The Denver Nuggets will battle the Utah Jazz for the final time this regular season.
Coming into this match up, the Utah Jazz currently lead the season series two games to one over the Denver Nuggets. However, the Nuggets were able to dominate the Jazz in their last game against each other where the home court advantage had a lot to do with the win.
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For the final time this regular season, these two teams will face off and it will be in the Mile High city. An advantage which should work for the Nuggets.
This has always been an overlooked rivalry in the NBA. Two teams who have the same style due to being almost at the same altitude, two Northwest division foes always vying for solid positioning among other aspects.
Denver is coming off a huge win where they defeated the Phoenix Suns, 134-111. Nikola Jokic and Gary Harris should be getting a lot more All-Star consideration than have been receiving with their recent play, but we will touch more on that later.
Jokic nearly got a triple double in the last game and Harris shot an outstanding 82.4% resulting in 36 points which matched his career high. It will be interesting to see if they can ride this momentum into this divisional match up. The front court for the Jazz will have to be prepared for the Joker and Donovan Mitchell along with the rest of the back court cannot let Harris and Murray catch fire if they want to secure a win on the road.
Another thing to look for is how Malone uses his rotations. In the win over Phoenix, he finally went deeper into his bench which allowed the starters some much needed rest. The result? A huge win and some great individual performances as alluded to earlier.
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It will be an intriguing final regular season game between these two division rivals.