Aaron Gordon was forced to sit out the bad loss in Memphis against the Grizzlies because it was on a back-to-back for the Nuggets, and his presence was sorely missed. Nikola Jokic had 10 turnovers, tying a career high, and it set a high for the season, and the Nuggets dropped another clutch game to a team they had to have a win against. The next game against the Raptors, with Gordon back, and the Nuggets and Jokic clearly looked different.
The Nuggets never had an answer defensively for the Grizzlies in the fourth quarter, and they could never get the deficit closed, ultimately losing to a team trying to secure a better lottery pick, 125-118.