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It's trade deadline week, but that's not the only thing happening in the NBA. Believe it or not, teams are still taking the floor and playing actual games, scoring points, passing, playing defense, etc.

The point of all the player movement is, ultimately, to win games, right? That's exactly what Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, who were down to seven available players, did on Wednesday against the Utah Jazz.

The Nuggets were on the second night of a back-to-back. It was their fifth game in seven nights. It was on the road. And the Jazz are on pace for 50-plus wins. Denver's 98-95 win under those circumstances was about as gutty a performance as you'll find this season.

And it should serve as Jokic's "welcome to the MVP conversation" moment. The 30 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists he registered Wednesday weren't that much wilder than what he's been up to for over a month now.

But more on that later.

In this week's edition of the Digest, we'll also look at what happened at the deadline, who the New York Knicks hired to run the team and whether Giannis Antetokounmpo is somehow underrated. Plus, staples like "Fun with Numbers," "Lines of the Week," "Weekly Awards" and "Matchups to Watch" are here to make sure you're up to date on the NBA.

Chris Mannix from NBC Sports Boston and FS1 joins “The Full 48 with Howard Beck” to discuss trade deadline winners (Minnesota and the Clippers), the Houston Rockets, the Joel Embiid-Ben Simmons partnership, the perplexing Andre Drummond trade, Isaiah Thomas’ career prospects, and the ongoing disaster that is the New York Knicks.