NBA 2018-19: 3 talking points from San Antonio Spurs' surprise win over Denver Nuggets

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Action from San Antonio Spurs vs Denver Nuggets
Action from San Antonio Spurs vs Denver Nuggets

#1. The duo of Aldridge and DeRozan

DeMar DeRozan and Lamarcus Aldridge
DeMar DeRozan and Lamarcus Aldridge

The new NBA is a league filled with superteams and dynamic duos. In the past few years this has been a classic trend. Two or more all-stars come together to form a superteam with the hope of winning a championship.

This is the same case for the San Antonio Spurs. Their All-Star duo of Aldridge and DeRozan is very important for their playoff hopes. They are two of the best in the game when it comes to taking shots from the mid-range.

And they both can easily go off for more than 20 points on a nightly basis. And in today's game, this is what happened.

The Nuggets didn’t have any answer to this duo. They played like a glue, kept the team together, while also created points for each other.

This is what San Antonio hoped when putting them together, and finally their plans are coming to fruition.

In the next game, the Spurs will face the Nuggets again, but this time in an away game. So, it will be interesting to see how Nikola Jokic and Co. respond to this loss.

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