Tuesday night at Ball Arena, the Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers square off in a massively important Game 5. Neither team can be eliminated on Tuesday night, but one team sure can take control of this series as the winner will have a 3-2 advantage going into Game 6 Thursday night in Portland.
Denver won games two and three after Portland won the first game of the series, but the Nuggets were unable to put a stranglehold on the series as they got absolutely dusted in Game 4 by the Trail Blazers. Because of that, the Nuggets desperately need a win on Tuesday night to regain home court advantage and not go into Portland on Thursday night in a must-win scenario.