Denver Nuggets: 5 Must Watch Games in the 2016-2017 Season
The Denver Nuggets have one of the harder schedules in the entire NBA. But, hard does not mean unentertaining, therefore, check out Denver’s top 5 most alluring games.
The Denver Nuggets are already in one of the most difficult divisions in the NBA, but on top of that, they have one of the most difficult schedules also. With such a inexperienced team, the Denver Nuggets will truly be tested throughout the course of their season.
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A couple downsides to the schedule are that the Nuggets do not have a long home stance. They have two four-game home stands. When building momentum, this could be an absolute killer for such a youthful squad.
Also on top of this the Nuggets have at least 14 sets of back-to-back games. This is also a difficult aspect of any schedule. It is hard to play 82 full games let alone play 14 sets of those back-to-back. The fact that the Denver Nuggets are one of the deeper teams in the NBA will be a huge plus considering their multiple injury-prone players.
While being in the much more difficult Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets have to find a way to make a collective leap.
Let’s take a look at these five games which will help show us if the Nuggets are ready and prepared to take that leap to the next level.
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