Strategizing for a 17-hour flight is a lot like scouting for an NBA game. Prepare with lots of film. The easier to binge, the better, in this case. That seemed to be the prevailing school of thought among Nuggets players leading up to their daunting departure Monday night: a literal globetrotting team trip to Abu Dhabi, where the NBA has scheduled their first two preseason games this year against the Celtics. RELATED: Keeler: Nuggets say it’ll be “incredibly hard” to get Nikola Jokic another title?