DENVER — The Denver Nuggets came into their matchup with the Utah Jazz looking to extend their lead for the eighth seed in the Western Conference. Rudy Gobert and the Utah Jazz started strong but, being tonight was the second game of a back to back, lost steam late and the Nuggets came away with a statement win over the Jazz with a score of 103-93.
The game started out with four quick turnovers from Denver and the Jazz forcing their style of play on the Nuggets. Everyone not named Darrell Arthur and Nikola Jokic was struggling to score, especially Danilo Gallinari, who started 0-5 from the field.