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NBA Week 10 Power Rankings: All-Star Snub Edition

By Corey Rausch

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - FEBRUARY 24: Mike Conley #10 of the Utah Jazz warms up before a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Vivint Smart Home Arena on February 24, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - FEBRUARY 24: Mike Conley #10 of the Utah Jazz warms up before a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Vivint Smart Home Arena on February 24, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) /
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73. . 18-15. Previous: 8th. Denver Nuggets. 11. team

Last Week: Lost to Atlanta Hawks 123-115, Beat Portland Trail Blazers 111-106, Lost to Washington Wizards 112-110, Beat Oklahoma City Thunder 126-96

This Week: 3/1 at Chicago Bulls, 3/2 at Milwaukee Bucks, 3/4 at. Indiana Pacers

This season continues to be a rollercoaster for the Denver Nuggets. They are still having trouble getting any level of consistency from game to game but Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray are getting increasingly more in sync, boding well for stringing together wins at some point this year.

This week Murray took the lead, averaging 28.5 points, 5.8 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game. He was a little outspoken about there not being any presence defensively down low and he is not wrong. Defense continues to be the Achilles heel for the Nuggets. Denver has a top-five offense and should be able to compete against anyone in the league. Their 17th-ranked defense tends to complicate things. Opponents can seemingly get to the rim at will, the only thing that Jokic does not bring to the table.

The Nuggets are not far away from the team that made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals last season. The unfortunate truth is they are also close to the team that was down 3-1 in the first and second round of the playoffs. If any of the games they had won along the way to come back in those series went another way, the expectations for this season likely fall right around where they are at the moment. Such is the burden of success.