Nuggets Starting Lineup And Injury Report Against Trail Blazers

Their injury report for the game can be seen in the tweet that is embedded below from the Twitter account of The Denver Post's Mike Singer. 

Markus Howard and Will Barton will be available, and Jeff Green is also now ruled out due to personal reasons (see tweet from Singer below).  

The Nuggets come into the game as the sixth seed in the Western Conference with a 20-19 record in 39 games. 

As for the Trail Blazers, they are the tenth seed and 16-24 in 40 games. 

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