Short-handed Suns brace for Nikola Jokic, Nuggets

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The Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets were expected to fight for supremacy in the Western Conference this season.

Instead, the two teams are battling to stay in the mix a third of the way through the schedule.

The Suns (14-13) and Nuggets (15-11) will meet in Denver on Monday night for the first of two games between the teams over the next three days.

Phoenix is coming off two