BOSTON — It’s probably fair to say this was the most eventful Nuggets road trip of the 2020s.
It started with seven lead changes in the last 1:06 of a frustrating and controversial loss in Orlando. It spiraled into a brief panic when Nikola Jokic crumpled to the ground holding his left knee in Miami, only for the results of his MRI — a bone bruise and an estimated recovery timeline of at least four weeks — to be met with a relative sigh of relief.
It showcased the Nuggets’ resilience when they defeated Toronto in their first game without Jokic and three other starters, lost their backup center to a calf injury in the process, then came within three minutes of another upset in Cleveland.