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TORONTO — Option No. 1 was getting swarmed in a continuation of the recent trend that has vexed him and the Nuggets. Option No. 2 might have actually been playing on one leg, as coach Michael Malone joked about before the game.

The Denver Nuggets will travel to Scotiabank Arena to take on the Toronto Raptors in an NBA matchup on Tuesday night.

Sacramento is suddenly gaining on Denver in the race for first place in the Western Conference.

No, this was not the expectation for the final month of the regular season, the Miami Heat scrambling to deal with the nuances of the NBA’s play-in tournament, the second-chance postseason event for four teams lacking the wherewithal to secure direct playoff entry with a top-six seed.

After Michael Porter Jr. put Zach Collins on a poster, the Nuggets competed like the Spurs had already been knocked out.

LOS ANGELES — Skip Robinson remembers the moment Bones Hyland first met Marcus Morris Sr. with vivid clarity, because seeing a middle-schooler issue a challenge to an NBA player 11 years his senior, before so much as saying hello, is not something that is easily forgotten.

Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic starred for Chicago Bulls who managed to end Denver Nuggets' dream winning run at home on Wednesday with a 117-96 win.

The Nuggets were 30-4 at home and chasing history, led by Jokic, while the Bulls looked to be fading out of the play-in chase of the Eastern Conference. All the Bulls did was dismantle Denver in a one-sided 117-96 win.

DENVER — Jamal Murray’s jam was supposed to relieve his frustration. When it rimmed out, it only exacerbated it.

DENVER — Within its special season, veering hard toward a No. 1 seed in the West and, potentially, the top overall seed in NBA, there’s an element of sacrifice that’s permeated Denver’s roster.

Chicago looks to knock off the No. 1 seed in the West on Wednesday night.