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Denver Nuggets at Brooklyn Nets

7:30 PM

Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

DEN

Season leaders, per game

BKN
The teams side by side: Denver Nuggets and Brooklyn Nets compared, with league ranks
DENStatBKN
54–28Record20–62
Offense
5.1(better), 7th in the leagueNet rating29th in the league, -10.1
120.3(better), 1st in the leagueOffensive rating30th in the league, 106.9
100.2, 20th in the leaguePace26th in the league, 98.8
57.7(better), 1st in the leagueeFG%30th in the league, 52.0
10.9(better), 3rd in the leagueTOV%29th in the league, 13.7
23.6, 25th in the leagueOREB%24th in the league, 23.6
0.294(better), 4th in the leagueFT rate13th in the league, 0.272
Defense
115.3(better), 21st in the leagueDefensive rating26th in the league, 116.9
54.3(better), 15th in the leagueOpp. eFG%28th in the league, 57.1
10.0, 30th in the leagueOpp. TOV%14th in the league, 12.4(better)
75.3(better), 7th in the leagueDREB%18th in the league, 74.0
0.254(better), 12th in the leagueOpp. FT rate27th in the league, 0.290

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Denver Nuggets

Brooklyn Nets

  • Nolan TraoréQuestionable· back Oct 1
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    Although Traore won't play in Summer League, he's expected to be 100 percent by training camp. During his rookie campaign, Traore averaged 8.9 points, 3.8 assists and 1.8 rebounds while shooting 38.0 percent from the field in 22.2 minutes per showing across 56 regular-season games (31 starts).

Key players · DEN: Denver Nuggets key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Jamal Murray35.425.44.47.123.6 / 4.6 / 6.82.8
Nikola Jokic34.827.712.910.725.4 / 12.6 / 9.87.2
Christian Braun31.812.04.82.714.6 / 5.0 / 2.00.8
DeMar DeRozan31.318.42.94.121.2 / 2.6 / 4.6-1.0
Cameron Johnson30.512.23.82.415.4 / 5.2 / 3.82.0
Key players · BKN: Brooklyn Nets key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Julius Randle33.021.16.75.023.4 / 5.2 / 4.21.4
Michael Porter Jr.32.424.27.13.022.2 / 7.2 / 1.81.8
Noah Clowney27.012.34.11.67.8 / 3.8 / 0.8-1.0
Egor Demin25.110.33.23.36.0 / 3.2 / 4.0-1.1
Terance Mann24.27.23.23.06.0 / 3.2 / 1.8-0.9

Last five games

Denver Nuggets: Denver Nuggets: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 30 @ MINLost 98–110––
Apr 27 vs MINWon 125–113––
Apr 25 @ MINLost 96–112––
Apr 23 @ MINLost 96–113––
Apr 20 vs MINLost 114–119––
Brooklyn Nets: Brooklyn Nets: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 12 @ TORLost 101–136––
Apr 10 @ MILLost 108–125––
Apr 9 vs INDLost 94–123––
Apr 7 vs MILWon 96–90––
Apr 5 vs WASWon 121–115––
Eastern Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
11MIL3250.390283-7
12CHI3151.378292-8
13BKN2062.244403-7
14IND1963.232413-7
15WAS1765.207430-10
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1OKC6418.780–7-3
2SAS6220.75628-2
3DEN5428.6591010-0
4LAL5329.646117-3
5HOU5230.634129-1

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

DEN attack against BKN defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards50.2 (lg 49.8) , 14th in the league14.5 (lg 13.6) , 6th in the league15.3 (lg 14.2) , 5th in the league
Forwards38.6 (lg 37.4) , 10th in the league15.1 (lg 15.3) , 19th in the league7.4 (lg 7.0) , 9th in the league
Centers11.6 (lg 10.7) , 7th in the league7.4 (lg 7.5) , 17th in the league1.6 (lg 1.9) , 24th in the league
BKN attack against DEN defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards48.2 (lg 49.8) , 20th in the league13.2 (lg 13.6) , 19th in the league14.1 (lg 14.2) , 18th in the league
Forwards39.3 (lg 37.4) , 7th in the league15.1 (lg 15.3) , 17th in the league7.9 (lg 7.0) , 2nd in the league
Centers10.0 (lg 10.7) , 20th in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 24th in the league1.3 (lg 1.9) , 29th in the league

The box score appears at tip-off.