It happened again. Again, again. The Nuggets dropped another game in which they led in the fourth quarter, another game in the clutch, and another game they should have won. But it's hard to win close games with such a large hole on defense, and Jonas Valanciunas is entrenched as Nikola Jokic's backup, leaving the Nuggets with a problem they may not be able to solve.
No, it's not directly Big Val's fault that the Nuggets choked away another game, a game in which they led by nine at halftime and by six to start the fourth.