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Bobcats at Nuggets
9 p.m., Pepsi Center
TV: SportSouth. Radio: WFNZ-AM 610
Projected Starters
| Bobcats | Nuggets | ||||
| Pos, Player | Ppg | Rpg | Pos, Player | Ppg | Rpg |
| G, K. Walker | 18.8 | 3.2 | G, T. Lawson | 14.5 | 2.6 |
| G, G. Henderson | 12.9 | 3.6 | G, A. Iguodala | 13.8 | 5.5 |
| F, M. Kidd-Gilchrist | 11.0 | 6.4 | F, D. Gallinari | 16.1 | 5.8 |
| F, B. Mullens | 11.9 | 7.7 | F, K. Faried | 12.3 | 10.0 |
| C, B. Biyombo | 4.7 | 6.4 | C, K. Koufos | 6.8 | 6.3 |
Matchup to Watch
Ty Lawson vs. Kemba Walker: Maybe no other NBA player can go baseline-to-baseline off the dribble faster than Lawson. Walker is plenty quick, too, but getting back on defense in this one will be crucial.
Observations
• The Nuggets are better than their 14-13 record suggests, in that they have already played 19 road games, nearly half their total for the season.
• Center JaVale McGee, acquired from the Washington Wizards for Nene, is playing off the bench for the Nuggets.
• The Nuggets ended up with Andre Iguodala in the mega-trade that sent Dwight Howard from Orlando to the Los Angeles Lakers. Iguodala is expensive, but he sets a defensive agenda, which the Nuggets need.
Tap-ins
• Bobcats coach Mike Dunlap was a Nuggets assistant for two seasons under George Karl, coming over from Metro State, a Denver-based college.
• The Nuggets missed all 22 of their 3-point attempts Thursday in Portland. That figures to change Saturday, with the Bobcats playing the third-worst 3-point defense in the league at 38.4 percent.
• Nuggets power forward Kenneth Faried, averaging a double-double, became the hidden gem of the 2011 draft.
Did you know?
Since the start of the 2009-10 season, NBA teams playing in Denver in the second game of back-to-back nights are 7-38. Rick Bonnell
