Denver is not satisfied.
I prodded the Nuggets all year about their championship dreams. I asked in December when they started to play well. I asked in January when they became one of the best teams in the league. I asked after the All-Star break and before the playoffs.
They demurred every time. They spoke about it in preseason, and then the rest of the way they just focused on the next game. They had the same mantras – we need to keep getting better, etc.
And then they got to the playoffs, and it became about that number: 16 wins.