The Denver Nuggets have been an elite clutch team in the Nikola Jokic era—but this season they’ve cratered late in games, ranking near the bottom of the NBA in clutch net rating and sitting 29th in clutch defense. In this breakdown with DNVR Nuggets Podcast's Harrison Wind, Eric Wedum, & Brendan Vogt, they dive into why the Nuggets’ “winning time” identity has slipped, from injuries and constantly changing closing lineups (including Aaron Gordon and Peyton Watson absences) to shaky execution in the Jokic–Jamal Murray two-man game and spacing issues. What’s really behind the late-game struggles, and can Denver fix it before the NBA Playoffs? Subscribe to DNVR Sports and drop your biggest reason in the comments.

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The clutch struggles continue as the Nuggets collapse at the end of the game AGAIN. What is goin on and how do the Nuggets begin to fix their clutch issues? A Jokic masterclass was wasted as the Nuggets fall to the shorthanded Warriors. Adam Mares, Harrison Wind, Brendan Vogt, and Duvalier Johnson come to you LIVE from the DNVR Bar come to break down everything you need to know in this postgame edition of the DNVR Nuggets Podcast!

0:00 - Intro

2:20 - Fast breakdown

7:10 - Dev's big takeaway

8:50 - Wind's big takeaway

11:25 - Vogt's big takeaway

13:00 - Adam's big takeaway

20:50 - Nikola Jokic

27:30 - Jamal Murray

33:00 - Christian Braun

36:45 - Cam Johnson

39:00 - Julian Strawther

43:00 - Why is Spencer Jones not playing more?

55:00 - Superchats

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This week, the Nuggets returned from the All-Star break and lost to the Clippers by one point after an embarrassing effort. They turned things around in Portland after mowing over the home team in a 54-point win.

Miroslav is joined by Jeff Morton of the CSG Podcast to discuss the takeaways from these two games, plus:

• Are Back to Back's really that tough?

• Julian Strawther balling

• Christian Braun's playmaking

• Joker's slump. Is it over?

• Spencer Jones is being squeezed out for every penny

• Things to do before Aaron Gordon and Peyton Watson return

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