Nikola Jokic didn’t mince words after the Denver Nuggets’ 149-135 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, a game in which the Nuggets’ defense was completely overwhelmed.

Shocker: The Nuggets and Jokic still need 3-and-D guys. Instead of pluggers such as Bruce Brown and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope making a difference for 94 feet, one way or another, Denver’s current rotation gets treys sometimes from Christian Braun and defensive stops on occasion from Julian Strawther.

Two years ago, it was almost impossible to envision any team taking down the Denver Nuggets in a seven-game series. Fast forward to today, and that isn’t the case at all. This season, they’ve dropped some games they could’ve and should’ve won,