Nuggets have a shot at first 10-game win streak under coach Malone, but Lakers stand in the way

Michael Malone took a pragmatic stance on his team's current nine-game winning streak. "It beats the alternative," the Denver Nuggets coach said. For all that Malone, the franchise's all-time winningest coach, has accomplished over his 10 seasons in Denver — namely, winning an NBA title in 2023 — his Nikola Jokic-led squads have never won 10 in a row.