Nuggets coach Brian Shaw, during Monday’s game at Golden State. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
OAKLAND — Needless to say, Nuggets coach Brian Shaw wasn’t in the sunniest of moods after watching his team go through the motions and turn in the seventh-worst loss in franchise history in a 122-79 defeat at Golden State.
He didn’t mince words explaining that disgust.
He was asked if the 28-point first half — the Nuggets’ lowest scoring first half in almost 11 years — was a surprise.
“Yeah, I was very surprised,” Shaw said. “But then, when you looked at what was happening out there on the floor, I wasn’t surprised. We didn’t compete, we looked like we were scared. I’m trying to be guarded in what I’m saying because I don’t want to throw anybody under the bus. But I just don’t understand how, as a team we can’t come out and compete when you’re playing the best team in the league, it just seemed like we tucked our tails right from the beginning of the game.
“We call ourselves pros. We got paid to come out and play today, and we needed to play. And we didn’t do it. I didn’t feel like we earned our money in terms of how we came out there and performed, and it’s a shame. It’s an afternoon game, Martin Luther King Day. And you’re playing the best team in the league now, and you perform that way. I don’t know what to say about that. It’s just tough to swallow.”
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