The Nuggets accomplished something they had been scorched for not being able to do in the days leading up to Sunday’s game at home against the Golden State Warriors, beat a top team in the West without Nikola Jokic.
On Friday the Nuggets were beat by the Phoenix Suns 100-93 and the night before were demolished by the New Orleans Pelicans 107–88, all without their MVP Nikola Jokic. Jokic has been nursing a calf injury and has sat out the last three games and is out for the Houston Rockets game (results of the game not available at the time of this writing).
On Sunday’s game, the Nuggets hosted the Warriors at Ball Arena without Jokic and trailed by ten after the first quarter. By the end of the half, the Nuggets cut the lead to three and from there the Nuggets led by Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray recorded the comeback and win, defeat- ing Golden State 110-112.
The Nuggets have now swept Golden State on the year defeating the Warriors three times (not including the pre-season). The Warriors are currently sitting in the number six seed with less than handful of games left.
Despite the Nuggets being without Jokic, the upside is their next game is in Houston with the Rockets, who sit dead last in the Western Conference. Later this week the Nuggets will be in Phoenix to face the Suns (Thursday, April 6 at 8 p.m.), before heading to Utah to face the Jazz this weekend (Saturday, April 8 at 1:30 p.m.). The Nuggets wrap up the regular season at home against the number three seed Sacramento Kings.
In other sports the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Dallas Stars on Saturday night at Ball Arena 5-2. This week the Avs are in San Jose in back-to-back games with a chance to clinch their playoff berth. The Avalanche remain on the road this weekend when they visit L.A. to face the Kings (Saturday, April 8 at 8:30 p.m.) before heading to Anaheim to face the Ducks (Sunday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m.). Next week the Avs will be at home hosting the Edmonton Oilers (Tuesday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m.) and the Winnipeg Jets (Thursday, April 13, at 6 p.m.). The Avs last game of the season will be on the road in Nashville to take on the Predators (Friday, April 14 at 6 p.m.).
The Avs are currently in third place in the Central Division and hold the number 6 seed in the Western Conference. The Avs are seven points behind the conference-leading Las Vegas Golden Knights and only two points behind the Dallas Stars and the Minnesota Wild who are currently tied for first in the Central Division.
The Colorado Rockies jumped off to a good start winning their first two games of the regular season against division favorites, the San Diego Padres. The Padres did however tie up the series at two-apiece. The Rockies traveled up to L.A. on Saturday to face the L.A. Dodgers who thumped Colorado 13-4. The Rockies will wrap up their two-game series with L.A. before returning home for their home opener against the Washington Nationals on Thursday at 2:10 p.m.
The Denver Broncos signed center Kyle Fuller who spent last season with the Seattle Seahawks. Fuller will now be competing with Lloyd Cushenberry and Luke Wattenberg for the starting position. The NFL draft is just a few weeks away and Denver is expected to add depth to the defense.
