Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: Denver’s parade, celebration was grand. Could there be one or two more next year?
The Nuggets and Denver were the mile highest and rising at the Parade of Champions on Thursday. “This one’s for you,’’ MVP Nikola Jokic simply shouted to the multitude packed in Civic Center Park as the Gold Dome atop the State Capitol beamed bright and brilliant in the mid-day sun. The backdrop behind City Hall…
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Woody Paige: At last, the Nuggets are NBA champions
The Nuggets are Golden. The sun will rise in the West over the Rocky Mountains Tuesday morning, and nobody will notice because the Nuggets won their first NBA championship Monday night. On Oct. 29, 1949, the original Denver Nuggets played in the historic opening game of the National Basketball League, losing to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks…
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At last, the Nuggets are NBA champions
The Nuggets are Golden. The sun will rise in the West over the Rocky Mountains Tuesday morning, and nobody will notice because the Nuggets won their first NBA championship Monday night. On Oct. 29, 1949, the original Denver Nuggets played in the historic opening game of the National Basketball League, losing to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks…
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Woody Paige: With a win Monday, Nikola Jokic will take his place among sensational Serbs in sports
The Earth is round, and the basketball is round, and Nikola Jokic is the best in basketball round the whole wide world. He has become a legend in his own time. But, astonishingly, Jokic likely will not be the most preeminent player from The Republic of Serbia this weekend. The Joker has a tough act…
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Woody Paige: Nuggets’ Big Three burn the Heat in Game 3 of the NBA Finals
Nuggetaboutit, Miami! The Nuggets now have won four consecutive games on the road in the desert, next to the Pacific Ocean and by the Atlantic Ocean. They conquered the sons of the beaches with four quarters of bold, brilliant basketball Wednesday night and regained control of their home-court advantage. The Nuggets would not let go.…
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Woody Paige: Nuggets need to add the ‘D’ back in their game
enver had no D Sunday night. The Nuggets couldn’t defend against the Heat and couldn’t defend why a 21-point turnaround (from a 21-10 deficit to a 50-35 lead) was the reason they lost a splendid opportunity to go up 2-0. So, now the Finals series is serious. Even though Jamal Murray’s three-point fadeaway effort caromed…
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Woody Paige: Nuggets not the best ever, but deserve more respect
The Denver Nuggets were the worst team in the NBA in 1949-50 (11-51), 1990-91 (20-62) and 1997-98 (11-71), and they equaled the Cleveland Cavaliers for foulest franchise in 2002-03 (17-65). No argument. Before Game 2 of The Finals Sunday night barnyard, basement and Bozo analysts already have insinuated that the 2022-23 Nuggets also could become…
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Woody Paige: Whodunit in Game 1 of the NBA Finals? The Joker
In The First One, The Nuggets were The High and The Mighty. The Finals of the NBA were a long time coming, and Our Dusty Old Cowtown’s team didn’t kowtow. Denver 104, Miami 93. See what you have been missing, America. Tweet that! The Joker did it. Butler did not do it. Man Mountain Nikola…
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Woody Paige: Choice of entree — NBA Finals or Casa Bonita?
Which is the most significant, magnificent event in Denver — the grand opener of the NBA Finals at Casa de los Campeones or the grand reopening of Casa Bonita? Pretty House on Colfax Avenue or House of the Champions off Speer Boulevard? Who were the most famous pair of Coloradans in the arena at the last…
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Woody Paige: Basketball inventor Naismith would love Nuggets style of play
The original Dr. J. brought basketball to Denver for the first time in 1895. The Nuggets have elevated the game to a new level in Denver for the first time in 2023. The team in the dusty cowtown that eventually metamorphosed into cosmopolitan city will try for the title in the NBA Finals. But the…