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Jamal Murray’s accountability, David Adelman’s support, Cam Johnson’s desire to stay in Denver | Nuggets notebook
MINNEAPOLIS – The best regular season of Jamal Murray’s career was followed by his worst and shortest playoff performance. “I feel like if I would’ve played a little better, we would’ve had that game,” Murray said after the Nuggets were eliminated Thursday at Target Center. “It’s just frustrating on my part. I’ll take accountability for…
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Nikola Jokic says ‘in Serbia, we all get fired,’ but reaffirms commitment to Nuggets after Game 6 defeat
MINNEAPOLIS — An offseason that started much sooner than the Nuggets hoped or expected got off to a positive start. Mere minutes after Denver’s season ended with a 110-98 loss to the Timberwolves in Game 6 of a first-round series Thursday at Target Center, The Denver Gazette asked Nikola Jokic if coming up short of…
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Mark Kiszla: Big Nuggets’ error that mars Jokic Era on painful display in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — The Nuggets’ championship window didn’t close. It shattered. And losing to the team that broke Denver was as painful as chewing glass. With chants of “M-V-P!” rattling the rafters of the Target Center for Jaden McDaniels, the Minnesota Timberwolves eliminated Nikola Jokic and his disconsolate teammates Thursday with a 110-98 loss that left…
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Nuggets’ season ends with ‘complete disappointment’ after Timberwolves take Game 6
MINNEAPOLIS – The time of death for the Nuggets’ season came at 11:22 Central Daylight Time. After a regular season that started with championship potential and ended with unprecedented promise, the postseason run lasted all of six games. Minnesota, without Anthony Edwards, Donte DiVincenzo, Ayo Dosunmu and Kyle Anderson, eliminated the Nuggets in the first…
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Nuggets eliminated by Timberwolves in Game 6 | 3 takeaways from Denver’s season-ending loss
Jaden McDaniels got the last laugh. Minnesota’s smack-talking forward hit the biggest shot Thursday as the shorthanded Timberwolves took the fight to the Nuggets and prevented a Game 7 with a 110-98 win that sent Denver home for a long offseason. It was the first time the Nuggets have lost in the first round of…
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Mark Kiszla: Why Nuggets coach David Adelman can’t ignore the noise and claps back at criticism
MINNEAPOLIS – All the noise drenched with foul negativity that coaches preach to ignore, David Adelman absorbs and wrings into a stinking bucket he feels obligated to carry. “I understand that people want me to crush our guys after losses,” Adelman said Wednesday. “But I’m not going to do that, when I know the temperament…
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Timberwolves trio hoping to avoid blowing another 3-1 series lead to Nikola Jokic, Nuggets
The Nuggets are two wins away from NBA history. No franchise in the history of the league has overcome a 3-1 deficit in a playoff series three times. It’s only happened on 13 occasions overall, with Denver owning the most recent two — both in the 2020 bubble playoffs in Orlando. The Timberwolves being a…
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Jamal Murray ready to ‘let it rip’ with Denver Nuggets’ season on the line
MINNEAPOLIS – The biggest game of the Nuggets’ season is another opportunity for Jamal Murray. After the best regular season of his 10-year career, Murray has had his fair share of struggles to start another playoff series against the Timberwolves. There’s the 37.5% shooting from the field and a 27.5% mark from 3-point range. He’s…
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Aaron Gordon again questionable for Game 6; Peyton Watson still out for Nuggets
MINNEAPOLIS – The delicate dance with Aaron Gordon’s tricky left calf continues. Denver’s starting power forward is once again listed as questionable for Thursday’s win-or-go-home Game 6 at Target Center. After missing Game 3, Gordon last played in Game 4 but had his minutes cut after halftime. “His mobility, the way he guarded (Julius) Randle…
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Spencer Jones’ physicality from Day 1 a perfect playoff fit | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider What started behind closed doors in San Diego is now on display for all a national audience. “The physicality was there, man. … We know what Spence is,” Nuggets coach David Adelman said on the University…