Tag: nba basketball
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Nikola Jokic’s floater, Christian Braun’s 3 ball come up big | Nuggets notebook
Somehow Nikola Jokic calculated the limit of Victor Wembanyama’s reach. There were three seconds separating the shot clock and game clock in the final seconds of overtime with the Nuggets nursing a two-point lead. Denver looked content to hold the ball to see if the Spurs were going to foul before Jokic wound up wide…
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How Aaron Gordon’s gritty defense on Victor Wembanyama rescued the Nuggets in OT
Victor Wembanyama’s yellow, size 20.5 Nikes get laced up the same way as Aaron Gordon’s black-and-white 361 sneakers. “He’s going to be an all-time player,” Gordon said after the Nuggets’ 136-134 overtime win over Wembanyama’s Spurs on Saturday at Ball Arena. “Hell of a ball player, but, at the end of the day, he laces…
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Peyton Watson ‘week to week’ for Denver Nuggets after latest injury
The timeline for Peyton Watson’s return isn’t being measured in days. “Peyton’s going to be week to week,” Nuggets coach David Adelman said after Friday’s practice at Ball Arena. Watson will miss Saturday’s game against San Antonio after straining his right hamstring for the second time in Wednesday’s win over the Jazz. The first strain…
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Nuggets vs. Jazz | 3 takeaways from Denver’s seventh win in a row
The win streak reached seven, but it was hardly a lucky night Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Here are three takeaways from Denver’s 130-117 win over the Jazz at Delta Center. 2. Be mad at Michael Malone all you want, but the ol’ ball coach is correct. The ESPN studio show – which featured Denver’s…
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Peyton Watson, Tim Hardaway Jr. leave Nuggets game with Jazz with injury
Peyton Watson got the exact opposite of what he hoped in the Nuggets’ 130-117 win over the Jazz on Wednesday in Utah. At Tuesday’s practice, Watson said he wanted to have his minutes ramped up in Wednesday’s game against the Jazz. Instead, Watson left after playing a little more than nine minutes with right hamstring…
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Denver Nuggets still searching for steady rotation to close regular season
The revolving door of available players continues to turn for the Nuggets with only two weeks left in the regular season. Bruce Brown is the only player who has appeared in all 76 of Denver’s games. Tim Hardaway Jr. (75), Jamal Murray (71) and Spencer Jones (64) are the only others who have played more…
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David Adelman believes Nikola Jokic has a defensive balancing act | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider His offense is why Nikola Jokic won his 20th Western Conference Player of the Week award Monday after putting up 26 points, 17 rebounds and 14 assists last week. But he’s at his best when he’s…
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Aaron Gordon misses Nuggets game against Golden State
The Nuggets are down to six games for the starting five to get ready for the postseason. Aaron Gordon was held out of Sunday’s game against Golden State after experiencing tightness in his left calf earlier Sunday. Peyton Watson, who remains on a minutes restriction, started in Gordon’s place alongside Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, Cam…
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Cam Johnson’s cerebral approach comes up clutch for Nuggets
If Cam Johnson wants to become a professor after his playing career, the Nuggets’ starting small forward is qualified to teach a 300-level course on the psychology of shooting. Johnson has the academic credentials. He was the salutatorian of his high school class and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from Pittsburgh in three…
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Jamal Murray breaks Nuggets 3-point record to seal 135-129 win over Jazz
A record-breaking shot called for Jamal Murray to break out his signature celebration. After hitting his fourth 3-pointer of the game – and 221st of the season to break Michael Porter Jr.’s franchise record for made 3s in a season – the “Blue Arrow” went to his signature celebration, pulling an imaginary quiver from his…