Which means the players who faced the Denver Nuggets Thursday night essentially will be the same group trying to rescue the regular season. They'll hope the 112-90 blowout loss isn't a precursor of things to come in the season's final third.

Nikola Jokic had 28 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds for his 24th triple-double of the season, Michael Porter Jr. added 30 points and the Denver Nuggets won their fifth in a row by beating the Orlando Magic 112-90 on Thursday night.