Bennett Durando is the Colorado Avalanche beat writer for The Denver Post. Before taking on his first NHL beat, he covered SEC football and other sports for five years, first at his alma mater, Missouri, for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Columbia Missourian, then Auburn for the Montgomery Advertiser.
DENVER, CO – APRIL 28: Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans blocks a shot by Michael Porter Jr. of the Denver Nuggets during the fourth quarter of DenverÕs 114-112 win at Ball Arena on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Only one game into the season, the arduous but invigorating obstacle imposed by the next 81 was already on Michael Porter Jr.’s mind.
Another incentive for the defending champions to start strong? Another championship, of course. When the Nuggets host the Mavericks next Friday , that and six other games will mark the beginning of the. A champ will be crowned Dec. 9 in Vegas, but first comes a group stage that will take place throughout the course of November and count toward teams’ regular-season records. Think Maui Invitational, but spanning weeks and multiple locations.
“I mean, I was just thinking about all the teams,” Porter told The Post in the locker room Tuesday. “You’ve got us, you’ve got the Lakers, Phoenix, Golden State. But then there are teams like Minnesota. You’ve got Memphis, Sacramento. We know every game’s going to be a dogfight, and we just know we’ve gotta stay at it. I don’t think I even mentioned Dallas. And then even teams like the Rockets, now, have pieces.
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