The Denver Nuggets (9-5, 5-4 Away), the NBA’s top scoring team, are on the road to face the Dallas Mavericks (8-6, 7-2 Home) on Friday.Denver was edged out by the New York Knicks 106-103 at Ball Arena on Wednesday.
Jamal Murray was the key player in the loss with 21 points, nine rebounds, and six assists. The Nuggets are second in the Western Conference, zero games behind the Portland Trail Blazers.
Dallas fell short on Wednesday at American Airlines Center, falling to the Houston Rockets 101-92. Tim Hardaway Jr. tallied 28 points to top the scoresheet in defeat. With 26 points and eight rebounds, Christian Wood also produced a strong performance. The Mavericks are fifth in the Western Conference.
It’s the first meeting of the season between the teams. Dallas won two out of three games between the teams last season, including a 103-89 triumph in their last meeting at American Airlines Center on January 3.
Luka Doncic led the Mavericks with 21 points, 15 assists, and eight rebounds. Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 16 rebounds, and three assists in defeat.Jokic is averaging 20.8 points per game, best in the NBA, to lead the Nuggets in scoring this season.
Jokic also is contributing 9.5 rebounds and 8.9 assists per game, placing him first and first in the league, respectively. Doncic has been the primary provider for the Mavs on offense, averaging 34.4 points per game. He is the No. 1 scorer in the league.
Doncic has also tallied 8.8 rebounds and 7.8 assists per game, for which he ranks first and first in the league, respectively.With 116.1 points per game, the Nuggets are the highest-scoring offense in the NBA. The Mavericks have had the advantage in the Nuggets’ last 10 visits to American Airlines Center, winning six.
Denver is 7-3 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +6.3 (116.3-110.0). Dallas has gone 6-4 over the last 10, allowing 104.7 points per game on average while scoring only 103.9 (-0.8 margin).
NUGGETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Rebounds per game:
Nikola Jokic: 6.5 | 9.5 | -3.0
Assists per game:
Jamal Murray: 5.6 | 4.5 | +1.1
MAVERICKS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Assists per game:
Spencer Dinwiddie: 6.6 | 5.1 | +1.5
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Over 216.5 (-110)
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