For the second straight-game, an abysmal second quarter wound up being the Denver Nuggets’ undoing.
Less than 48 hours after being outscored by 15 in the second in a loss to the Detroit Pistons, their most lopsided defeat of the season, they were bested by 17 in the second on their way to being beaten 135-130 on the road against the Brooklyn Nets.
However, things couldn’t have started off better for the Nuggets.
They jumped out to a 16-5 lead at the 8:26 mark of the first, sparked by big man Mason Plumlee, who scored 14 of his first season-high 24 points in the first quarter to help Denver to a five-point lead.