TODAY’S GAME NOTABLE
Spurs (24-24) at Nuggets (31-18)
When/where: 8 p.m.; Ball Arena, Denver
Tv/radio: Bally Sports SW; WOAIAM 1200, KXTN-AM 1350 and FM 107.5 (Spanish)
PROBABLE STARTERS Spurs: PG Derrick White (6-4, 4th), SG Demar Derozan (6-6, 12th), SF Keldon Johnson (6-5, 2nd), PF Luka Samanic (6-10, 2nd), C Jakob Poeltl (7-1, 5th)
Nuggets: PG Jamal Murray (6-3, 5th), SG Will Barton III (6-6, 9th), SF Michael Porter Jr. (6-10, 2nd), PF Aaron Gordon (6-8, 7th), C Nikola Jokic (6-11, 6th)
RESERVES
Spurs: G Patty Mills (6-1, 12th year), F Rudy Gay (6-8, 15th), C Gorgui Dieng (6-10, 9th), G/F Devin Vassell (6-5, 1st), G Tre Jones (6-1, 1st), F/C Drew Eubanks (6-9, 3rd), F Cameron Reynolds (6-7, 2nd), G Quinndary Weatherspoon (6-3, 2nd). Questionable: Dejounte Murray (sore right foot). Inactive:
F Keita Bates-diop (right hamstring strain), Lonnie Walker IV (sore right wrist), Trey Lyles (right ankle sprain).
Nuggets: C Bol Bol (7-2, 2nd year), F Vlatko Cancar (6-8, 2nd), G Facundo Campazzo (5-10, 1st), F Gary Clark (6-6, 2nd), G P.J. Dozier (6-6, 4th), F Jamychael Green (6-8, 6th), C Javale Mcgee (7-0, 13th), F Paul Millsap (6-7, 15th), G Monte Morris (6-2, 4th), F Zeke Nnaji (6-11, 1st). Inactive: Markus Howard, Greg Whittington.
COACHES
Spurs: Gregg Popovich
Nuggets: Michael Malone
STAT LEADERS
Spurs: Points, Derozan, 21.0 per game; rebounds, Poeltl, 8.0; assists, Derozan, 7.0; steals, Murray, 1.5; blocks, Poeltl, 1.6
Nuggets: Points, Jokic, 26.3; rebounds, Jokic, 11.0; assists, Jokic, 8.6; steals, Jokic, 1.5; blocks, Gordon, 1.0
» In Gordon’s first four games since he arrived from Orlando, the Nuggets’ starting unit had the best offensive rating (133.9) and the best net rating (33.9) all NBA lineups playing at least 60 minutes. » The 21-year-old Johnson had his fifth career game of scoring at least 20 points and grabbing at least 10 rebounds in the Spurs’ loss to Indiana on Saturday, finishing with 20 and 10. The only player in franchise history with more such games before his 22nd birthday is Tim Duncan, who had 37. » Denver’s 119-109 win over Orlando on Sunday marked the first game at Ball Arena open to the public in more than a year. Attendance was 4,050.