Preview: Denver Nuggets start a road trip against Charlotte Hornets

Preview: Denver Nuggets start a road trip against Charlotte Hornet

East to take on the Charlotte Hornets (39-36) as they’re making their push towards the end of the season and jockeying for playoff positioning.

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Denver currently sits in sixth place just one game back from the Utah Jazz and 1.5 games ahead of the Minnesota Timberwolves in seventh.

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The Hornets are unlikely to catch anyone in front of them, but they’re not giving up on trying.

For Denver, after going on a run out of the All-Star Break, they’ve stumbled a bit over their last 10 games to a 5-5 record,

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With seven games remaining, this is one of the three that Denver will play against above .500 teams,

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For Charlotte, they’re playing great basketball right now. They’re 7-3 in their last 10 games while in position for the franchise’s first playoff berth since the 2015-16 season.

If the season ended today, they would play the Cleveland Cavaliers for a chance at the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference,

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