Surprisingly, it’s been the Denver Nuggets’ defense, not their offense, that’s carried them throughout the first week of the regular season. But with Will Barton and the 15-plus points per game he averaged last season on the shelf for at least the next six weeks, who would pick up some of the Nuggets’ scoring load for an offense that hasn’t exactly...

Wind and Clark recap Sunday’s win over the Sacramento Kings, Nikola Jokic’s stellar play over the Nuggets’ past three games and why he’s meshing so well with Paul Millsap. Also, is Denver rediscovering its rhythm or was this win over the Kings just fool’s gold?

Rundown

3:00 – Takeaways from win No. 37

5:00 – A realization

10:00 – Taking care of business

16:30 – Denver’s quarterback to receiver connection

22:30 – Chandler chatter

25:00 – Stellar starters

31:00 – Kenneth Faried can’t get off the bench

32:00 -Last call

Nikola Jokic tallied just eight points on 3-10 shooting in Sacramento. The 22-year-old also scored eight points but on 3-13 shooting Friday in a win over the Jazz. Wednesday against the Suns, Jokic registered 14 points on just six shots with most of his production coming from the free-throw line.

For all the bad performances up and down Denver's roster, Murray deserves some credit tonight. The Nuggets' starting point guard did commit five turnovers, he did shoot just 3-8 from three-point range, but he battled in the fourth quarter and played with passion tonight. Murray was frustrated, whether it was the officiating, turnovers, missed shots or all three, but he recorded a big-time block late in the game and played well enough for the Nuggets to win.

For the Denver Nuggets, turnovers are a reoccurring nightmare that only shows itself once every week or so. For much of the season, Denver dealt with that bad dream on a nightly basis, but over their last stretch of games, the Nuggets' had somewhat limited their giveaways.

Denver’s new-look rotation gave minutes to reserve forward Kenneth Faried, who hadn’t seen the floor since the Nuggets’ Dec. 15 win over the Pelicans, and more playing time to Malik Beasley who had been in and out of Denver’s rotation as well. After not playing Faried in the Nuggets’ 99-91 win over the Suns on Friday, Malone said after the win that he’d need the power forward Saturday against the Kings.

The Denver Nuggets are gearing up for their home-opener against the Sacramento Kings and Nuggets’ head coach Michael Malone says his team is ready to go. “It was a good shootaround,” Malone explained. “Guys are locked in and focused.” Malone knows that facing the Kings, who have a grand total of zero players left from his tenure as the head...

The Sacramento Kings have the capital and are reportedly joining the chase for free agent swingman Danilo Gallinari.