Tag: denver nuggets
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How Minnesota Timberwolves might guard Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic after another record-breaking season
The way Nikola Jokic likes it isn’t necessarily the way David Adelman likes it. Questions about the Most Valuable Player race or any other individual honor typically elicit short responses from Denver’s three-time MVP and one-time Finals MVP. His coach had a little bit more to say, as the race has all but been won…
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Schedule released for Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves’ first-round series
It’s going to be a late Monday night at Ball Arena, but the Nuggets and their fans will have time to catch up on sleep before Game 3. After the Nuggets and Timberwolves start their first-round series at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Ball Arena (Prime Video), the second game of Denver’s first-round series against Minnesota…
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Nuggets vs. Spurs | 3 takeaways from Denver’s 12th straight win
Most of the Nuggets’ rotation players got to rest for a second consecutive game, and Denver still secured the No. 3 seed on Sunday in San Antonio. Here are three takeaways from Denver’s 128-118 win at Frost Bank Center: 1. Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets accomplished their primary goal. Jokic played 18 minutes, all in…
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Nuggets vs. Timberwolves: Denver draws Minnesota in first round of NBA playoffs
Familiar foes will meet in the first round. After securing the No. 3 seed with a 128-118 win on Sunday in San Antonio, the Nuggets will have home-court advantage against the Timberwolves. Game 1 is set for 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Ball Arena. It will mark the third time in four years that Denver and…
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Stars resting sets up Nuggets’ Julian Strawther, Jonas Valanciunas with another opportunity
Two players on the fringe of the Nuggets’ rotation will have one more chance to make their case for postseason consideration. Nikola Jokic, who must play 15 minutes in Sunday’s regular-season finale at San Antonio to be eligible for end-of-season awards, is listed as questionable with right wrist injury management. The other four starters –…
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Nuggets rest starters, rout Thunder to secure top-four playoff seed
The process was peculiar, but the Nuggets ensured they will start the playoffs at home. With two games left in the regular season, and home-court advantage in the first round still up for grabs, the Nuggets elected to sit their starting five against a Thunder squad that earned its rest. The risk worked out, as…
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Denver Nuggets make case for Tim Hardaway Jr.’s award consideration
Award voters have a type when it comes to Sixth Man of the Year, and Tim Hardaway Jr. fits the profile to a capital T. The last 15 years of the award have been dominated by microwave-scoring guards — guys like Lou Williams, Jamal Crawford, James Harden, J.R. Smith, Eric Gordon, Jordan Clarkson, Tyler Herro…
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Former Nuggets coach Michael Malone embraces big changes as new coach of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina basketball family has a new adopted son thanks in part to his father, Brendan, and youngest daughter, Bridget. “My father, who passed about two years ago, was a huge Carolina fan and a huge Dean Smith fan,” Michael Malone, new coach of the Tar Heels, shared at his introductory press…
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Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray one win away from another milestone | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider For all the things Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray have accomplished in Denver, a 10-game win streak has been elusive. Murray and Jokic led the Nuggets to nine consecutive wins in January of the 2022-23 season…
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Aaron Gordon plays hero again as Nuggets survive Trail Blazers in OT
Aaron Gordon won the Nuggets a game for the second time in three days but did so in a much different fashion. In Saturday’s overtime win over the Spurs, Denver’s starting power forward did it with defense. Monday’s 137-132 overtime win over the Trail Blazers required Gordon to get it done on offense with a…