* Denver has won 9 of the last 12 meetings between the teams, despite splitting its season series with Chicago in each of the past two years.
* The Bulls are 0-4 on their current road trip and have dropped six straight contests away from home since their opening night victory at Miami.
* The Nuggets have won 4 of 5 since starting the season with three straight losses. Each of Denver’s eight contests this season have been decided by nine points or less.
* Denver has allowed at least 100 points in seven straight games, but Chicago has averaged just 77.5 points per game over its past two contests.
* Carmelo Anthony looks to break the team mark for consecutive 30-point games in tonight’s contest. Anthony scored 34 points in Denver's 117-109 win over Toronto on Saturday, his sixth straight game of 30 or more, tying the Nuggets record set by Alex English during the 1982-83 season.
*Ben Gordon is averaging 21.0 points in the four games since leaving the Bulls’ starting lineup. Gordon scored 30 points in Chicago’s lone trip to Denver last season.
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