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Nuggets beat T-Wolves, spoil returns of Malik Beasley, Juancho Hernangomez

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Sunday provided an early referendum on Denver’s trade deadline deal that shook the locker area up . And the returns, at least in Denver’s perspective, were asserting. Gary Harris hounded Malik Beasley, now Minnesota’s starting shooting guard, along with the Nuggets drilled the Timberwolves 128-116 on Sunday in the Pepsi Center to improve to 39-18.
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LeBron James, Lakers spoil Nuggets’ winning streak with overtime win

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LeBron James’ electricity has bewildered hundreds of staff earlier, his size overwhelming them, his vision picking them apart. The Nuggets have been the most recent victims Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, decreasing 120-116 in overtime, despite a valiant effort in their last match prior to the all-star break. The loss snapped Denver’s four-game winning
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Birthday boy Paul Millsap leads Nuggets in huge second-half comeback over Spurs

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Well, that’s one way. Paul Millsap, on his birthday, then wrested the Nuggets out of a double-digit deficit and paved the road for a huge second-half comeback over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night. Millsap, about a minutes restriction as returning from his knee injury, scored 16 of his 22 points in the second
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Nuggets injury bug opens door for extended bench minutes: “I know I’ll be playing a lot”

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The doors into the Nuggets’ auxiliary gym at the Pepsi Center remained closed Saturday afternoon, and rather than allowing reporters to see the last minutes of exercise, the group required prolonged secrecy to run setup plays before the final whistle. This was extra preparation time made mandatory with a unfortunate Nuggets injury bug as rsquo
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Pacers spoil Nikola Jokic’s 30-point effort, snap Nuggets’ three-game win streak

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Nikola Jokic was at the Practice of an Overdue All-Star Game Drive before Indiana Pacers sharpshooter Doug McDermott spoiled it. McDermott drilled one huge 3-pointer after another, and the Pacers jumped at the fourth quarter in the Pepsi Center to sneak Sunday’s match 115-107. McDermott scored 18 in the fourth quarter, including four 3-pointers. If
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Nuggets survive scary Jamal Murray ankle injury, handle Hornets at home

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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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Despite furious rally, Nuggets fall to 12-win Cavaliers

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Nearly halfway through the season, the “coronary artery Nuggets” is more than an proper nickname. Despite a ferocious fourth-quarter rally, which saw the Nuggets struggle back from 14 points down to temporarily take the lead, ” the Cleveland Cavaliers got the better of them Saturday night at the Pepsi Center and hung on to win
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Michael Porter Jr. scores career-high 19 as Nuggets survive 4th-quarter meltdown against Kings

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Nikola Jokic tried to give Michael Porter Jr. a high-five for his defensive effort, but, alas, the Nuggets’ celebrated rookie left him hanging, still clearly with a lot to learn. Porter made his first NBA start Sunday night, and the miss with Jokic was one of very few he had in a 120-115 victory against
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Nuggets humbled on Christmas Day as Pelicans snap winning streak at 7

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A Christmas Day showcase, it wasn’t. At least to the Nuggets, whose seven-game winning streak was snapped in the hands of a rebuilding — nevertheless hungry — Pelicans squad. New Orleans came to Pepsi Center for its Nuggets’ first Christmas Day match since 2012 and handed them a humbling 112-100 reduction, not reminiscent of the
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Nuggets Journal: Should Denver make a deal before trade deadline?

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Think you’t obtained grandiose strategies to enhance your Denver Nuggets? Great, now that we’re past Dec. 15, those trade plans are just marginally more grounded in reality. Dec. 15 declared the unofficial beginning of NBA trade season, at which free agents that signed this summer are now eligible to be transferred. That means over 90%
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