San Antonio Spurs at Denver Nuggets: Game 7 keys to victory

LaMarcus Aldridge and DeMar DeRozan. San Antonio’s two stars were ruthless in their Game 6 win. No shield from Paul Millsap or Torrey Craig can do anything contrary to their torrent of jumpers and leaners that are fading. According to Nuggets coach Michael Malone, the Spurs shot 20-of-29 on midrange jumpers. That’s one which will
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Denver Sports Omelette: Cowboy up! Cale Makar and Avalanche ready for Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs

Cowboy up! The Colorado Avalanche have had a few days to dust themselves off after beating up on the No. 1-seeded Calgary Flames in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The triumph in Game 5 at Calgary advanced the Avs into the second round of the playoffs for the first time in more
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Kiszla: Can’t ignore big, white elephant in the room. Nikola Jokic among NBA’s five best players in 2019.

Underneath exactly the exact same basket Nikola Jokic rattled with a thunderous dunk that brought down the house, there sat linebacker Von Miller, wearing a No. 15 Nuggets jersey. In the first row near midcourt, Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon leaned forward in a prime seat, savoring each one of Joker’s 16 points, 11 rebounds and
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Avalanche podcast: Avs win first NHL playoff series since 2008, what’s next and Milan Hejduk

Denver Post hockey writer Mike Chambers visits with former Avalanche great Milan Hejduk at the latest episode of Traffic In Front of the Net. Hejduk, with his No. 23 retired from the Pepsi Center rafters, discusses the Avs’ first playoff-series victory since 2008 — when he was the right winger on a line with Joe
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