Bennett Durando

Braun has been a pillar of durability early in his career, but the unfortunate injury suffered this week will cost him at least 17 games based on Denver’s injury timeline.

Spencer Jones usually has no idea he’s going to enter a game until it happens, often for a possession at the end of a quarter or half. “I’m always kind of scurrying to get my pant…

“Cam is part of our team,” David Adelman said. “Our team is 6-2. Our team is statistically been OK.”

Nikola Jokic’s finest raw statistical season may never be replicated. The Nuggets are perfectly fine with that.

“What you put on tape is what people are used to,” Nuggets coach David Adelman said. “It’s human instinct to be that way.”

Russell Westbrook’s departure from Denver was not Russell Westbrook’s choice, he says.

“When you can sit in a room and watch film with LeBron, AD and (Rajon) Rondo and call them out,” Jared Dudley says, “it’s something that very few coaches have the guts to be able …

“I’ve been playing basketball a long time,” Nuggets forward Cam Johnson said. “I’ve never seen that one.”

Jokic’s triple-double streak ended one assist shy of the NBA record to start a season.

You probably forgot that it existed as soon as it ended last year, and you were probably reminded of it when you turned on the television Friday night and saw the Nuggets playing on a bright red co…