There are two inescapable realities about the first half of the Nuggets’ season. First, they are in a playoff race, played in by a bottom half of the Western Conference that is all struggling, to be sure. But in it nonetheless, currently occupying the eighth playoff slot. Second, at 18-24 after Saturday night’s 123-98 victory…

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