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 Denver • A moment of silence for Rudy Gobert's latest victims: • Danilo Gallinari • JJ Hickson • Ty Lawson • Kenneth Faried (three times) Utah's sophomore center blocked six shots Friday night, bringing his total to 132 — just six behind Serge Ibaka, the current league leader. Against a depleted frontcourt, Gobert was predictably good and it must have been especially painful for Nuggets fans, whose team traded Gobert to the Jazz on draft night for second-round pick Erick Green and a relatively small pile of cash. (Green, by the way, played nine minutes in a blowout loss, scoring two points and dishing two assists.) Despite what is looking like an increasingly lopsided trade, Nuggets coach Brian Shaw was stoic about the matter before the game. "Do you ever entertain the thoughts of what if he would have stayed here instead of being traded away?" the coach was asked. "No," he said. "Because, I mean, you can't control that. And I think everybody probably knows the what-if analogy. It's something we can't really control. So it is what it is. But happy for him. He's doing well, getting an opportunity and making the most of it there. It's nice when you see young players put in the work and start to grow and get better at their craft, create value for themselves and that's what it seems like he's been able to do there." • Utah topped 80 percent from the stripe, which hasn't been easy for this team of late. It has resulted in some small changes in practice:  • The Jazz thumped a disinterested Nuggets team. Against another squad 23 turnovers (for 23 points) might have been problematic. Gordon Hayward had seven of those giveaways. • The Nuggets look like they've checked out. "We can't look like we don't care, that's the really frustrating part for me," Shaw said. "I want to see someone get mad. I am trying to say what I need to say to get guys to do that, but it's frustrating." • Good bounce back night from Trey Burke, whose floater might be real. "I think it's just growth," he said. "I think I am growing as a player. I am putting a lot of work in with my game, off the court, at practice, before practice. Coach is helping me as well with my confidence, telling me to be patient, let things come. I am starting to see the game at a higher level as well; the game is slowing down to me and I'm making better reads." • Rodney Hood knocked down all three of his attempts from beyond the arc. He also hit a nice left-handed floater. He finished with 14 points and played about 20 minutes for a second straight game. "It's progressing every single game," he said of his restricted minutes. "This is my first back to back coming up, so I'm not sure what I'll do tomorrow. … Hopefully next week I can increase it even more." • Bryce Cotton hit a 3 and heard some cheers from the Pepsi Center crowd. "I was just as surprised as you were to hear that," he said with a smile. The undersized point guard played about seven minutes in his NBA debut. Forward Jack Cooley also made his debut and scored four quick points. Grant Jerrett logged 2:43 in his Jazz debut. "It was a great feeling just to go out there, rip and run, and get a couple possessions under my belt," Cotton said "It's a great feeling and my teammates did a great job easing my nerves, just telling me to relax and just be me out there." • Nobody played more than 32 minutes (Gobert), so the Jazz might still have legs as they face off against the Bucks Saturday night in Salt Lake. • I'll leave you with this great story from Elijah Millsap: 

I remember growing up in Denver my mom taking us to library checking out several books at a time so we could win tickets to nuggets game

— Elijah Millsap (@Elijah_Millsap) February 28, 2015  

Long story short we won those tickets and 18yrs ago never imagined I'll be playing on that Nuggets court #Blessed #ThankuMom #ThankuLibrary

— Elijah Millsap (@Elijah_Millsap) February 28, 2015  — Aaron Falk