The Denver Nuggets, tied for the top seed in the NBA’s Western Conference as of Friday night, will play the No. 8-seed Dallas Mavericks Sunday afternoon in a game that will air on Denver7.
It’s a game that will feature two of the league’s best at filling up the stat sheet. Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic ranks second in the league in triple-doubles with 21, while Luka Doncic, the Mavericks’ 25-year-old phenom, ranks third with 17.
Denver is the NBA’s hottest team since the All-Star break, posting an 11-1 record since Feb. 22, the only blemish being an overtime loss to the Phoenix Suns on March 5.
Dallas, meanwhile, has shown flashes this season – like its seven-game win streak that followed some strategic trade-deadline acquisitions – but is a tepid 6-6 since the break.
The Western Conference playoff race is a tight one, with just 8.5 games separating the top eight seeds as of Friday night. The gap between Nos. 1 and 8 in the East was 16 games, for comparison.
Sunday’s game tips off at 1 p.m. on Denver7. Stay tuned for a special postgame edition of Denver7 News at 4 p.m. ABC World News Tonight with David Muir will air at 5 p.m.
