Game Thread: Denver @ Atlanta -- 12/2/22

[Jamaaliver]

Big men renew rivalry as Nuggets visit Hawks



Nikola Jokic will face one of his fiercest rivals when he and the Denver Nuggets visit Clint Capela and the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. With Capela playing his first six seasons for the Houston Rockets, Jokic and Capela have gone head-to-head 19 times in their careers, all in the regular season.

Capela has enjoyed surprising success in more ways than one. His team has prevailed in 12 of the 19 meetings, with 11 of those wins coming in 15 head-to-heads in Rockets-Nuggets matchups.

The biggest surprise has been Capela’s ability to limit the high-scoring Jokic to just 17.1 points per game on 49.8 percent shooting. Capela has countered that with 14.6 points on 61.8 percent shooting.

The Atlanta big man also has enjoyed advantages in rebounds (10.9-10.3) and blocked shots (1.2-0.6).

The first meeting of the season of playoff hopefuls pits a Nuggets team seeking to extend its winning streak to a season-best five games against a Hawks club that was firing on all cylinders in a 125-108 win at Orlando on Wednesday.

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[CP War Hawks]

The depth is really exposed at 3 with DH out. If Bogi starts wouldn't surprise me, kinda of expecting it. Once everything gets back to normal, AJG and Bogi can be really nice gunners off the bench.

[jayu70]

Will we even be able to field a team tonight?

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[Jamaaliver]

Will we even be able to field a team tonight?

[jayu70]

We might see Bogi tonight.

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[jayu70]

Season Debut for Bogi. Trae out.

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[jayu70]

JJ and AJ starting!

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[HMFFL]

I wish Bogi the best and hope he stays healthy throughout the remainder of the season. It's nice to have him back on the court.

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[HMFFL]

Hawks 60-46 at the half.

It's easy to stay productive and have leads when your teammates out and not able to miss ten three pointers a game.

Nice to see some young Hawks getting some playing time.

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[Jamaaliver]

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It's easy to stay productive and have leads when you're teammates out and not able to miss ten three pointers a game.

It certainly can't be a coincidence...

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[Jamaaliver]

Welp, 'twas fun while it lasted...

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[HMFFL]

Great win! Go Hawks

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[jayu70]

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[DirtybirdGA]

Fantastic.

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[D21]

Great great W!
Once again, something I wouldn't have expected back to his signing: ATL dominated DEN by 15pts with Culver on the floor, and overall very good performance
It's great to see him playing with this impact and energy

[tbhawksfan1]

Hard not to read into this great performance with three starters out. DM knows how to carry a team and get his numbers...by getting others into their groove and feeding them the whole game.

Hope Trae was watching from his couch. Also think that JC and DH might be thinking about their production/effort watching the baby Hawks out play them

[dms269]

The baby hawks really stepped up.
Culver has been such a spark plug.
Krejci might be the best teammate in the entire league. They Saif last night how he is always leading chants and high fiving guys.

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