Getty Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors have a one-game lead over Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets.
In a potential Western Conference Finals preview, the Golden State Warriors will host the Denver Nuggets at Oracle Arena on Tuesday.
The game is scheduled to start at about 10:30 p.m. ET and will be televised nationally on TNT. But if you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream of TNT on your computer, phone, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV or other streaming device via one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming subscription services:
TNT is one of 85-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which is largely tailored towards sports.
You can start a free 7-day trial of FuboTV right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the game on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which allows you to watch the game (and other programs) on-demand within three days of its conclusion, even if you don’t record it.
PS Vue–which doesn’t require an actual PlayStation console to sign up or watch–offers four different live-TV channel packages, all of which include TNT.
You can start a free 5-day trial of PS Vue right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the game on your computer via the PS Vue website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, PlayStation (3 or 4), or other supported device via the PS Vue app.
If you can’t watch live, PS Vue comes with cloud DVR.
TNT is included in either the “Sling Orange” or “Sling Blue” channel package.
You can sign up for a free 7-day trial right here, and you can then watch the game live on your computer via the Sling TV website, or on your phone, tablet or streaming device via the Sling TV app.
If you can’t watch live, you can get 50 hours of cloud DVR storage as an additional add-on.
Nuggets vs Warriors Preview
The Nuggets have dropped three of their last five contests to fall a game behind the Warriors for first place in the Western Conference.
On Sunday, they fell to the Washington Wizards 95-90 at home after All-Star center Nikola Jokic got hit with a pair of technicals and an automatic ejection for arguing with official James Capers in the fourth quarter.
“He gave me a technical then I said something back,” Jokic said after the defeat, according to The Denver Post. “He said, ‘Do you want another one?’ I said, ‘I don’t care.’ And he gave me another one.”
Jokic’s animated discussion with the ref took place after the 24-year-old tied the game up at 88 with under four minutes to play. He finished with 23 points on 11-of-15 shooting, 14 rebounds, four assists, a pair of steals, and a block.
“He can’t get tossed,” head coach Mike Malone said, per The Denver Post. “I don’t care what they do to him and how bad the refereeing is. … He’s too valuable for our team.”
The Nuggets also closed the game without starting point guard Jamal Murray. An ankle sprain ended Murray’s night in the third quarter; he scored 12 points in 21 minutes.
Two nights earlier, Murray scored 27 points on 11-of-20 shooting and dished nine assists without a turnover in a road victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
“It’s always easy to get up for playing against (Thunder guard) Russell Westbrook, one of the best players to play his position,” Malone said on Sunday, per The Denver Post. “Well, tonight it doesn’t matter if you’re playing against (Wizards guard) Tomas Satoransky, it has to be the same kind of mind-set. It’s not about who you’re playing, it’s about you preparing to play at a high level every single night, and I think Jamal is starting to get that. He was phenomenal in that game, not just from a stats standpoint but just from a leadership, poise, control and running your team standpoint as well. And that was great to see.”
The Warriors are coming off a 137-90 beatdown of the Charlotte Hornets at home. The reigning champions shot 53-of-88 (60.2 percent) from the field and 21-of-33 (63.6 percent) from 3-point range.
“Obviously when you’re scoring like we were tonight it’s fun for everybody, no matter who’s finishing the possessions,” two-time MVP Stephen Curry said, according to the Associated Press.
A Warriors win on Tuesday would give them a two-game lead for the West’s No. 1 seed with five games remaining for each team.
“Nothing is as big as a playoff game,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said, according to The Mercury News. “But it’s a big game in terms of the No. 1 seed and protecting our home court.”