It’s Thanksgiving Eve, and the NBA was kind enough to give us an awesome slate of games to enjoy the night before the best holiday. We’ve got the Golden State Warriors vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder. We’ve got Lonzo Ball vs. De’Aaron Fox. We’ve got Joel Embiid. We’ve got LeBron James. We’ve got the Boston Celtics’ winning streak on the line. The NBA really did us a solid here.
The NBA did not do the Denver Nuggets that same solid. The Nuggets defeated the Sacramento Kings 114-98 in Sacramento on Monday night, and after one road day off, find themselves in Houston on Wednesday night for a game against a Rockets team that has been sitting at home since Saturday, and just got Chris Paul back.
Filthy. CP3 made Jokic swipe in the wrong direction 😳 https://t.co/9ZkL0O1HBR
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) November 23, 2017
It’s the NBA, so no excuses, etc, but the Nuggets were in a tough spot heading into Thanksgiving. That tough spot manifested itself on the court Wednesday night. The Nuggets went down big early, facing a 35-point deficit heading into halftime. Thirty-five!
Without having knowledge about the inner workings of NBA team Twitter account management, I have to assume there are some guidelines that require these accounts to tweet out score updates. In this case, the poor Nuggets social team had to tell its fanbase that the home team was down 35 just hours before Thanksgiving.
In the interest of both diverting fans that their team was getting crushed and helping any amateur bakers out there who need a last minute pie for Thanksgiving, the Nuggets delivered the 40-75 score with a recipe for pumpkin pie. How kind of them?!
Pumpkin pie ingredients:
2 eggs
1 (16 oz) can pumpkin puree
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
1 teaspoon all spice pic.twitter.com/i9N4wZzZtu— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) November 23, 2017
They didn’t stop there, as things did not improve for Denver in the third quarter, so they continued with the step-by-step instructions for how to make your pumpkin pie.
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 420 degrees
2. Combine eggs, pumpkin puree, sweetened condensed milk, and all spice and mix until combined
3. Pour filling into pie crust
4. Bake at 420 for 15 mins. Reduce heat to 350 bake for 35 mins or until filling is set pic.twitter.com/jg9R4kWsOe— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) November 23, 2017
Shout out to you, Denver Nuggets social account manager. This is excellent tweeting.
