The last time the Nuggets lost four consecutive games in Denver, Barack Obama was the president and Nikola Jokic was the rookie who got drafted during a Taco Bell commercial .

Dec. 20, 2015, through Jan. 3, 2016.

One year later, the Jokic era truly began in earnest, when he became an NBA starter on Dec. 15, 2016 .

One decade later, the Nuggets lost their fourth straight home game for the first time of the Jokic era.

“It doesn’t feel good,” he said, “to lose in front of our crowd.”

The feeling is unfamiliar to him. Uncomfortable. It’s also more complicated than the utter dejection of a slump. The 2025-26 Nuggets, even after their mystifying 131-121 loss to the Mavericks on Monday, remain narrowly on pace to break the franchise wins record of 57. They remain third in the league in n

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