There's a serious problem with the Denver Nuggets right now that's been revealed more than ever after a 134-144 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Monday that made the Nuggets 1-2 to start the season: defense.

The Nuggets have allowed an average of 115.5 points per game to their opponents this season, middle of the pack across the entire NBA but still a worrying trend given that the Nugget were relatively defensively sound last season and with their offense so far not at the same level that it was last season, the defensive issues have become unsustainable.

What's even more worrying is that even after being outclassed by a Warriors team that has seen better days themselves, no one on the Nuggets seems to have a clear answer as to why the team has been struggling to get stops and struggling even more to keep their opponents from running up the scoreboard.

When asked about the team's defensive struggles after Monday's loss, the best answer that guard Jamal Murray could muster is that the Warriors simply wanted it more than the Nuggets did in that particular game, which doesn't offer much reassurance for the spirt of this Denver team.

"I’m not really sure. Teams are playing aggressive, that team was playing super desperate, so I bet you that bled into it, losing three in a row," Murray said (via Nuggets). "I think we have to better our talk at the point of attack. I think we can do a better job of inverting and having the guards up top so that we can take ourselves out of rotation earlier."

Murray's highlighting of possible communication issues leading to the Nuggets' defensive struggles does highlight another interesting issue that the team is contending with.

Head coach David Adelman has made increasing his rotations a point of emphasis for the Nuggets this season, and while that can increase Denver's variety of weapons, it also runs the risk of the team feeling disjointed with the amount of new players coming in, which in turn can mean that holes are left open for their opponents to exploit.

Looking at average points scored and points allowed, the Nuggets aren't particularly bad at one or the other and their point differential is currently just -3, exposing a trend that the team hasn't been beat badly on the whole, but being average on both ends of the court tends to lead to more defeats than it does victories.

If a lack of aggression or communication are the underlying reasons to explain the team's faults, as Murray wondered himself, then that should be a fixable problem. The Nuggets don't want for talent in their team construction, but they've so far struggled to optimize that talent in the best way.

When that talent feels disjointed, small problems become big problems quickly and the Nuggets found that out the hard way against Golden State.