Turn on the game!

Three must-see events this week:

1. United States hockey vs. Germany (1:10 p.m. Sunday, USA Network/Peacock) — As Mark Kiszla wrote from Italy, the Avalanche’s Brock Nelson has taken a star turn at the Winter Olympics.

2. Nuggets at L.A. Clippers (8:30 p.m. Thursday, Altitude TV) — Too bad Nikola Jokic couldn’t rest during the All-Star break. From Serbia’s squad to the NBA’s needs, everybody wants a piece.

3. Rockies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (1:10 p.m. Friday, Rockies.TV) — Who else is down for a spring training opener? Anyone? Bueller? Kevin Henry will be there for The Denver Gazette.

Numbers game

One — NBA All-Star Game for Nuggets shooting star Jamal Murray, on Sunday, when he takes a spectacular resume from this season with career highs in points, assists, rebounds, shooting percentage (2-point, 3-point and free throws) to the Intuit Dome for a 3 p.m. tipoff (NBC)

Box office

$33 — to see CSU basketball host San Diego State at Moby Arena 4 p.m. Saturday (csurams.com). Yet the state of Colorado is about to go without a bowl game or NCAA Tournament berth in the same academic calendar.

On this day

Feb. 15, 1982 — Naismith Hall of Fame inductee Dan Issel began a streak of 63 consecutive made free throws, second in Nuggets history to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf’s 81 straight

Final word

Did the Louis Vuitton get lost at DIA? The NFL released a list of 319 prospects who will attend the underwear Olympics at the league’s scouting combine in late February. Not one played last season at CU — a first since 2016. If that’s the case again in 2027, the Buffs lost a $54 million bet on Coach Prime.

—Paul Klee, The Denver Gazette