--The Warriors fell to 1-5 in games immediately following a win with Tuesday's blowout loss at Denver. --The Warriors were coming off a home win over Indiana the night before. They are 1-4 on the second night of back-to-back sequences. --The loss was the third in five games coached by Keith Smart in Don Nelson's absence.
--Having recovered from his bout with pneumonia, Nelson is expected to return from a nine-day, five-game absence when the Warriors play host to the Rockets on Thursday night. The two wins directed by Smart over that stretch count toward Nelson's career figure, pushing his total to 1,315 and within 18 of all-time leader Lenny Wilkens.
--Ten of the Warriors' first 17 games have been against teams with winning records. They are 2-8 in those contests.
--The Warriors surrendered a season-high 135 points to the Nuggets.
--The Warriors were outrebounded 57-33, the sixth time this season they've been outboarded by at least 10.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "This usually happens at the end of the season, but now it is happening at the beginning." -- Monta Ellis, on playing games with as many players out of action as in uniform.
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