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Denver Nuggets at New York Knicks

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

NYK
The teams side by side: Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks compared, with league ranks
DENStatNYK
54–28Record53–29
Offense
5.1, 7th in the leagueNet rating5th in the league, 6.4(better)
120.3(better), 1st in the leagueOffensive rating3rd in the league, 117.5
100.2, 20th in the leaguePace27th in the league, 98.7
57.7(better), 1st in the leagueeFG%9th in the league, 55.7
10.9(better), 3rd in the leagueTOV%8th in the league, 11.5
23.6, 25th in the leagueOREB%5th in the league, 29.3(better)
0.294(better), 4th in the leagueFT rate25th in the league, 0.238
Defense
115.3, 21st in the leagueDefensive rating7th in the league, 111.1(better)
54.3, 15th in the leagueOpp. eFG%11th in the league, 54.1(better)
10.0, 30th in the leagueOpp. TOV%10th in the league, 12.7(better)
75.3, 7th in the leagueDREB%2nd in the league, 76.7(better)
0.254(better), 12th in the leagueOpp. FT rate17th in the league, 0.265

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Denver Nuggets

New York Knicks

  • Mohamed DiawaraQuestionable· back Oct 1
    Report note

    The severity of the finger injury is unknown, though it kept Diawara from playing in New York's final three Las Vegas Summer League outings. Over two outings in Las Vegas this summer, he averaged 3.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in 24.7 minutes per tilt.

    Cost -0.2 per 100
  • Drew EubanksProbable
    Report note

    Thumb

    Cost -0.2 per 100
  • N'Faly DanteOut
    Report note

    Knee

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 · NYK: New York Knicks key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Jalen Brunson35.126.03.36.822.6 / 2.8 / 8.62.2
OG Anunoby33.216.75.22.218.6 / 7.0 / 2.04.0
Mikal Bridges32.914.43.83.710.0 / 2.0 / 2.21.8
Karl-Anthony Towns30.920.111.93.020.2 / 10.6 / 5.82.2
Josh Hart30.212.07.44.88.6 / 5.4 / 3.60.5

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––
New York Knicks: New York Knicks: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Jun 13 @ SASWon 94–90––
Jun 10 vs SASWon 107–106––
Jun 8 vs SASLost 111–115––
Jun 5 @ SASWon 105–104––
Jun 3 @ SASWon 105–95––
Eastern Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1DET6022.732–8-2
2BOS5626.68348-2
3NYK5329.64676-4
4CLE5230.63487-3
5TOR4636.561146-4
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 NYK defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards47.6 (lg 49.8) , 23rd in the league12.2 (lg 13.6) , 30th in the league13.5 (lg 14.2) , 23rd in the league
Forwards34.9 (lg 37.4) , 26th in the league14.2 (lg 15.3) , 26th in the league6.7 (lg 7.0) , 22nd in the league
Centers8.6 (lg 10.7) , 30th in the league6.1 (lg 7.5) , 30th in the league1.2 (lg 1.9) , 30th in the league
NYK 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.