The Denver Nuggets' win over the Utah Jazz was overshadowed by coach Michael Malone's comments about the opposing team's players.
For the first handful of possessions, the Nuggets’ encore to a statement win foreshadowed a layer of unexpected intrigue. As coach Michael Malone challenged his team to maintain focus and effort against a less “sexy” opponent than the Boston Celtics during his pregame news conference Saturday, he said this about the visiting Utah Jazz : “With no Lauri Markkanen, they have no All-Stars. They’re playing a lot of guys that our players probably didn’t even know about.
They don’t know how Brice Sensabaugh is.” Before the Nuggets could walk away with a 142-121 win over the Jazz, that comment briefly resonated in an anxious Ball Arena. Sensabaugh (he was a late first-round pick out of Ohio State last summer, for what it’s worth) scored Utah’s first four points in front of the home benc
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