt with constant fatigue that has plagued them for the last couple of weeks.
The Nuggets work ethic on the court has something to do with this fatigue. The Nuggets are a team built for 48 minutes of hard basketball. This hustle wins the team games, but has also cost players time because of injury. The most recent victims are starters Timofey Mosgov and Danilo Gallinari. Gallinari is expected to miss at least four weeks, leaving the Nuggets without one their top offensive contributors.
The Nuggets have a number of players who can score when called upon. Nene, Al Harrington and Ty Lawson all scored more than 15 points against the Mavericks, but poor shooting early in the game forced the Nuggets to play catch up.
Turnovers also continue to kill Denver; the Nuggets had 17 against Da...
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