Nuggets

We break down Thursday night's Nuggets-Pelicans nightcap, providing our best bet and favorite player prop bet for this Western Conference showdown.

Denver won all 10 of those games, and covered nine of the ten. Or will New Orleans make a move to slide past the Lakers for the eight-seed? Kevon Looney and Draymond Green just held him to nine boards in Golden State on Tuesday — here's betting he'll be limited to ten or fewer again tonight. 1 record in his conference and (b) he has made every one of his teammates better in the process. The last time New Orleans traveled to Ball Arena with Zion inactive, the Nugs won 122-113, fueled by a 36-24 third quarter. Since the 2022-23 NBA season tipped off, the Nuggets have been favored at home by between five and seven points 10 different times. For all the squawking JoJo has done about losing MVPs to Jokic, he sure avoided walking the walk in that one). Joker may act like he doesn't care about the award, but we all know that deep down his competitive fire will fuel him to battle for it. With just over five percent of the NBA regular season remaining, we are smack-dab in the middle of the 'home stretch.' Basically 75 percent of the teams in the Association are gunning for wins right now, including the Nuggets and Pelicans in this evening's nightcap (10 p.m. The Nuggets draw Phoenix tomorrow, one of the bigger threats in the West when Kevin Durant is active alongside Devin Booker, so it's possible Denver will rest its franchise player to save his energy for tomorrow's tilt. Zion is and always will be a game-changer, capable of explosive takeovers that leave defenses slack-jawed in disbelief. Nikola Jokic and the top-seeded Nugs look to cruise to the finish line and maintain home-court advantage throughout the playoffs, while Brandon Ingram and the Pels are trying to move up in — or out of — the play-in tournament.

FINAL UPDATE: Nikola Jokic has been ruled out, according to Mike Singer of The Denver Post.

Just a couple hours before tip-off, the Denver Nuggets officially found out they would be without back-to-back MVP Nikola Jokic, who was ruled out due to a ...

Not only did the Nuggets struggle to score the ball, but they also struggled to defend at times as they let Brandon Ingram (31) and CJ McCollum (23) combine for 54 points. Hopefully Jokic is able to return to the lineup tomorrow night and the Nuggets can get back into the win column. Denver struggled to score all night as they only scored 40 points in the first half and only sightly improved in the second half scoring 44 points.

DENVER (AP) — Brandon Ingram had 31 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his third triple-double of the season and the New Orleans Pelicans took advantage ...

Nuggets: Missed their first nine shot attempts before Gordon’s layup with 7:42 left in the first quarter. “We shot 14 percent from three and terrible from the free-throw line. “He’s playing at a high level,” Green said. Denver’s offense struggled without its leading scorer, rebounder and assist man, managing just 40 points in the first half on 34.8% shooting. “I thought we did that.” Jonas Valanciunas had 15 points and 12 rebounds and CJ McCollum scored 23 points for New Orleans.