Alex Speers

He got to the line 15 times in that game, which tied a career high, but maybe you're not impressed by free throws.

Well, the next game against Orlando, he goes out and hits 7 of 12 from 3, only the 13th time in his career that he's done that.

Now, the Nuggets did have that weird little blip where they briefly threw us off the scent.

They lost to the Bulls, the Kings, Spurs, and Dallas.

They went 4-4 during that stretch.

But they now share the longest winning streak in the NBA at six games with the Knicks.

They're solidly back in the second spot in the West at 20-6.

And, of course, they've righted this ship without two of their starters, Aaron Gordon and Christian Brown.

And what's crazy...

is if you look at who they lost to and by how much, if those two guys are available for a couple of those games, this team would probably be a game or two back of OKC, which is crazy.

They could easily be like 22 and four right now.

In my opinion, Jamal Murray has a near flawless case for making the all-star game.

And more broadly, this Nuggets team, they tricked us for a couple weeks with some bad losses, but they remain the no-brainer pick for winning the championship if you're not going to take OKC.

In my opinion, if you think there's any chance OKC doesn't win this year, getting Denver at plus 700 odds, which is still what they're going for, that's crazy.

Denver is great value.

This is a really good team.

So they are my good this week, Andrew.

Finally have.

And he's not going to be an injury replacement.

This is like a locked-in All-Star performance so far.