Tag: nikola jokic
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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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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…
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Nuggets take big step toward another 3-1 comeback with 125-113 win in Game 5
The chance to be No. 14 is still alive and looking increasingly likely. Denver’s 125-113 win over the Timberwolves on Monday at Ball Arena extended the first-round series to a sixth game. With a win Thursday in Minneapolis, the Nuggets will have a chance to complete the 14th comeback from down 3-1 in NBA history.…
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Nikola Jokic ties NBA record for career triple-doubles
Nikola Jokic made history in the third quarter of Monday’s game against Minnesota at Ball Arena. With his 10th rebound, Jokic tied former teammate Russell Westbrook for the most career triple-doubles when regular-season and postseason triple-doubles are combined, with 221. Jokic finished the first half with 13 points, 10 assists and six rebounds. Four rebounds…
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Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, Timberwolves’ Julius Randle fined for Game 4 fracas
The only punishment from the end of Saturday’s Game 4 in Minneapolis came in the form of fines. The NBA announced Nuggets star Nikola Jokic was fined $50,000 for starting the altercation after Jaden McDaniels scored in the final seconds of an already-decided game. Jokic jogged to confront McDaniels after the Timberwolves’ wing made a…
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Christian Braun, Denver Nuggets confident with backs against wall
MINNEAPOLIS — There’s no more space between the Nuggets and the brink. “We put ourselves in a really bad spot,” Christian Braun acknowledged Saturday after the Nuggets took the last step back before the edge that ends their season. “All you can do is fix it. The spot we’re in is not where we wanted…