Keeler: LeBron’s worried about home-court advantage in 2020 NBA Playoffs. That’s good news for the Nuggets.

At least they can hear you. Kind of. Thanks to web cams and the sharp knives in the NBA marketing drawer who made virtual fandom cool, they can even see a 2-D feed of you. Or your dog. But they can’t feel you. They can’t feel you in the final five minutes, when the Nuggets
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Nuggets survive scary Jamal Murray ankle injury, handle Hornets at home

Win or win, the Nuggets weren’t going to be in nearly as much pain since Jamal Murray. Late in the second quarter of Wednesday’s ultimate 100-86 success, Murray moved to competition a 3-pointer from Charlotte protector Terry Rozier, only to come down and roll his ankle. Murray, with his arms draped over teammates P.J. Dozier
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The NBA decade’s best and worst (Sorry, Knicks)

By Marc Stein, The New York Times The NBA stuffed a lot . It was a decade bookended from the very first forays into free service for LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard, the two of whom shook the league with all the decisions they made and the manner in which they left them. It was
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How James Harden got posterized by Torrey Craig, Nuggets

AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostTorrey Craig (3) of the Denver Nuggets blocks Russell Westbrook (0) of the Houston Rockets Through the fourth quarter of Denver’s 105-95 win on Wednesday. He’s not just indoors Russell Westbrook&rsquo. Torrey Craig is buried deep in Westbrook’s unconscious today, a burr lodged so far to the buttocks of Beastbrook’s psyche
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Jokic Leads his Denver Nuggets Past Houston Rockets, 105-95

Denver Nuggets defeated Houston Rockets in the highly anticipated matchup between the two Western Conference divisional leaders. The result was 105-95 for the Nuggets, who snapped the stretch of Houston’s plays. Mike D’Antoni’s team dropped for the first time. “I believe our guys really bought into the game plan,” said Denver’s head trainer Michael Malone.
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Nuggets share secrets on containing “unguardable” Rockets star James Harden

Hardly Anybody in the NBA May alter the geometry of a defense Such as Houston Rockets star James Harden. “What James Harden is doing is on historical-type levels,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said at practice Tuesday. “The man is unguardable. ” Concerning volume, he’s far and away the leading 3-point shot in the league (14.3
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Go for 2: In today’s NBA, a powerful pair beats 3 of a kind

In today’s high-stakes NBA, a group beats three of a kind. Teams who want to create a Big Three ‘ are striving for a dynamic duo, hoping two players are good enough once the belief used to be that it took a trio to win a championship. And with a number of the combinations constructed
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Kiszla: “Baywatch” boxers and tricks shots at the buzzer. Making the case for Nuggets center Nikola Jokic as MVP.

After hitting a trick shot that would’ve done Larry Bird proud to beat Dallas in the buzzer, Nikola Jokic pulled on his “Baywatch” boxers in the Pepsi Center locker room and acted as if his heroics were as pure dumb luck as purchasing a winning lotto ticket with the last dollar in his pocket. “Lucky
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Kiszla: As NBA playoffs approach, how great do Nuggets want to be? “I want to be Michael Jordan,” Nikola Jokic insists.

What do the Nuggets want to be? “You want the real answer? ” Nikola Jokic said. Yes, please. “Michael Jordan,” Jokic said. “That’s who I need to be. ” Hey, we all can dream. But I suggested Jokic may need to jump a bit higher to be like Mike. “No, I need to be Michael
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Malik Beasley, Torrey Craig drop career-highs as Nuggets snap losing streak to Rockets

There were jams, and there has been a downpour of 3-pointers. But rather than coming out of a Houston side that has tormented Denver the past couple of decades, it had been the Nuggets who flipped the script. Underneath newly-crowned All-Star Nikola Jokic and career-high nights in Malik Beasley and Torrey Craig, the Nuggets snapped
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