![]() ![]() As such it looks to be an instructive litmus test for how well Denver will have come together three weeks into the season as new teammates adjust to and jell with each other. When the Nuggets embark on their first Eastern Conference road trip, they’ll face their biggest challenge in Boston against the big wing duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, who are backed by a deep, tough roster with almost no defensive weaknesses. November 11, 2022, Boston, 7:00 PM, NBA TVĪfter the Celtics won the East and took the Golden State Warriors to six games in the Finals, they are now the odds-on favorite to win the 2023 NBA championship. And that is a party the Nuggets will definitely relish the opportunity to spoil, especially on national TV. ![]() Alongside Anthony Davis (and possibly Russell Westbrook if he hasn’t been traded yet), James will be looking to lead Los Angeles to a bounce-back season after failing to make the playoffs. But also true: LeBron James is LeBron James, and he remains one of the league’s top draws. True, the Lakers have mostly been a mess since winning the 2020 championship in that year’s NBA bubble, when they ousted the Nuggets from the Western Conference Finals along the way. (Very regrettably, it was recently announced that this year’s second overall draft pick Chet Holmgren will miss the entire season, or he would undoubtedly be OKC’s top draw.) But as enjoyable as those players may be to watch, at the end of the day, this one is all about the big homecoming for Murray and MPJ. Loaded with fun, young players, the Thunder have some real talent in guys like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Josh Giddy. And though it may also be good for the purpose of winning that OKC isn’t top-flight competition, they should not be underestimated as easy pushovers. ![]() to regular season action on their home court at Ball Arena will have to wait until the team’s third game of the season, when Denver hosts the Oklahoma City Thunder in their home opener. In an unfortunate development for Nuggets fans (and arguably a bigtime blunder by the NBA schedule makers), the long-awaited return of Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. October 22, 2022, vs Oklahoma City, 9:00 PM It’s Jamal Murray versus Steph Curry, and a chance for the Nuggets not only to get a small measure of revenge, but also to demonstrate that things might have gone differently had they been at full strength in the postseason. So for the first game on this list I’ve gone with Denver’s second game of the season, also away, but in a much more captivating matchup against the defending champion Golden State Warriors – who just so happened to eliminate Denver in the playoffs last April. While the Nuggets will open their regular season on the road against the Utah Jazz, the wind got taken out of the sails of what might have been a marquee game after Rudy Gobert got traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, rendering Utah a rebuilding, or at least semi-rebuilding team. 18 Denver Nuggets Games To Circle On Their 2022-23 Season Schedule ![]()
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