Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: Nuggets will oust cheap-shot artist CP3 and the Suns from playoffs
Happy 38th birthday Saturday, Chris Paul. Get well soon, Babe Ruthless. The Nuggets miss you. The Phoenix point guard positively should be placed in a position to lose a playoff series for the 15th consecutive year, including once before to the Nuggets. The Suns do not stand a crotch-puncher’s chance with or without Paul, who…
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Woody Paige: The Nuggets set the Suns in Game 2
Denver, not Phoenix, would rise out of the ashes. In the fourth quarter of Game 2 Monday night the Nuggets became the symbol of hope, confidence, pride and, finally, fulfillment. The Suns set. For much of the first three quarters the Nuggets and the Suns were evenly matched in a tug of war, a contest…
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Woody Paige: Game 7 unlucky for Avalanche and their shot to repeat as Stanley Cup champions
The fickle fluke of fate befell the Avalanche. Turn off the Avs. The playoff party is over. Now, only the Nuggets carry the Colorado flag forward. In the second period Sunday night the Kraken’s errant shot deflected off the stick of the Avs’ Alex Newhook and the glove of Ben Meyers in the crease and…
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Woody Paige: Murray shines as Nuggets make power play
The Nuggets caused a total eclipse of the Suns. The opening game of the second series Saturday was an occultation, an obscuration and an obliteration. Oh, yes. In a timeout with 4:54 remaining in the final quarter the Suns gave up after giving in most of the night. Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Chris Paul, Josh…
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Woody Paige: Broncos make deals on Day 2, come away with solid picks
The Broncos are bonding with a burner, a bruiser and a ballhawk. Of the 50 Broncos drafts I’ve covered, this certainly is one. And possibly quite a good one, considering that the Broncos began the 2023 draft with no picks in the first and second rounds and just five overall. But, on Friday night, they…
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Woody Paige: The Avs become the Av-Nots after Game 5 loss
Because of their wicked glitches of the West, the Avalanche are melting. The Kraken are on the verge of winning the series over the Avs, who are on the playoff precipice. The Avs have become the Av-Nots. Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanenn can’t get any assistance, Alexandar Georgiev can’t throw shutouts in order to win, and…
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Woody Paige: Denver Nuggets earn shot at Phoenix Suns
Whew! Whee! Nuggets Win! But the Timberwolves had one last shot. Who would take it? Who else but the Big Bad Wolf. With 2.2 seconds remaining and the Nuggets barely up 112-109, the inbounds pass went directly to Anthony Edwards, who moved to his left and flung a 28-footer that was makeable and breakable for…
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Woody Paige: Intense Avs-Kraken series all tied up heading back to Denver
The Avalanche were sluggish in Seattle in the opening period again. But the Kraken awakened a sleeping giant in the second period. A desperation domination by the Kraken at 2-0 suddenly became 2-2 as the Avs’ Mikko Rantanen went into beast mode. The third period was scoreless in Seattle as the Kraken weren’t crackin’ on…
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Woody Paige: Draft-day deals wouldn’t be a surprise given Payton’s and Paton’s histories
In a shocking revelation Thursday Payton & Paton each stated the Broncos will draft the BAP – “best available player.” Unless they trade up the two will not draft any players, best or available, in the first and second rounds. Based on Sean Payton’s draft history with the Saints from 2006-2021 (with one season off)…
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Woody Paige: Nuggets showed fortitude even when things got sketchy
Timberrrrr! The Nuggets chopped down those Quaking Aspen trees from Minnesota again Wednesday night. 122-113, 2-0. And Bubble brilliance is back for Jamal Murray. “Jamal was incredible,’’ Nuggets coach Michael Malone said succinctly afterward. This Murray in the 2023 playoffs is That Murray in the 2020 playoffs. While in the NBA Bubble in Orlando, the…