For the Nuggets, long wait for NBA Finals is a unique challenge

 

MIAMI – For the Denver Nuggets, their 4-0 sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Final, has left them with something rarely experienced in the NBA – time on their hands.

While Miami and the Boston continue to battle it out in the West, with the Heat 3-2 up heading into Saturday’s game six, for Denver, heading into their first ever Finals, there is a 10-day wait for the series to begin.

“You’re playing every other day, every other day for so long and now all of a sudden you have a eight, nine, ten day break” said Nuggets head coach Michael Malone in a news conference on Friday.

The obvious risk is that a team could lose their rhythm by spending so…

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