It feels like the Denver Nuggets are free-falling at the wrong time.

After losing to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night, the Nuggets have lost four games in a row and are effectively in a five-way tie for fourth place in the Western Conference playoff picture. It didn’t matter what Nikola Jokic or Christian Braun were able to do offensively. The defense was simply not good enough, and the Nuggets are in need of a restructuring in so many ways on that end of the floor.

On the latest episode of Pickaxe and Roll, Ryan Blackburn reacts to a bad Denver Nuggets loss to the Indiana Pacers, Denver’s fourth loss in a row. Nikola Jokic was great again. Christian Braun had a fantastic game until a late error. Russell Westbrook was solid off the bench. It just wasn’t enough this time.

The Nuggets are in a bad spot, and recent news about the Jamal Murray injury has fans rattled. Is the season secretly over and we just don’t know it yet?

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