As the 2014-2015 NBA regular
season listlessly draws to its conclusion, some teams are gearing up for a
playoff run while others are quite literally counting the days until they can
collect their checks and begin the offseason. No, seriously, as recently as two
weeks ago, Denver Nuggets players were heard breaking the team huddle with the
chant of “1, 2, 3… Six weeks!”
Last night, on Monday, March 9, the
Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks, two of the absolute worst teams in the NBA,
squared off at the Pepsi Center in the mile-high city for a performance that
was nearly unwatchable. From the perspective provided to me by the MSG Network,
the arena never looked more than half-full in a game where not a single player
managed to score twenty points. The contest got out of hand by the start of the
fourth quarter and Denver prevailed with their most convincing win of the
season by a score of 106-78.
Now, for reasons that are beyond even
my own comprehension, I am a Denver Nuggets fan; a difficult truth to admit in a
season when the franchise has sunk to its current punchline status. When I made
my emotional investment in this team almost ten years ago, they were consistent
50-game winners with a renowned head coach and star power to boot, but
tragically, a lot has changed since my first Nuggets game…
The new-look Denver Nuggets have played
to the tune of 10-22 since the beginning of 2015, with an overall record of
23-41 on the season. Since firing head coach Brian Shaw on March 3, the team
has gone 3-2 under interim head coach Melvin Hunt, including last night’s
matchup with New York.
Ordinarily, I would be jumping
for joy and antagonizing Knicks fans everywhere after watching the Nuggets win
in such a convincing fashion. Tragically, however, after all of the adversity
that this season has delivered to fans in Denver, I even found myself wishing
the game away... Well, 1, 2, 3... Four weeks!
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