Peyton Watson returned in the Denver Nuggets' 128-112 win over the Trail Blazers on Sunday after missing over six weeks with a hamstring strain. It was the moment everyone had been waiting for, not just for Watson to step on the court again, but for the team to have a clean injury report. On top of that, it answered a question everyone has been wondering about over the past few weeks.
When Watson went down on Feb. 4, he was on a tear. Since the start of the calendar year, he was averaging 21.4 points, 5.