The Indiana Pacers look to win their third consecutive game on Friday night when they host the Denver Nuggets. Like the Pacers, the Nuggs are trying to work through a sputtering start to the season that has them 9-10 heading into the opening tip tonight.

As you can see in the links, point guard Ty Lawson makes Denver go and his play has held them back at times. But they have all of the parts needed to succeed and their streaky play indicates it is hard to know which Denver team the Pacers will face.

The Nuggs lost their first two games of the season, then won four straight, dropped the next three, won the next four, lost the next three before winning at Toronto and losing at Atlanta earlier this week. Hopefully they continue their streaky ways at the Fieldhouse.

Check out the links:

• Nuggets-Pacers Preview - AP
• Roy Hibbert hiked up his shorts to hide blood on his jersey late in Pacers win over Blazers (VIDEO) | Ball Don't Lie - Yahoo! Sports
• Nuggets at Pacers: Game preview - The Denver Post
• Nuggets face Pacers team that reminds George Karl of Denver - The Denver Post
• What's happened to Ty Lawson? - Denver Stiffs
• Pacers' Mahinmi, like Hibbert, defending rim better | Indianapolis Star | indystar.com
• George’s consistency key to Pacers’ improvement | 1070 The Fan – Opinion & Analysis
• Pacers Big Toy Giveaway Announced | THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE INDIANA PACERS
• Paul George’s Great Passing Against the Blazers | 8 Points, 9 Seconds
• David Stern would like to stamp out ‘Hack-a-Shaq’ tactics | Ball Don't Lie - Yahoo! Sports