Turn on the game!
Three must-see events this week:
1. New Orleans Pelicans at Nuggets (7 p.m. Wednesday, Altitude TV) — Against his former team, Bruce Brown would do Denver a solid by showing he still has that ‘Brucey B’ bounce.
2. Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights (2 p.m. Friday, Altitude TV/ESPN+) — A Halloween matinee between the Pacific-leading Knights and Stanley Cup-dreaming Avs? Sign us up.
3. Broncos at Houston Texans (11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, Fox) — Everything’s bigger in Texas, and a two-game sweep of the Texas teams would do big things for Denver’s division title hopes.
Numbers game
$106.8 million — the NBA playing career earnings of Colorado icon Chauncey Billups, who was arrested by the FBI last week for his alleged involvement in a rigged poker ring, not to mention a $4.7 million annual coaching salary with the Blazers and endorsement deals over a 17-year career
Box office
$21 — for a seat at Magness Arena to witness the home opener for the No. 7-ranked Denver Pioneers hockey team when it hosts Alaska Anchorage at 7 p.m. Friday (denverpioneers.com)
On this day
Oct. 26, 2007 — Rockies faithful wake up with an 0-2 deficit in the World Series after Curt Schilling out-dueled Ubaldo Jimenez in a 2-1 Red Sox win at Fenway Park
Final word
Why, Chauncey?
—Paul Klee, The Denver Gazette