Denver lost another starter to injury in the Pacers game
The Denver Nuggets so far they have had a heavy hand during the 2025-26 NBA season. first, Christian Brown went down with an ankle injury in mid-November. A little over a week later, Aaron Gordon suffered a hamstring injury.
The Nuggets’ injuries forced Spencer Jones to move into the starting five.
On Wednesday night, Denver was in Indiana to face the lowly Pacers, and Jones was on the court to start the game. Well, add another injury to the Nuggets forward, as Jones left the game with a knee injury.
Soon after, he was sent off for the rest of the game, with knee pain is reportedaccording to the Nuggets Communications Department on X, formerly Twitter.
Jones’s presence was hardly missed.
Jamal Murray went wild, dropping 52 points in a 135-120 win. The game was nowhere near as close as the score indicated. Nikola Jokic scored 24 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds in the win.
Denver improved to 15-6 on the season. Normally, that might be enough for first place in any division. But not this year. Not with the Oklahoma City Thunder on pace to make history at 21-1.
It remains to be seen if Jones will miss time. But the Nuggets are already without two of their stars. Both Brown and Gordon are scheduled to be re-evaluated by the end of December.
With another starter potentially down, Cameron Johnson may have to pick up more of the slack. The newest member of the Nuggets has been very slow out of the gate. This season, he is averaging only 11 points, three rebounds and two assists.
2025-12-04 02:53:00
