The Nuggets have a better offensive rating, relative to league average, than any team ever has. They are 10.1 points per 100 possessions better than league average. There's never been a differential of that much before. Check out this sweet chart from data analyst Todd Whitehead:

Nuggets make basketball history involving Nikola Jokic that's never been done in NBA originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Denver Nuggets have flown under the radar to start the 2025-26 season.

The Hall of Famer has an emotional stake in the San Antonio Spurs, the team he helped win four championships, and this was before the Spurs played the behemoth from Oklahoma City in the semifinals. Let’s just say that, after the fact, that stake has now intensified.

The Cavaliers are still finding their footing. Last season they had the top-ranked offense and were eighth in defensive rating; this season they're 11th in both departments. They just dropped a game at home to the Blazers and have lost four of their last five. Cleveland is dangerously close to being dropped into Tier 4.

With a current BetMGM win total over/under at 69.5 wins (-140 over/+115 under), Oklahoma City is currently favored to become the third 70-win team in NBA history. The -140 odds for “over 69.5” imply a more than 58 percent chance of getting there.

See how far ahead of the pack the red-hot Thunder sit on the NBA title oddsboard, along with the rest of the field.

In the 111-109 loss in the Emirates NBA Cup semifinals, the Thunder shot 24.3% from beyond the arc, their third-worst percentage of the season. OKC's nine made threes were also the team's third-worst total of the season.

And that's exactly the case for former All-NBA center Joakim Noah, who recently mentioned Jokic as his favorite player in the world. "My favorite player in the world. So fun to watch," Noah said of Jokic in an interview with Meridian Sport Srbija. "It’s hard to watch anybody else, to be honest.”

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