On Monday the 13-3 Denver Nuggets were on the road in Memphis to face the Grizzlies. The Nuggets were without forward, and key player Aaron Gordon to a lingering hamstring injury that will likely sideline him for 4-6 weeks.
Despite the loss of Gordon the Nuggets have now won two straight games without him. Starting off the weekend in Houston to face the Rockets, Denver quickly jumped out to a 25-12 lead in the second period, but the Rockets fought back in the second outscoring the Nuggets 37-21 and taking a three-point lead heading into the half. Denver came out strong in the third and fourth outscoring Houston 66-60 beating them 112-109.
In Monday night’s game the Nuggets lead in every quarter but the third beating Memphis 125-115. This week the Nuggets are off until Friday when they face the San Antonio Spurs in the Group Stage for the in-season NBA Cup. The Nuggets will then head to Phoenix the following night to face the Suns.
Currently the Denver Nuggets are 3.5 games behind the Western Conference leaders, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the L.A. Lakers sitting a half behind the Nuggets and the Rockets a full game behind Denver.
The Colorado Avalanche have been on a tear putting the rest of the league on notice dominating in just about every match and currently on a nine-game winning streak after their most recent win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night and have lost only a single a game since Halloween and here we are the week of Thanksgiving.
The Avs haven’t lost a single home game this season and were the fourth team in league history to start a season with 20 wins and one loss. In five games this season the Avalanche have been able to score against their opponents in just the first minute of the game.
The NHL’s league leaders in plus-minus are filled with Colorado Avalanche players with Nathan MacKinnon at the top at +22, Cale Makar at number 2 with +20, Martin Necas at number three with a +19, Artturi Lehkonen at number four with a +18 and Devon Toews at number five with +15. The Colorado Avalanche have outscored other teams by 38 goals in 22 games.
This week the Avs are at home to host the San Jose Sharks at Ball Arena before heading to Minnesota to face the Wild this Friday at 1:30 p.m.
Currently the Avs are atop of the Western Conference standings 7 points ahead of the Dallas Stars. In other sports the Denver Broncos enjoyed a week off with their bye week. Denver will head to D.C. to face the Commanders on Sunday night on Primetime. Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels is not expected to return this week still nursing tenderness from a dislocated elbow from their game against the Seahawks.
