Getting your player ready...
Melo, meet LeBron.
Denver will be the center of the NBA universe tonight when Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets host LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Pepsi Center for an 8:30 game.
The game will be the centerpiece of ESPN’s Friday NBA coverage and will also air locally on Altitude.
The Nuggets may be 16-5 since Chauncey Billups arrived, but the statistics say there’s a more necessary player in Denver’s lineup. When shooting guard Dahntay Jones plays 20 or more minutes, the Nuggets are 10-1 this season.
An impressive number, but not one that will sway coach George Karl much. Jones was in the starting lineup in a Tuesday loss at Houston but played fewer than 15 minutes.
