Larry Ness
Nov 21 '18, 8:05 PM in 7h
NBA | Nuggets vs Wolves
Play on: Nuggets +2 -107 at 5Dimes
My Bonus Play is on the Den Nuggets at 8:05 ET.
The Denver Nuggets jumped out to a 9-1 start in the 2018-19 season but have seen that hot start 'cool off' rapidly. The Nuggets are 0-2 on their current three-game road trip (let a 17-point, first-half lead get away in Monday's 104-98 loss in Milwaukee) and 'limp' into Minnesota having lost SIX of their last seven. Minnesota is hoping to rebound from Sunday's 100-87 home loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, when it committed 20 turnover. However, it was the team's first loss in four games since trading disgruntled Jimmy Butler to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Denver PG Jamal Murray recorded 17 points, a season-best nine assists and eight rebounds in the loss to Milwaukee but also matched his season worst of five turnovers. Murray has scored in double figures in 14 straight games, topped by a career-high 48 points against the Boston Celtics on Nov. 5. He currently ranks third on the team in scoring, just behind Gary Harris (17.2). Center Nikola Jokic leads the team in scoring (17.8), rebounding (10.0) and assists (6.9). The Nuggets rank a modest 13th in scoring at 110.5 PPG but rank 4th in points allowed (104.5 per).
Center Karl-Anthony Towns collected 20 rebounds in the loss to the Grizzlies, his second contest of at least 20 rebounds in the past four games. Towns is averaging 19.9 & 12.2 on the season and has recorded eight double-doubles over the last 11 games. SF Andrew Wiggins, is averaging 17.4 PPG but suffered through a 6-for-18 effort while scoring 14 points against Memphis, while PG Jeff Teague (12.9 & 7.6 APG) scored a season-low two points on 1-of-9 shooting against Memphis.
Minnesota (109.6 PPG) scores about like Denver but is allowing about 10 points more per game (114.1, to rank 24th). Talking about his teams' turnovers in the loss to Memphis, forward Robert Covington said, "That definitely makes the game a lot harder. That's 20 times that we didn't get a shot up or something bad happened. We've just got to be better and fight through that."Nicely put but note that in its previous game, Minnesota overcame 23 turnovers to beat the Nets. I look for 10-7 Denver to get back in the win column, here.
Good luck...Larry
Nov 21 '18, 8:05 PM in 7h
NBA | Nuggets vs Wolves
Play on: Nuggets +2 -107 at 5Dimes
My Bonus Play is on the Den Nuggets at 8:05 ET.
The Denver Nuggets jumped out to a 9-1 start in the 2018-19 season but have seen that hot start 'cool off' rapidly. The Nuggets are 0-2 on their current three-game road trip (let a 17-point, first-half lead get away in Monday's 104-98 loss in Milwaukee) and 'limp' into Minnesota having lost SIX of their last seven. Minnesota is hoping to rebound from Sunday's 100-87 home loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, when it committed 20 turnover. However, it was the team's first loss in four games since trading disgruntled Jimmy Butler to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Denver PG Jamal Murray recorded 17 points, a season-best nine assists and eight rebounds in the loss to Milwaukee but also matched his season worst of five turnovers. Murray has scored in double figures in 14 straight games, topped by a career-high 48 points against the Boston Celtics on Nov. 5. He currently ranks third on the team in scoring, just behind Gary Harris (17.2). Center Nikola Jokic leads the team in scoring (17.8), rebounding (10.0) and assists (6.9). The Nuggets rank a modest 13th in scoring at 110.5 PPG but rank 4th in points allowed (104.5 per).
Center Karl-Anthony Towns collected 20 rebounds in the loss to the Grizzlies, his second contest of at least 20 rebounds in the past four games. Towns is averaging 19.9 & 12.2 on the season and has recorded eight double-doubles over the last 11 games. SF Andrew Wiggins, is averaging 17.4 PPG but suffered through a 6-for-18 effort while scoring 14 points against Memphis, while PG Jeff Teague (12.9 & 7.6 APG) scored a season-low two points on 1-of-9 shooting against Memphis.
Minnesota (109.6 PPG) scores about like Denver but is allowing about 10 points more per game (114.1, to rank 24th). Talking about his teams' turnovers in the loss to Memphis, forward Robert Covington said, "That definitely makes the game a lot harder. That's 20 times that we didn't get a shot up or something bad happened. We've just got to be better and fight through that."Nicely put but note that in its previous game, Minnesota overcame 23 turnovers to beat the Nets. I look for 10-7 Denver to get back in the win column, here.
Good luck...Larry
