DATE OPPONENT TIME Oct. 29 Detroit 9:00 Nov. 1 at Oklahoma City 8:00 Nov. 3 Sacramento 9:00 Nov. 5 at Sacramento 10:00 Nov. 7 Cleveland 10:30 Nov. 9 at Portland 9:00 Nov. 12 Portland 9:00 Nov. 14 at Indiana 7:00 Nov. 16 at New York 1:00 Nov. 17 at Cleveland 7:00 Nov. 19 Oklahoma City 9:00 Nov. 21 New Orleans 9:00 Nov. 23 at Los Angeles 9:30 Nov. 25 Chicago 9:00 Nov. 26 at Phoenix 9:00 Nov. 28 Phoenix 9:00 Dec. 1 at Utah 9:00 Dec. 2 Portland 9:00 Dec. 5 at Washington 7:00 Dec. 7 at Atlanta 3:30 Dec. 8 at Toronto 7:30 Dec. 10 Miami 10:30 Dec. 13 at Houston 8:00 Dec. 14 San Antonio 8:00 Dec. 17 Houston 10:30 Dec. 19 Los Angeles 9:00 Dec. 20 Indiana 9:00 Dec. 22 at Charlotte 7:00 Dec. 23 at Brooklyn 7:30 Dec. 26 Minnesota 9:00 Dec. 28 Toronto 9:00 Dec. 30 Los Angeles 9:00 Jan. 1 at Chicago 8:00 Jan. 3 Memphis 9:00 Jan. 5 at Minnesota 8:00 Jan. 7 Orlando 9:00 Jan. 9 at Sacramento 10:00 Jan. 14 Dallas 9:00 Jan. 16 at Dallas 8:30 Jan. 17 Minnesota 9:00 Jan. 19 at Golden State 4:00 DATE OPPONENT TIME Jan. 20 San Antonio 9:00 Jan. 23 Boston 9:00 Jan. 25 Washington 8:00 Jan. 26 at Los Angeles 10:30 Jan. 28 at New Orleans 8:00 Jan. 29 at Memphis 8:00 Jan. 31 Charlotte 9:00 Feb. 3 at Philadelphia 7:00 Feb. 4 at Boston 7:30 Feb. 6 at Detroit 7:30 Feb. 9 Oklahoma City 9:00 Feb. 10 at Los Angeles 10:30 Feb. 20 at Milwaukee 8:30 Feb. 22 at Oklahoma City 7:00 Feb. 23 Brooklyn 9:00 Feb. 25 Phoenix 9:00 Feb. 27 Utah 9:00 Mar. 1 New Orleans 8:00 Mar. 3 Milwaukee 9:00 Mar. 4 at Minnesota 8:00 Mar. 6 at San Antonio 8:30 Mar. 7 Houston 9:00 Mar. 9 New York 9:00 Mar. 11 Atlanta 9:00 Mar. 13 Golden State 9:00 Mar. 15 at New Orleans 6:00 Mar. 16 at Memphis 8:00 Mar. 19 at Houston 8:00 Mar. 20 at Miami 7:30 Mar. 22 at Orlando 6:00 Mar. 25 Philadelphia 9:00 Mar. 27 Utah 9:00 Mar. 28 at Portland 10:00 Apr. 1 at Utah 9:00 Apr. 3 at San Antonio 8:30 Apr. 4 Los Angeles 9:00 Apr. 8 Los Angeles 9:00 Apr. 10 Dallas 9:00 Apr. 12 Sacramento 5:00 Apr. 13 at Los Angeles 10:30 Apr. 15 at Golden State 10:30 * All Times Eastern. tremendous amount of hustle but is a relatively DENVER NUGGETS 2014-15 SCHEDULE small power forward and struggles to guard larger opponents. Ty Lawson stands under six feet and isn’t enough of a threat on the ball to make up for it. That leaves Timofey Mozgov as Denver’s best defender, and while Mozgov does defend his position well, he really shouldn’t be the best defender on an NBA roster. The reality is that, by losing Iguodala in free agency, the Nuggets have been left with a roster that simply lacks plus NBA defenders. Getting Gallinari and McGee back should help, but neither of those players is truly worthy of All-NBA Defense consideration. McGee in particular is frustrating to watch, a player with tremendous athletic gifts who squanders them by constantly swatting shots out of bounds and often giving up position to go for a blocked shot. McGee will give the Nuggets more rim protection but he won’t necessarily improve the team’s overall defense. With a roster full of players who are simply adequate or worse defenders, there’s no reason to think the Nuggets will be a strong defensive team in the 2014-15 season. The only thing stopping Denver from being a bottomfive defense is the existence of a handful of teams who are not even trying to win games. Overall, the Nuggets are a small team that have some rim protection, but lack the versatile defender needed to force opponents to switch to a “Plan B” on offense. Offense While the Nuggets lack a true superstar to constantly draw double teams, they have a number of capable scorers who help give them a balanced offense. Their best overall offensive player is point guard Ty Lawson, who had arguably his best season last year despite shooting a career-low 43.1 percent. Lawson made up for that dip by producing his highest ever assist rate, by drawing more fouls than ever before and by remaining a threat from three-point range. Lawson is joined in the backcourt by the returning Arron Afflalo, who should represent an upgrade over last year’s starter, Randy Foye. Like Foye, Afflalo is excellent from three-point range, as he has made 39.2 percent of his threes in his career. However, Afflalo is better than Foye at attacking the basket and drawing fouls and is a better finisher at the hoop. The return of Gallinari should be a boost for the Denver offense as well. Gallinari missed the entire 2014-15 season with a damaged tendon and later a torn ACL in his knee. If Gallinari
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