Aaron Lopez of the Rocky Mountain News reports on Chris Whitney, who is still sidelined with an ankle injury.  Will he come off the injured list to help the Nuggets in tonights game?  Who will be put on the IR if he does?

After a three point first quarter the Nuggets couldn't recover, and lost to the Spurs 99-68.

Somebody close-line Stephen Jackson for shooting 3's at will in an already ugly game.

And you thought the Chicago Bulls had things rough!

The Denver Nuggets set a new record for futility on Wednesday night when they scored just three points against the San Antonio Spurs, missing 14 straight shots after taking a 2-0 lead to start the game.

"It was crazy. It was a brutal first quarter,'' Denver's Juwan Howard said. "We couldn't score, we couldn't hit shots. We turned the ball over and we didn't do anything to help ourselves. Before the game, we repeatedly said let's start out fresh. Obviously, it didn't happen. You know, we just got blown out.''

"Not much you can say,'' Denver coach Jeff Bzdelik said. "We didn't make a lot of shots down the stretch and they really played great defensively. We just couldn't rebound from that intensity.''

The Spurs won the game 99-68.

Marc J.Spears of the Denver Post reports that the Denver Nuggets learned a lesson yesterday. In the NBA, every day is a new day. As Nuggets coach Jeff Bzdelik said, "In this league, you can get humbled real fast."

After fighting back from a big deficit to beat the Spurs and extend their winning streak to three games on Tuesday night, the Nuggets had to face the Spurs again on Wednesday.

The Spurs exacted revenge in a big way by drubbing the Nuggets 99-68. Denver starters shot a combined 7-32 from the field. No starter scored more than 5 points. They tied a franchise record by scoring only 22 points in the first half. They set an NBA record for the fewest points in the first quarter by managing only 3.

The Nuggets took a 2-0 lead on a jumper by Kenny Satterfield 63 seconds into the game. Incredibly, Denver finished the first quarter without another field goal, scoring only one more point on a free throw by Donnell Harvey to go into the second quarter down 21-3. Denver shot just 1-for-16 (6.3 percent) in the first quarter and had eight turnovers.

"I had more fun getting my wisdom teeth pulled," Bzdelik said about the first quarter.

"I've never seen anything like it before," Spurs center David Robinson said. "It wasn't pretty. And defensively, that wasn't even our best basketball."

"Our inexperience was very evident against a very angry, very good basketball team," Bzdelik said.

Johnny Ludden and Chris Tomasson have some interesting news about the Nuggets just before the Thanksgiving Holidays.

Good scoop.  Along with a look around the division.

Aaron Lopez of the Rocky Mountain News reports on the strides Nene Hilario is making in the NBA.  He had a tough assignment last night on Tim Duncan.  Tonight, he draws last years MVP again.

Lopez reports on Juwan Howard for Scottie Pippen trade rumors!  Nuggets GM Kiki Vandeweghe refused to comment, but Howard and Pippen are in the final season of contracts that pay them $20.5 and $15.8 million respectively.

The Denver Nuggets travel to take on the San Antonio Spurs.  No television, but the game is scheduled for 6:35, and will be broadcast on AM 950 the Fan.