Westbrook went for 25 points, two steals, two blocks and a corner three with 1:28 to go that doubled Denver’s lead. Sacramento did not go quietly — Zach LaVine answered 20 seconds later to creep back within one score — but the Nuggets made the stops and free throws necessary to escape.

The Denver Nuggets will host the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday at Ball Arena. Nikola Jokic is questionable on the team’s injury report due to left ankle inflammation. Here’s everything we know about Jokic’s injury and playing status vs.

The Denver Nuggets are set to take on the defending champions, the Boston Celtics, at TD Garden on Saturday. This upcoming game will see Nikola Jokic leading his team into another tough road test against one of the best teams in the league.

"You take a look at his stat sheet, it doesn't always show what he does for us," Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said of Horford.

Three-time Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic downplayed his limp after Sunday's loss in Boston, but he's on the Denver Nuggets' lengthy injury report ahead of Wednesday's game against Sacramento at Ball Arena.

Longtime NBA center-turned-ESPN talking head Kendrick Perkins has weighed in on who he considers the top player in the league. In a bit of a surprise, Perkins rejected the notion that three-time MVP Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic is the NBA's best player.