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There are a few bangers on this week’s schedule. The defending champions scale the mountain to duel with Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, while the teams with the best record in each conference face off Wednesday night. Here’s your viewer’s guide to the week ahead in professional basketball.

Gilgeous-Alexander is the hottest scorer in the NBA right now, with 33 points per game since the start of December, but it’s not like he’s done it alone. The Thunder also own the NBA’s best defense, allowing a stingy 103.3 points per game, and it won’t help the C’s that Jaylen Brown (shoulder) is also questionable for today’s matchup.