Both the Colorado Avalanche and the Denver Nuggets are headed into the playoffs in good positions with the Nuggets moving a half game ahead of the L.A. Lakers into the number 3 spot.
The Avalanche have held the top spot in the league for most of the season being the only team to make it to 100 points first. The Dallas Stars were looking to catch them with a second half-season push but Colorado outlasted them for the top spot in the Western Conference.
The Avs defeated the Stars 2-0 on Saturday but lost a close game with the St. Louis Blues the following evening at home. On Tuesday night the Avs got redemption defeating the Blues 3-1. Colorado will now host the Calgary Flames this Thursday while the Nuggets host the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
The Avs have five games remaining, three at home and tow on the road, with trips to Edmonton and Calgary at the start of next week. Colorado will end the regular season at home against the Seattle Kraken on Thursday April 13.
The Nuggets are on a nine game winning streak with their last loss coming from the Grizzlies way back on March 18th. The Grizzlies beat the Nuggets at home by a score of 125-118. The Nuggets are looking to redeem themselves from their loss in Memphis last month.
Denver has two remaining games at home before heading to San Antonio for the last game of the season with two of the leagues favorites in the MVP race going head-to-head. Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama put on a show for spectators at Ball Arena Saturday night with Wembanyama scoring 34 points with 5 blocked shots while Jokic scored 40 with 8 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 blocks.
In other sports the Denver Broncos have 62 spots to wait, in this years draft before their first pick. The Denver has seven overall picks but some speculate that they will move up in the draft to pick up a running back. Others speculate that Denver is eyeing offensive lineman.
Currently Denver has one second round pick, two fourth round picks one fifth round pick, and three seventh round picks.
Burnham Yard is the new home to the Broncos however the organization isn’t set to break ground on the new stadium until early to mid-2027. The project aims to open a new retractable-roof for the 2031 season. Burnham is a 58-60 acre piece of land that the Walter-Penner Ownership group identified as the site for the Broncos new stadium.
