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Nuggets Start Rookie Bryce Hopkins Against Thunder Amid Injury Concerns

The Denver Nuggets start rookie Bryce Hopkins against the Oklahoma City Thunder as coach David Adelman addresses lineup changes due to injuries.

2 publishers · 19 articles · first seen 18 Oct 2026 · updated 13d ago

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How the odds moved · Will Denver Nuggets win the 2027 NBA Finals?
0%50%100%3%26 Sept, 22:23 UTCnowSI Feed: Nuggets Announce New Starting Lineup vs. Pelicans Due to Injury · 25 Oct, 00:59 UTCSI Feed: Nuggets Injury Report: Concern Grows for Denver Before Pelicans Game · 24 Oct, 14:16 UTCSI Feed: What We Learned About the Nuggets Rotation in Season Opener · 23 Oct, 23:00 UTCSI Feed: Nuggets HC Has One Big Area of Concern After Loss to Thunder · 23 Oct, 18:00 UTCSI Feed: 2 Risers and 2 Fallers From Nuggets' Season Opener Loss to Thunder · 23 Oct, 13:58 UTCSI Feed: 3 Key Takeaways From Nuggets' Disappointing Loss to Thunder · 23 Oct, 04:45 UTCSI Feed: OKC Thunder Reveal Starting 5 vs. Denver Nuggets in Home Opener · 23 Oct, 01:06 UTCSI Feed: 3 Critical Storylines We're Focused on in OKC Thunder vs. Denver Nuggets · 23 Oct, 00:55 UTCSI Feed: Nuggets Need One Player to Step Up After Ruling Out Spencer Jones vs. Thunder · 23 Oct, 00:42 UTCCBS Sports Headlines: Nuggets vs. Thunder odds, prediction, time: 2026 NBA picks for Thursday, Oct. 22 by advanced model · 23 Oct, 00:41 UTCSI Feed: 3 Critical Storylines to Focus on in Nuggets' Season Opener vs. Thunder · 22 Oct, 18:00 UTCSI Feed: OKC Thunder Injury Report: Every Injury and Status vs. Nuggets · 22 Oct, 16:20 UTCCBS Sports Headlines: Nuggets vs. Thunder odds, prediction, time: 2026 NBA picks for Thursday, Oct. 22 by proven model · 22 Oct, 14:06 UTCSI Feed: Nuggets Injury Report: Who's Out for Opening Night vs. Thunder? · 22 Oct, 13:00 UTCSI Feed: 3 Nuggets Players Who Could Surprise Everyone on Opening Night · 21 Oct, 18:00 UTCSI Feed: 2 Concerns for the Nuggets After the Thunder's Opening Night Win · 21 Oct, 13:49 UTCSI Feed: Predicting Nuggets' 2026-27 Record Ahead of Opening Night · 20 Oct, 01:17 UTCSI Feed: David Adelman Hints at Potential Rotation Change in Nuggets Season Opener · 19 Oct, 18:00 UTCSI Feed: Nuggets Opening Night Rotation Prediction: Who's in, Who's Out · 18 Oct, 15:11 UTC

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The story so far

2 publishers have covered this in 19 articles since 18 Oct 2026. SI Feed published first, on 18 October at 15:11 UTC; CBS Sports Headlines followed 94h 55m later. The most recent article, from SI Feed, appeared on 25 October at 00:59 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: SI Feed, CBS Sports Headlines.

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  • Will Denver Nuggets win the 2027 NBA Finals? — the market puts it at 3%, with $42k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 1 Jul 2027. The outcome is Yes if the Denver Nuggets are officially named the champion of the 2026-27 NBA season. The market resolves to No if the team is eliminated from contention or fails to win the title. Readers often mistake the deadline, which is June 30, 2027, at 11:59 PM ET, for the end of the regular season rather than the final date for declaring a champion.

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How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Will Denver Nuggets win the 2027 NBA Finals? at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

  1. SI FeedNuggets Opening Night Rotation Prediction: Who's in, Who's Out3%
  2. SI FeedDavid Adelman Hints at Potential Rotation Change in Nuggets Season Opener3%
  3. SI FeedPredicting Nuggets' 2026-27 Record Ahead of Opening Night3%
  4. SI Feed2 Concerns for the Nuggets After the Thunder's Opening Night Win3%
  5. SI Feed3 Nuggets Players Who Could Surprise Everyone on Opening Night3%
  6. SI FeedNuggets Injury Report: Who's Out for Opening Night vs. Thunder?3%
  7. CBS Sports HeadlinesNuggets vs. Thunder odds, prediction, time: 2026 NBA picks for Thursday, Oct. 22 by proven model3%
  8. SI FeedOKC Thunder Injury Report: Every Injury and Status vs. Nuggets3%
  9. SI Feed3 Critical Storylines to Focus on in Nuggets' Season Opener vs. Thunder3%
  10. CBS Sports HeadlinesNuggets vs. Thunder odds, prediction, time: 2026 NBA picks for Thursday, Oct. 22 by advanced model3%
  11. Show 9 later sources
    1. SI FeedNuggets Need One Player to Step Up After Ruling Out Spencer Jones vs. Thunder3%
    2. SI Feed3 Critical Storylines We're Focused on in OKC Thunder vs. Denver Nuggets3%
    3. SI FeedOKC Thunder Reveal Starting 5 vs. Denver Nuggets in Home Opener3%
    4. SI Feed3 Key Takeaways From Nuggets' Disappointing Loss to Thunder4%
    5. SI Feed2 Risers and 2 Fallers From Nuggets' Season Opener Loss to Thunder3%
    6. SI FeedNuggets HC Has One Big Area of Concern After Loss to Thunder3%
    7. SI FeedWhat We Learned About the Nuggets Rotation in Season Opener3%
    8. SI FeedNuggets Injury Report: Concern Grows for Denver Before Pelicans Game3%
    9. SI FeedNuggets Announce New Starting Lineup vs. Pelicans Due to Injury3%
  12. Current odds3%

Sources

Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.

  1. Nuggets Announce New Starting Lineup vs. Pelicans Due to Injury SI Feed
  2. Nuggets Injury Report: Concern Grows for Denver Before Pelicans Game SI Feed
  3. What We Learned About the Nuggets Rotation in Season Opener SI Feed
  4. Nuggets HC Has One Big Area of Concern After Loss to Thunder SI Feed
  5. 2 Risers and 2 Fallers From Nuggets' Season Opener Loss to Thunder SI Feed
  6. 3 Key Takeaways From Nuggets' Disappointing Loss to Thunder SI Feed
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  1. OKC Thunder Reveal Starting 5 vs. Denver Nuggets in Home Opener SI Feed
  2. 3 Critical Storylines We're Focused on in OKC Thunder vs. Denver Nuggets SI Feed
  3. Nuggets Need One Player to Step Up After Ruling Out Spencer Jones vs. Thunder SI Feed
  4. Nuggets vs. Thunder odds, prediction, time: 2026 NBA picks for Thursday, Oct. 22 by advanced model CBS Sports Headlines
  5. 3 Critical Storylines to Focus on in Nuggets' Season Opener vs. Thunder SI Feed
  6. OKC Thunder Injury Report: Every Injury and Status vs. Nuggets SI Feed
  7. Nuggets vs. Thunder odds, prediction, time: 2026 NBA picks for Thursday, Oct. 22 by proven model CBS Sports Headlines
  8. Nuggets Injury Report: Who's Out for Opening Night vs. Thunder? SI Feed
  9. 3 Nuggets Players Who Could Surprise Everyone on Opening Night SI Feed
  10. 2 Concerns for the Nuggets After the Thunder's Opening Night Win SI Feed
  11. Predicting Nuggets' 2026-27 Record Ahead of Opening Night SI Feed
  12. David Adelman Hints at Potential Rotation Change in Nuggets Season Opener SI Feed
  13. Nuggets Opening Night Rotation Prediction: Who's in, Who's Out SI Feed

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  • Denver Nuggets
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