NBA Late-Night Handicapping: Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors

Denver has been heating up as winners of six of its past 10 SU, but it travels to the toughest venue in Oracle Arena to face the Golden State Warriors as 15-point underdogs at 9:30 on NBA League Pass Monday night. The Warriors are 14-2 SU at home this season and have won nine of its past 10 games including its two most recent over the Dallas Mavericks and Toronto Raptors.

Jokic has 24 and 10, Nuggets beat depleted Clippers 106-102

Nikola Jokic had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and Danilo Gallinari and Will Barton each added 23 points to lead the Denver Nuggets past the undermanned Los Angeles Clippers 106-102 on Monday night. The Clippers played without their three leading scorers – Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and J.J. Redick – but came from 17 points down to start the second half and took a seven-point lead in the fourth quarter.