The same can be said in the East, where the defending champion Boston Celtics struggled from beyond the arc and squandered a big lead against the New York Knicks, dropping Game 1

The Denver Nuggets visit the Oklahoma City Thunder for Game 2 of their best-of-7, Western Conference semifinals series Wednesday at Paycom Center.

Nikola Jokic is the Rubik’s sphere, rotund and requiring infinite moves to solve. In Jokic’s case, there isn’t — to this point — any definite solution.