This Tuesday, the (33-14) Denver Nuggets will travel to New Orleans, LA to take on the (26-21) New Orleans Pelicans. Tipoff will be at 8:00 P EST inside the Smoothie King Center. This will be the second time that these two teams have faced off this season, as the Pelicans won the first meeting 121-106.
The Denver Nuggets are entering this game after falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 101-99. They struggled on the offensive end of the floor, as they will have to heat up if they want to challenge the Pels on the road.
The New Orleans Pelicans are coming into this one after losing their fourth straight game to the Miami Heat. They struggled on the offensive end of the court, as they will need to be more efficient on offense if they want to stun the Nuggets at home.
This game was written/publi shed before last night's results.
The Denver Nuggets are currently in first place in the Western Conference standings, as they have a 1.5-game lead over the second-place Memphis Grizzlies. On offense, they are scoring 117.2 points per game and they have shot 51% from the floor. This is the sixth most points scored per contest and the highest team shooting percentage. According to dunksandthrees.com, the Nuggets have an adjusted offensive rating of 117.8, which is the third-highest rating in the NBA. Nikola Jokic continues to lead the way on the offensive end of the court, as he is scoring 25.1 points per game on 62.6% shooting from the field. Make sure to check the injury report, though. Jokic is still listed as questionable with a hamstring injury. Denver has also shown that they have multiple players that can make it rain from behind the arc. As a team, they are shooting 39.8% from behind the arc, which is the highest three-point shooting percentage in the league. Unfortu nately, they have been terrible at the charity stripe. They are only making 74.2% of their shots at the line, which is the 22nd-lowest free-throw shooting percentage.
On the defensive end of the floor, the Nuggets are allowing 112.9 points per contest and their opponents have shot 47.9% from the floor. This is the 14th least amount of points surrendered per game and the 23rd-lowest shooting percentage allowed. According to dunksandthrees.com, the Nuggets have an adjusted defensive rating of 114.2, which is the 17th lowest rating in the NBA. Luckily, Denver has shown that they will close out on open jump shooters. They have only allowed their opponents to shoot 34.8% from behind the arc, which is the seventh-lowest three-point shooting percentage allowed. The Denver Nuggets have also snatched 42.9 rebounds per game, which is the 17th most.
Injury Report: Nikola Jokic C (Hamstring) Michael Porter Jr. SF (Personal) are questionable.
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