The Denver Nuggets took a quick one-game highway journey to Los Angeles and now return dwelling for a quick dwelling recreation towards the New York Knicks. The ‘Nova Knicks, as some have dubbed them, function a number of members of Villanova’s 2016 nationwide championship group, together with Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart. In addition they had Donte Divincenzo from that title-winning group, however traded him over the summer time within the blockbuster commerce that introduced Karl-Anthony Cities to New York. Cities leads the best way for the Knicks’ title contenders this season they usually current an excellent problem for Denver tonight.
The Necessities
WHO: Denver Nuggets (9-6) vs. New York Knicks (9-7)
When: 7:00 p.m. MST
Or: The Can. Denver, Colorado.
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The match
| Place | Nuggets | Knicks | Benefit |
| PG | Jamal Murray | Jalen Brunson | Knicks |
| SG | Christian Braun | Josh Hart | Even |
| SF | Peyton Watson | Mikal Bridges | Knicks |
| PF | Michael Porter Jr. | OG Anunoby | Even |
| C | Nikola Jokic | Cities of Karl-Anthony | Nuggets |
| Bench | Russell Westbrook, Julian Strawther, Hunter Tyson, Trey Alexander, Zeke Nnaji | Cameron Payne, Tyler Kolek, Jericho Sims | Even |
The three issues
What to be careful for: Massive colleges of nuggets
The Knicks do not play with numerous dimension, particularly with Mitchell Robinson on the board. Primarily, it is KAT with 4 wingers round him, then Jericho Sims (or possibly…examine notes…Ariel Hukporti) is available in for 9 minutes to spell Cities. This raises the query of what the Nuggets will do. Do they only let Nikola run for forty minutes to compete with Cities? Or do they danger 5-10 minutes tonight with Dario Saric, DeAndre Jordan or Zeke Nnaji on KAT? In the event that they go that route, I hope and hope they go along with Nnaji off the bench. Not one of the bigs on the bench have separated themselves from one another, so I believe Michael Malone ought to simply combine it up based mostly on matchups. With an enormous scorer who spreads the court docket like Cities, I like Zeke’s athleticism on protection and I do not thoughts if he strikes away from the glass defending Cities to the perimeter.
What to recollect: it is a Tom Thibodeau group
Tom Thibodeau believes relaxation is for the weak. Twenty years of teaching within the NBA have earned him a status as a coach who performs his finest gamers as a lot as potential and it is definitely no completely different this season. Primarily, the Knicks are taking part in a six-man rotation, with two different guys getting a fast change or two to present Cities and Brunson an opportunity to catch their breath. New York can also be in the course of a five-game highway journey. There isn’t any excuse for Denver to come back out flat tonight and in the event that they wish to win, they should be filled with vitality. Get this group out of the constructing, make them remorse their shortened rotation once they get to the fourth quarter they usually’re all sucking wind after taking part in half-hour already. The Nuggets have lately struggled to search out their vitality early and sometimes in video games, which may’t be the case tonight.
The factor to guess on: Russell Westbrook over 11.5 factors (+100)
In his final six video games towards the Knicks, Westbrook has scored in double figures 4 occasions. This contains the final recreation he performed towards NYK final season, the place he scored 10 factors in simply quarter-hour. We noticed within the Lakers recreation how shortly Russ can rack up factors and I believe he’ll get advantageous matchups towards guys like Brunson and Cameron Payne or Tyler Kolek off the bench. Even cash for a dozen Russ factors? I am there.
