Nuggets can go top

Basketball: The Otago Nuggets have a chance to go the top of the table when the side takes on the Taranaki Mountainairs in Auckland tonight.

Taranaki leads the NBL with a 63 record while the Nuggets have a 53 record, having played one game fewer.

Also on 53 records are the Franklin Bulls and the Manawatu Jets. The Bulls play the Huskies in the early game tonight while the Nuggets game starts at

7.30pm. Taranaki beat the Nuggets 10781 in the first game between the sides.