The Denver Nuggets front office spent the offseason adding depth to the roster, and the efforts have paid off early this season.

Denver has won seven games in a row, twice without two starters, and will try to make it eight straight when it hosts the Chicago Bulls on Monday night.

The latest victory came at Minnesota on Saturday night, a 123-112 win without starters Christian Braun (left ankle) and Cameron Johnson (biceps strain) available. Braun, a guard, is expected to miss at least six weeks, but forward Johnson's timeline is shorter.

Head coach David Adelman inserted Peyton Watson and Tim Hardaway Jr. into the starting lineup and still went nine deep, showing off the new-found depth on this 10-2 team.

"We're missing two guys and we still manage to play really quality minutes, first

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