The Denver Nuggets have had a resilient season battling through injuries and finding ways to win with an ever-changing rotation as some players went down and other stepped up, but the most impressive thing about the Nuggets this season may be the way they've been able to perform outside of Denver. 

After a 130-117 win over the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, the Nuggets tied the franchise record in road wins with 25 wins. 

Head coach David Adelman seemed baffled at times, especially early in the season, at how successful the Nuggets were in road games compared to a relative inability to win at home. That's since evened out and the Nuggets have a 24-13 record at home compared to a 25-14 record in away games, but it still says a lot about the team.

Winning on the road is tough for any NBA team. The crowd is an undeniable factor in any team's performance and in the inside environments of NBA stadiums, the noise can grow to deafening levels and teams can seriously become demoralized when playing in enemy territory.

The Nuggets clearly haven't had that problem and Adelman credits that success to the experience and maturity of his team and their ability to steady their emotions when it matters most.

"There's a veteran group in there, obviously. I think they understand the routine, how to travel correctly," Adelman said (via Nuggets). "I think there's an emotional advantage in not getting too high and too low. These games, the crowd gets into it, that can impact your team. Our team seems to be okay with that."

The veterans that stand out the most on Denver's roster are of course players like Nikola Jokic, Aaron Gordon and Jamal Murray. Between the three of them they've played a combined 32 NBA seasons and in that time, they've definitely faced adversity.

When that trio won the 2023 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat 4-1, they took two of those games while playing in Miami. There's no more hostile environment than a road arena in the Finals and the circumstances they faced there didn't bother them then and it hasn't bothered them since.

The Nuggets do stand out as a measured, business-like team. Adelman credited their emotional stability as visitors in other arenas to the way that the Nuggets are able to take advantage of time outs to take a breath, steady themselves and go out to continue playing their brand of basketball.

It's a skill that may not always seem obvious in the NBA and it's a skill that the Nuggets have excelled at this season.