But Denver has become one of those …

But Denver has become one of those teams each season that actually believes defense is its path to sustained success, a hard-earned self-guidance that has guided one of the best starts in franchise history. “I think we know what we are doing right now, and the effort is there,” Nuggets center Nikola Jokic said. “We have been doing the same thing for two or three years now. So just by knowing the defense, it’s like (second nature) to you. We have the same terminology and the same rules, so it’s easy. Sometimes you can change the coverage or whatever, but the rules are staying there.”