On the other side of the court, the lesson is Denver's offense is back — they are having fun again on that end — and with that, they must be counted as one of the top teams in the West. As of Monday morning, the Nuggets are 20-8 on the season, have won six in a row, and are officially the two seed, just ahead of the Rockets and Clippers (and three games back of the top-seed Lakers, who built a cushion for their three-game losing streak). Denver may have stumbled out of the gate this season with questions about Nikola Jokic's conditioning swirling, but the Nuggets have shed the "bust" label, found their footing and look like a threat again.