NBA schedule: Nuggets win franchise-record 13th straight

Chris Webber was in the studio for NBA TV’s Fan Night broadcast on Tuesday. There were four lovely games to break down. And then there were the games inside the games, like Ice Cream Man up above engaging in a battle of wills with Ice Cream Woman. No one breaks down the action quite like C-Webb.

Via the fine folks over at r/nba.

What the ... ohhhh, CP3, you rascal!

No foul called here, so no actual harm done to anything other than the argument that CP3 is not an epic flop artist. That argument was already pretty thin, to be honest. With this single play, it disintegrated.

Following a hard fought overtime win in Chicago the night before, Denver (47-22) could have easily packed it in after Oklahoma City (50-18) grabbed a 34-26 lead after the first quarter. But the Nuggets never backed down, getting back into the game with a 39-point outburst in the second quarter. And in the second half, it was their defense that helped secure the victory, as they held the powerful Thunder offense to just 38 points.

Kings 116, Clippers 101

Simply poetry in motion.

Denver won the rebounding margin, 52-45, and forced 14 OKC turnovers to secure the win. The game featured three lead changes and six ties in a fast-paced contest characteristic of these two teams.

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Nuh-uh, I don’t object to this at all, no sirree.

He obviously couldn’t have expected that to go so well, but I can’t argue with those results.

Averaging 110 points per game over the course of the 12-game winning streak, Denver’s defense isn’t doing all that shabby either. Despite playing at the second-fastest pace in the NBA, according to Basketball-Reference.com, the Nuggets have only given up an average of 98.8 points per game during the last dozen outings -- no luck required.

And that acceptable defense will be most important against a Thunder team that is quite capable of keeping up on offense. Denver is third in the NBA at 106 points per game while Oklahoma City sits No. 1 by averaging 106.7 points per game.

There are only four games in the NBA Tuesday night, and although three of them are decidedly mediocre matchups and two likely blowouts, there’s one game that should be one of the best matchups in the NBA right now.

Here’s the rundown on Tuesday night’s slate: