Why the Nuggets have lost three in a row?

There are a lot of problems in Denver right now. George Karl doesn't have a magical solution for them or he would have used it by now on this series. Their spot up defense has been terrible all season and they are getting torched by the Warriors's perimeter shooting on this series. Things only get worst for them when they lost Danilo Gallinari for the season with a knee injury and with all the changes on the Nuggets's frontcourt, Kostas Koufos has lost his confidence and the changes that George Karl introduced throughout this series only destroyed the team's chemistry. Denver's offense needs to grab offensive boards and torch Golden State on transition, as their shooting on half court sets isn't good enough for them to outshoot the Warriors. They had 14 assists and 23 turnovers on Game 4 and even though Ty Lawson has been excellent, Denver is still struggling. 

But the most ridiculous part of the Nuggets have been on their frontcourt. George Karl has decided to start Kenneth Faried and Wilson Chandler together on the frontcourt, while introducing Kostas Koufos and JaVale McGee together on the second unit. Putting Koufos and McGee together on court means that the Nuggets only less two options on offense when they are on court, while things on defense are also quite poor. Corey Brewer gambles too much on defense and loses his positioning quite often, while the same happens to JaVale McGee. If we add a terrible defender like Andre Miller to the lineup, then we have a defensive catastrophe. As much as Andre Miller is a smart player and a good backup PG, he can't defend. George Karl needs to "hide" him on defense, but that's tough when the Warriors basically only have shooters on court, with even the rookies Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green shooting very well on this series. But to make things even worse for the Nuggets, George Karl decided to put the terrible defender Andre Miller guarding... Stephen Curry! So, it's not a surprise that Curry has been absolutely torching the Nuggets game after game on this series. 

The only positive thing that Denver had in Game 4 was that they've finally won the boards battle. After grabbing just 44.40%, 46.79% and 46.27% of the rebounds on the first three games of this series, the Nuggets grabbed 56.71% of the rebounds on Game 4. But they still lost by 14 points! I'm passing on tonight's game because I don't trust Denver anymore on this series and Golden State is on a poor spot tonight, as they will have a home game on Game 6 to close the series at their favor.