Down one at the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets now have the lead. Sitting on a score of 63-53, they have looked like the better team, but there's still two more quarters to play. If the Nuggets keep playing like this,

Wednesday night proved to be yet another uphill climb, as the Denver Nuggets came to town to match up against a shorthanded Jazz squad on the second night of a back-to-back. Without key leaders in Lauri Markkanen, John Collins, and Jordan Clarkson, Utah fell 122-103 to Nikola Jokić and the Nuggets.

Nikola Jokic made his return from a three-game absence and produced a triple-double, but it wasn't enough to beat a Mavericks team that was without Luka Doncic. Jokic led the Nuggets with 33 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists.