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A cracking contest awaits NBA fans on Sunday evening as Championship contenders Brooklyn Nets, and Denver Nuggets square off in New York. This has all the ingredients to be a very entertaining game, even though the home side is having to deal with a number of COVID-19 related issues.
The Brooklyn Nets are sitting pretty at the top of the NBA Eastern Conference standings. They have been among the most consistent teams this season and have hardly put a foot wrong. But their superstar players Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden are among many in their roster who have entered in the NBA's COVID-19 health and safety protocols, which means that they will be unavailable for the next few games. So this shorthanded Nets team could lose a bit of momentum in their absence.
The Denver Nuggets have really struggled for consistency this season and are in a lowly seventh place in the NBA Western Conference standings at the moment. Yes, Nikola Jokic has been putting up MVP caliber numbers once again. But they are without Jamal Murray, who was key for them last season. The Nuggets are still the favorites heading in, and they will want to use this game as a springboard towards finding their form.
The game will be broadcast locally in the Brooklyn Nets market on YES and the Denver Nuggets market on Altitude. The game will also be televised nationally live on NBA TV, and fans can get a live stream on fuboTV.
Date:Â Sunday, December 19, 2021
Time:Â 07:30 PM ET
TV Channel:Â YES, Altitude, NBA TV
Arena:Â Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Live Stream for Nuggets vs. Nets:Â fuboTV (Start your free trial)
Odds: Denver Nuggets – 1.73, Brooklyn Nets – 2.65
Prediction: Denver Nuggets to win the game
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