The Nuggets tackled their awkwardly long gap in the schedule this week by traveling back in time. How far? Depends on who you ask. Michael Malone felt the team’s recent rebounding woes warranted a rewind to the preseason. But Julian Strawther was thinking in years, not months. “It was like a little throwback to middle school,” Strawther said after Denver’s 120-98 win over the Clippers.