The Memphis Grizzlies did not finally see their winning streak come to an end until January 3.
On January 3, 2015, on the Denver plateau, the Grizzlies lost 98-104 to the Nuggets.
The Grizzlies had only just finished a game in Los Angeles on the 2nd before immediately reporting to Denver on the 3rd, undoubtedly posing a huge test to the players' stamina.
As a result, the Grizzlies looked thoroughly fatigued in their game at Pepsi Center.
But as the saying went, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse.
Unless that horse could really run like the wind.
If the Grizzlies had merely been tired, the Nuggets, who were not even in the Western Conference's top eight at the moment, would have found it difficult to challenge them.
But the Nuggets happened to perform exceptionally well in this game.
Ty Lawson went 10-of-14 and put up a stellar stat line of 25 points and 11 rebounds on an outstanding 71.2 percent shooting.
Afflalo went 8-of-12 and scored 23 points on 66.7 percent shooting.
The blazing touch of those two guards put the Grizzlies in a very passive position. And beyond Lawson and Afflalo, four other Nuggets players also scored in double figures.
Without a doubt, this was not the kind of result the Nuggets had been able to produce in their previous games.
The Nuggets as a team shot 51.9 percent from the field and 46.7 percent from three-point range. This season, the teams that had managed such shooting percentages against the Grizzlies could be counted on one hand.
Or, to put it more bluntly—there was only one.
Just like that, the Nuggets pulled off an upset with an above-average performance and the Grizzlies' own fatigue, ending Memphis's winning streak at thirteen games.
However, the loss did not