With money on the line, Peyton Watson has been money from the 3-point line.
The fourth-year Nuggets wing was 64% from the corners on a team-leading 25 attempts this season, entering their NBA Cup clash with the Spurs on Friday. He has registered the two highest-scoring games of his career in the last two weeks (32 and 27 points), since taking over for the injured Christian Braun in Denver’s starting lineup.
Those scoring flourishes aren’t even the reason Watson received his temporary promotion. “His special gift,” coach David Adelman said, “is the way he guards.