Following a 3-1 week that included a sweep of a weekend back-to-back, the Denver Nuggets continued to climb up in the majority of national media power rankings this week. Despite a brief setback in a Christmas Day loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, Denver took care of business in their other three games of the week, including a gut-check road victory against the Phoenix Suns and two relatively straightforward home triumphs against the Grizzlies and Kings.
Without further ado, let’s see where Denver stacks up in the power rankings this week.
What they said: Sunday's game against the Kings was an exciting one for Nuggets fans -- Michael Porter Jr.