The Denver Nuggets (44-31) start a brief two-game road trip tonight as they’re heading East to take on the Charlotte Hornets (39-36) as they’re making their push towards the end of the season and jockeying for playoff positioning. Denver currently sits in sixth place just one game back from the Utah Jazz and 1.5 games ahead of the Minnesota Timberwolves in seventh. The Hornets are unlikely to catch anyone in front of them, but they’re not giving up on trying.
For Denver, after going on a run out of the All-Star Break, they’ve stumbled a bit over their last 10 games to a 5-5 record, which includes a couple of tough losses after blowing leads to the Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns.