The Denver Nuggets have played well this season, heading into the All-Star break with the third seed in the Western Conference. While it's a successful season on paper, it's come with a lot of road bumps along the way, as nearly every player on their team has suffered an injury of some sort.

With a trio of players over the 50-game mark after Wednesday's contest against the Memphis Grizzlies, four of their five opening night starters have played fewer than 40 games this season, with Christian Braun and Aaron Gordon both below 25 appearances. However, it's almost worked out in their favor.

The Nuggets secured the victory on Wednesday night against the Grizzlies, despite their comeback attempt in the fourth quarter, ending with a final score of 122-116.

Denver's two All-Star shined in Jamal Murray (23 points, seven assists, six rebounds) and Nikola Jokic (26-point triple-double), but they also got strong contributions from players who might not have played a big role on a healthy team this year.

Tim Hardaway Jr. had another stellar offensive game with 21 points on 7-of-8 shooting, while Bruce Brown had 10 points and Julian Strawther added 11 points as the team's fifth starter.

After the game, Jokic spoke to the media about what head coach David Adelman said about the team dealing with injuries this season, and agreed with the message his head coach was delivering.

"Yes. I think DA [David Adelman] just said in the locker room, ‘everybody in our locker room contributed in some moment of the season.’ Some guys won us a couple games that don’t play big minutes. Injuries definitely hurt us, but definitely gave us something too," Jokic said.

While he's now dealing with a multi-week injury, the biggest beneficiary of the injuries was Peyton Watson, who has turned into one of the most promising young wings in the NBA, averaging 14.9 points on 41.7% shooting from three-point range this season at 23 years old. In a contract year, he's earned himself a serious payday.

Of course, the goal is for the Nuggets to benefit from this if the team can be healthy heading into the postseason. Their major drawback last year in the playoffs was their lack of depth, and now they seem to have more than they need. If that can be the case, there might not be a team that can stop them.

Luckily, as the Nuggets head into the All-Star break, it allows time for the roster to heal up and get ready for a second-half push to climb as much as they can in the standings for the best playoff seeding.