DEN VS POR Dream11
DEN vs POR Dream11: Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers are set to meet in the NBA regular-season match-up between the two giants of the Western Conference, as they play at Pepsi Center.
Denver Nuggets are 14-8 on the season and come into this game on the back of three games losing run. All three of those defeats came on the road, and against Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers. They are 5th on the points table but will be looking to snap the negative run as they play home in this game, where they have an 8-3 return on the season.
Portland Trail Blazers, on the other hand, won the last game 115-87 against New York Knicks, which was their 10th win of the season.
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Match details:
Teams: Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers
Venue: Pepsi Center
Match Timing: December 13, @09:00 AM
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Nikola Jokic: Leads the Nuggets in rebounds (10.0), and assists (6.3), while his average of 16.0 is the 2nd best for the Nuggets this season.
Damian Lillard: Dropped a game-high in the last game, and is the leader for the Blazers.
CJ McCollum: He is behind Lillard in terms of points per game, and is the only player other than Lillard to average in the 20s for the Blazers.
Hassan Whiteside: More value, for what he does. Must be in your team.
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Denver Nuggets: Jamal Murray lasted only five minutes in the last game due to an abdomen injury, but he declared himself available for this game. Otherwise, the Nuggets have a clean bill of health.
Portland Trail Blazers: Rodney Hood had surgery to repair his ruptured Achilles Tendon and will be out for the next few months. Zach Collins (Shoulder Injury) and Jusuf Nurkic (Leg Injury) both remain out at this moment.
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Denver Nuggets: Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, Marc Gasol, Fred VanVleet / Norman Powell, Kyle Lowry
Portland Trail Blazers: Kent Bazemore, Carmelo Anthony, Hassan Whiteside, Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum
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Likely squads:
Denver Nuggets: Malik Beasley, Juan Hernangómez, Mason Plumlee, Michael Porter Jr., Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Jerami Grant, Torrey Craig, Paul Millsap, Will Barton, Monte Morris, Gary Harris
Portland Trail Blazers: Damian Lillard, Carmelo Anthony, Skal Labissière, CJ McCollum, Kent Bazemore, Hassan Whiteside, Anfernee Simons, Gary Trent Jr., Nassir Little, Anthony Tolliver, Mario Hezonja
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Will Barton had a monster game last time around, and he is more than capable of repeating the feat, surely worth considering one of your Dream11 Grand League teams.
On the safety parts, Damian Lillard and Nikola Jokic will be the best option to have both in the Grand Leagues and Small Leagues.
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Team 1:
PG: A Simmons
SG: C McCollum, N Little
SF: W Barton, J Grant
PF: C Anthony
C: N Jokic (SP), H Whiteside
Team 2:
PG: A Simmons, D Lillard (SP)
SG: G Harris
SF: W Barton, J Grant
PF: C Anthony, P Millsap
C: H Whiteside