It’s a battle of Northwest Division teams(nba championship rings) in the Rocky Mountains. The Utah Jazz is on the road as they travel to face the Denver Nuggets Thursday night. Utah was in action at home Wednesday night as they squared off with the Clippers in a battle of teams fighting for playoff position. Denver picked up a 121-112 home win over the Thunder in another Northwest Division clash Tuesday night. The Jazz leads the all-time regular-season series by a 113-80 margin. This season, the teams split two matchups with Utah taking a 114-108 home win in the most recent meeting January 23.
Utah was in action at home as they squared off with the Clippers in a battle of teams trying to tighten their grip on playoff positions. The Jazz entered that game sixth in the Western Conference, 2.5 games ahead of the ninth-place Kings. Utah is 5-5 in the second game of back to back situations this season. In those games, the Jazz put up an average of 104.9 points per game, which is below their full-season mark of 110.1 points per contest. Utah allows 108.4 points a night in those situations, which is worse than their full-season average of 106.7 points per game.
The Jazz enter this contest 20th in the league in scoring offense with 110.1 points per game. Utah is in the upper half of the pack, ranking 11th in the league in rebounding with 45.7 boards per game. The Jazz is 11th in the league in assists with 25.2 per contest. Utah currently is 4th in the league in scoring defense as they allow 106.7 points per game. Utah is 15th in the league in field goal percentage as they shoot 46.2 percent from the floor. The Jazz are tied for 9th in the league in threes per game as they knock down 11.7 triples a night. Utah is tied for 19th in the league in three-point shooting as they knock down 34.8 percent from beyond the arc. The Jazz stands 4-3 in the month of February and ranked second in the league with 121 points per game while leading the league with 51.4 boards in that span. Donovan Mitchell paces the team with 24.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists per contest. Rudy Gobert continues to develop as a force in the low block as he is averaging 18 points, 13.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks while shooting 69 percent from the floor in the month.
Denver picked up the win over Oklahoma City(cheap championship rings) in their division showdown Tuesday night. The Nuggets entered Wednesday second in the Western Conference, one game behind the Warriors: they held a four-game edge over the Thunder in the Northwest Division. Denver led by three after the opening quarter, by 13 at the half and by 13 after three quarters. The Nuggets saw the Thunder rally to take a three-point lead midway through the fourth before regrouping with a 13-4 run. Denver held on for the way for the win. The Nuggets shot 46.6 percent from the field, including 13 of 28 from three-point range, and overcame 18 turnovers in the win. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 36 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists in the win.
The Nuggets are 13th in the league in scoring offense with an average of 112.3 points per game. Denver is currently 7th in the league in rebounding with 46.8 rebounds per contest. The Nuggets are 2nd in the league by dishing out 27.7 assists per game. Denver is 6th in scoring defense as they allow 106.9 points per contest. The Nuggets are 8th in the league in field goal percentage by shooting 47.1 percent from the field. Denver is tied for 16th in the league by sinking 11.1 threes per game and is tied for 9th in the league in three-point shooting by sinking 35.7 percent from beyond the arc. In the month of February, the Nuggets have gone 7-3 and put up an average of 116.7 points a night. Nikola Jokic has been the focal point of the offense, averaging 23.2 points, 12.4 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game this month. Malik Beasley has been terrific as a bench option with 17.5 points per game while shooting 53.7 percent from the field and 50 percent from beyond the arc. All told, nine Nuggets are averaging in double figures in February.
The San Antonio Spurs(San Antonio Spurs championship rings) have been playing their best basketball of the season of late, winning 10 of their past 13 games after a sluggish start where they were acclimating to eight new players. But all that success will be on the backburner Thursday, when the Toronto Raptors pay a visit to the Alamo City and the AT&T Center for the only time in the regular season campaign.
That's because former Spurs star forward Kawhi Leonard will be making his first trip back to town after being traded to the Raptors in the offseason. It remains to be seen how the San Antonio fans will treat Leonard, who missed all but nine games of the 2017-18 season with a quad injury and then actively lobbied for a trade away from the team that drafted him. But coach Gregg Popovich wasn't too interested in discussing Leonard on Wednesday.
"You move on in life," Popovich told reporters. "We're not going to redo what's happened in the past in any way, shape or form. It's of no consequence at this point, and it does no good to go backward and talk about this, that or the other." Leonard indicated he was looking forward to the contest when asked by a television reporter after Tuesday's win over the Utah Jazz.
"Yeah, it's going to be fun," Leonard said during the interview. "Everybody is anticipating the game(nba championship rings). Things like that will only get me better for the long run. It's going to be a good game." The Spurs (21-17) will square off with Toronto after coming from behind to beat another of the Eastern Conference's heavyweights -- the Boston Celtics -- 120-111 at home on Monday. San Antonio got 32 points from LaMarcus Aldridge in the victory and a career-high 22 points from Derrick White, but they needed a 46-point third quarter and a stern "cussing out" by Popovich at halftime to leapfrog into the lead after shooting 22 percent in the first period.
"We were playing really tentative, real indecisive, hesitating, wasn't being aggressive," said Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan, who had 13 points and 10 assists in the win. "The whole dynamic of us, our aggression, changed. We just got out (in the second half) and played like we've been playing." The Spurs canned 14 of their 26 3-pointers in the win, with forward Davis Bertans going 5 for 8 from beyond the arc while scoring 17 points.
DeRozan, along with center Jakob Poeltl, were moved to the Spurs from Toronto in the trade that sent Leonard to the Raptors. DeRozan, after some early reservations about the trade, has settled in to become one of San Antonio's key players. "It's emotional, for sure," Aldridge said of Thursday's game and Leonard's return. "I know it is definitely not another game, for sure. Give me some popcorn, I just want to watch it. But I might have to play." Leonard leads the Raptors (28-11) into San Antonio after scoring a career-high 45 points on Tuesday in Toronto's 122-116 home win over Utah. Leonard has now scored 30 or more points in 11 games this season, including three of the last five.
"That's good, we all got to witness that live and in person," Toronto coach Nick Nurse said of Leonard's performance. "He was phenomenal. I've kind of been waiting for one of these nights where he makes them all." Pascal Siakam had a career-best 28 points with 10 rebounds, while Norman Powell scored a season-high 14 points, as the Raptors captured their fourth straight at home. Toronto played without All-Star guard Kyle Lowry (who didn't play for the eighth time in nine games because of a sore back) and center Jonas Valanciunas (dislocated left thumb) but still managed to score a franchise-high 44 points in the third quarter.
"I try to stay in the moment and keep competing every possession and not worry about myself, just try to get a team win," Leonard said afterward his scoring outburst.The Spurs and Raptors split the season series 1-1 in 2017-18. San Antonio owns a 32-12 all-time mark against Toronto(championship rings) including a 18-4 record and nine-straight wins at home.
The Warriors are back-to-back NBA Champions (cheap nba championship rings) and winners of the title in three of the last four years. Yes, the Warriors are 3-1 in the NBA Finals over the last four seasons! As was the case in 2015 and 2017, the Warriors went with Jason of Beverly Hills for the design of this year's championship ring. And once again, this year’s ring proved to be quite innovative. Take a look through the gallery below and see if you can identify some of the fine details listed below.
> The 74 sapphires on the ‘blue'side signify the total number of regular season and playoff wins by the Dubs in the 2017-18 season.
> Likewise, 74 diamonds on the white side signify the 2017-18 win total.
> There are two trophies on top of the ring, signifying the team’s back-to-back championships in 2017 and 2018. The 2017 tropy is 17kt gold and has a .17cts white diamond, and the 2018 trophy is 18kt gold and has a .18cts white diamond.
> Twisting off the top of the ring reveals the slogan ‘Strength in Numbers'mantra.
> Each of the Warriors'four 2018 postseason series victories are featured on the sides of the ring (4-1, 4-1, 4-3, 4-0).
> The bristle texture featured on both sides of the ring represents the Dubs'four-game sweep of the Cavs in the 2018 NBA Finals.
> One side of the ring is adorned with the player’s name and number, Bay Bridge and “Just Us” slogan. This ‘player’s side'has 58 stones that represent the team’s regular season wins.
> On the other side of the ring – the team side – the Town jersey logo, “Back 2 Back” and regular season record (58-24) are featured. This team side of the ring has 56 stones representing the number of years the Warriors have been in the Bay Area.
Fun Fact: Jason of Beverly Hills has designed and manufactured five of the last nine NBA Championship rings (championship rings for sale) . No shortage of bling here! And yes, fans do have an opportunity to get a ring of their own. A full ine of 2018 Championship jewelry from Jason of Beverly Hills is available at warriors.com. In addition, the Warriors launched the Championship Ring Raffle, giving fans a chance to win a 100% certified, personalized 2017-18 NBA Championship ring, with all proceeds benefitting the Warriors Community Foundation.
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