Nightly Dribble: NBA Updates & Highlights from Dec. 5

The Thunder and Cavaliers will look to showcase themselves as some of the league’s best teams, while the Rockets, Grizzlies, and shorthanded Warriors will look to carry on momentum from the first quarter of the season:

Mavericks vs. Wizards (7 ET on League Pass)Nuggets vs. Cavaliers (7 ET on NBA TV)Thunder vs. Raptors (7:30 ET on League Pass)Knicks vs. Hornets (7:30 ET on League Pass)Bulls vs. Spurs (8 ET on League Pass)Suns vs. Pelicans (8 ET on League Pass)Kings vs. Grizzlies (8 ET on League Pass)Rockets vs. Warriors (10 ET on NBA TV)

Key Storylines for the Night

An unstoppable force meets an immovable object tonight as Nikola Jokić and Denver travel to take on the Cavaliers. Jokić is averaging 30.1 points, 13.0 rebounds, 10.4 points, 1.7 steals and 52.2% shooting on 4.3 3PA per game. He’s on pace for the best individual offensive rating in NBA history, with Denver improving by 32.7 points per 100 possessions with Jokić on the court. Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley and the 19-3 Cavaliers present a formidable challenge, however.Representing the top four teams in the Western Conference thus far, the Thunder, Rockets, Mavericks and Grizzlies each take the court to scrap for another notch in the W column.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luguentz Dort return to their Canadian homeland to face the Raptors.

Wizards in City gear

Washington dons their 2024 city uniforms. The District looks good in a pale blue.

Suns’ threads

Phoenix is fitted. Some smooth outfits for a New Orleans’ evening.