Tag: denver nuggets
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Woody Paige: Healthy Jokic, Nuggets ready to reclaim perch as NBA’s best
The Joker is wild again, thank God. And he did. “I really think that the one from upstairs is protecting me, and he knows that I did everything how it’s supposed to be. I was just hoping that he protected me,’’ Nikola Jokic said Friday night. The Serbian superstar surprisingly started his first game in…
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Nikola Jokic makes more history, leads Denver Nuggets to win in return
A pair of behind-the-back moves proved Nikola Jokic is back to his old ways. Jokic returned to the court for the first time since suffering a bone bruise in his left knee on Dec. 29 and led the Nuggets to a 122-109 win over the Clippers on Friday at Ball Arena, while playing with a…
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Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic set to return Friday against Clippers, report says
The wait might be over. Nikola Jokic’s status was upgraded to questionable ahead of Friday’s game against the Clippers. Jokic hasn’t played since suffering a bone bruise in his left knee against Miami on Dec. 29. ESPN reported that Jokic will return Friday, but the team has not made that official. If Jokic can return…
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Tim Hardaway Jr.’s heater helps Nuggets stave off Michael Porter Jr., Nets
Tim Hardaway Jr. has never let a cold stretch define his career. If he did, he wouldn’t be the invaluable 13-year veteran that he is for a Nuggets team that needs everything he’s got right now. Thursday was another one of those nights as Denver hung on for a down-to-the-wire, 107-103 win over Michael Porter…
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Michael Porter Jr. happy to return to Denver as member of Brooklyn Nets
The surroundings and basketball situations could hardly be more different, but Michael Porter Jr. is smiling all the same. “It’s an underrated city. You can actually see the sky and breathe fresh air,” Porter said of Denver prior to Thursday’s game at Ball Arena, his first since last summer’s trade sent him to Brooklyn. “New…
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Nuggets’ Aaron Gordon to be reevaluated in 4-6 weeks with right hamstring strain
Aaron Gordon is facing another extended absence. Gordon will be reevaluated in four to six weeks after reaggravating his strained right hamstring in Friday’s game at Milwaukee. Gordon first strained his hamstring in Denver’s win in Houston on Nov. 21. He returned on Jan. 4. “(He) really held us down when he came back and…
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Jonas Valanciunas back to work for Nuggets
It’s good to have Jonas Valanciunas back on the clock after a few weeks of paid time off. The game after the Nuggets lost Nikola Jokic to a bone bruise in his left knee, Valanciunas suffered a strained right calf that cost him the first three weeks of January and left the Nuggets without a…
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Jamal Murray shoulders blame after Detroit Pistons defeat Denver Nuggets
The right guy was at the line with the game on the line, but it went wrong for the Nuggets. “Our best free-throw shooter, one of the best free-throw shooters I’ve ever seen,” Nuggets coach David Adelman said of Jamal Murray after his team’s 109-107 loss to the Pistons on Tuesday at Ball Arena. Denver…
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Denver Nuggets coach David Adelman discusses Nikola Jokic’s timeline for return
The Nuggets are going to have to grind for a little bit longer. Nikola Jokic went through a standard pregame routine prior to Denver’s game against the Pistons, including a dunk to end it, but he remained in street clothes at tipoff. Jokic will be reevaluated in roughly a week, according to an ESPN report…
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Examining Denver Nuggets’ options at trade deadline | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider Trade buzz has been decreased by a string of injuries. Many of the biggest names potentially on the market – including Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ja Morant and Jonathan Kuminga – are injured and will not return before…