Adam Mares

And you do tip your cap to them.

And to your point, one of the differences between them, and I think the only other team that I would say this about is the Celtics.

It really is that they just, no matter who plays, their guys execute the exact same game plan.

They all defend.

They all knock down shots when they're open.

I mean, it's insane.

And so I do think that if I'm OKC, I do look at this and say four rotation pieces were out and we still get the win.

But I also understand what you're saying about

Yeah, but the guys that did fill in for him, including A.J.

Mitchell, who's missed a ton of time, comes back for his first game and was really one of the players of the game.

So they got big contributions from the guys that did play.

The one thing I'll disagree with you on is I actually thought the Nuggets did try on defense.

They tried.

No, I was going to go.

You said they were putting effort in, and I thought tonight they actually did.

I think for the most of the year, you could make that argument.

But tonight, look, there's a lot of things in here that you look at and say Denver wanted this one.

Yoke played 40 minutes tonight.

They shortened their rotation in the second half.

They went hard on this game, but to your point, it didn't matter.