The Denver Nuggets will be playing at home against the Chicago Bulls at 9:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at Ball Arena. The Nuggets will be strutting in after a win while the Bulls will be stumbling in from a defeat.
Winning is just a little bit easier when you outrebound your opponent 19 to ten on the offensive boards, a fact the Nuggets proved on Friday. They walked away with a 125-114 victory over Dallas. The victory was just what the Nuggets needed coming off of a 110-89 loss in their prior match.
Nikola Jokic was on fire: he almost dropped a triple-double on 33 points, 14 rebounds, and 9 assists. He is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as he's now pulled down ten or more in the last six games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Porter Jr., who earned 24 points along with 9 rebounds.
Nikola Jokić turned in another outstanding performance: 28 points, 16 rebounds, and 9 assists.
"It is fun to be his teammate," said Reggie Jackson after the win. "It's fun to watch him operate and see how dominant he is. Not just because he's one of the biggest guys on the court, but his mind. Like, he really uses that thing to the best of his abilities... he was in command the whole game."
After his big 24-point performance against Dallas, Michael Porter Jr. had an even better follow-up. He finished with a season-high 27 points on 9-of-16 shooting and 5-of-10 from deep.
The Bulls won the previous meeting in Denver, 117-96 on March 8, and took a two-point lead at halftime of this one. The Nuggets opened the third quarter on a 21-4 run to go ahead 72-57 and led by 18 before Chicago cut it to 86-76 early in the fourth.
Denver extended the lead to 16, but the Bulls made it 101-90 on a 3-pointer from Carter before the Nuggets went on a 10-1 run to put it away.
Looking ahead, the Nuggets are the favorite in this one, as the experts expect to see them win by nine points. This contest will be their seventh straight as the favorites (so far over this stretch they are 3-3 against the spread).
The Nuggets suffered a grim 117-96 defeat to the Bulls in their previous meeting back in March. Can the Nuggets avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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