Apr 11, 2026, 07:08 PM ET<\/p>\n
The Denver Nuggets<\/a> ruled out the majority of their usual rotation for the second straight game ahead of Sunday’s regular-season finale against the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>.<\/p>\n One notable exception is three-time MVP Nikola Jokic<\/a>, who is listed as questionable for the game. Jokic needs to play at least 15 minutes Sunday to be eligible for postseason awards.<\/p>\n The Nuggets’ decision to prioritize health and rest heading into the postseason could have several downstream effects on the standings. Denver enters the games as the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference at 53-28 but could swap places with the No. 4-seeded Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> (52-29) with an L.A. win over Utah on Sunday and a Nuggets loss. The Lakers hold the tiebreaker over the Nuggets thanks to some late-game heroics in an overtime win<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n The Nuggets will be without Jamal Murray<\/a>, Aaron Gordon<\/a>, Cameron Johnson<\/a> and Christian Braun<\/a> on Sunday after all four players — and Jokic — missed Friday’s 127-107 win over Oklahoma City. Tim Hardaway Jr<\/a>., who played vs. the Thunder, is also out. Peyton Watson<\/a> and Spencer Jones<\/a>, who each have missed the past several games because of right hamstring strains, are out as well.<\/p>\n The Spurs, meanwhile, listed Victor Wembanyama<\/a>, Stephon Castle<\/a> and Devin Vassell<\/a> as questionable. Wembanyama already clinched eligibility for postseason awards by playing Friday. The Spurs are locked in as the No. 2 seed in the West, but could help force the Nuggets into Oklahoma City’s playoff bracket with a win.<\/p>\n As the No. 3 seed, the Nuggets would play the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> in the first round of the playoffs. If they fall to No. 4, they will host the Houston Rockets<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apr 11, 2026, 07:08 PM ET The Denver Nuggets ruled out the majority of their usual rotation for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-246154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}