Nikola Jokic won his 3rd MVP in the last four seasons, but Denver isn’t in a celebratory mood.
The Denver Nuggets, despite being the defending champions, find themselves in a tough spot, down 0-2 to the young and brash Minnesota Timberwolves. The Wolves are proving to be a formidable opponent.
It’s not an unsurmountable deficit for the Nuggets as long as they channel their inner Houston Rockets.
“Don’t underestimate the heart of a champion” is the de facto rallying cry for the Houston Rockets’ back-to-back championship teams. It was a statement based on a comment by then-Phoenix Suns guard Kevin Johnson about Houston.
Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovic gladly adopted it.
