DENVER -- When the game finally was over, George Karl strolled across the court while undoing his tie before finally taking it off. He looked like as if it was the end of a hard day's work.The only thing is it wasn't that hard at all.
The Denver coach had quipped he had hoped his first regular-season game back after battling a form of throat cancer would be against Minnesota rather than Utah, which upset a Karl-less Nuggets team 4-2 in the first round of the playoffs last season. But the Jazz looked rather Timberwolf-like Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, and not just because ex-Minnesota player Al Jefferson was manning the pivot.
Or maybe it's that the Nuggets are going to a lot better this season than many expect. Denver took a 27-point lead early in the second quarter and cruised to a 110-88 win in the regular-season opener for both teams.
"I hope that it's the beginning of a 50-win season and getting back to being a premier team in the Western Conference,'' said Karl, coaching his first regular-season game since March 16 before he missed the final 1 ½ months of last season due to undergoing rigorous cancer treatments. "I think we can be that. I'm still amazed by the soothsayers that say we're not very good. I think we're pretty good.''
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