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4 playoff games in 4 nights: How Pepsi Center crews pull off switch from ice to hardwood

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DENVER — One can call it the perfect storm: For the first time the Nuggets and Avalanche are both playing in the round of their respective playoffs. Both play under the same roof, which is producing an unbelievable flurry of activity inside the Pepsi Center. “You don’t really have a sleep pattern,” joked Matt Mennona.
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Nuggets vs. Blazers Game 1 live blog: Real time updates from the NBA playoffs

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Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose Sharks: Three keys to Game 3

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Feed the crowd off. The Avalanche has won its last eight games at the Pepsi Center, finishing 6-0 in the regular season and going 2-0 in Round 1 against the Calgary Flames. The Avs will play in front of a boisterous, sellout crowd, and the more they feed off the energy, the better they’ll playwith.
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That big hit on Matt Calvert late in Game 2 will force the Avalanche forward to miss Game 3

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Avalanche forward Matt Calvert will miss Game 3 Tuesday night against the San Jose Sharks with an upper-body injury, it was learned after Colorado’s morning skate in the Pepsi Center. Related Articles Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose Sharks: Three keys to Game 3 Nuggets and Avalanche are in the next round. Here are their chances
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LeBron James Mistakes Daniel Craig for Portland’s Torrey Craig in Tweet

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LeBron James took to Twitter to commend several Portland Trail Blazers for wearing his “Martin” LeBron 16 shoes Monday for Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Nuggets. He noted that Torrey Craig, Meyers Leonard and Moe Harkless rep his brand at Pepsi Center. The problem. He originally tweeted that Daniel Craig, aka
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Spurs pull away for Game 6 win, force winner-take-all Game 7 in Denver

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SAN ANTONIO — Denver will be treated to the two best words in sports: Game 7. The Nuggets couldn’t convert on their first opportunity to close out San Antonio on Thursday night, falling 120-103 in Game 6 of the first-round playoff series. The loss spoiled Nikola Jokic’s performance. The Nuggets will find another chance in
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Avalanche pairing of 20-year-olds Cale Makar, Sam Girard outperforming their age

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Avalanche coach Jared Bednar made the contrast, and even when he’s right, he has to be kidding. But hear him out. 1. The top defensive set for the Sharks: Erik Karlsson and Brent Burns. 2. The top defensive set for the Avalanche: Sam Girard and Cale Makar. “If you look at the change in the
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Avalanche and Nuggets playoff tickets are still available, but why does hockey cost twice as much?

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First, the good news: If you want to watch the Nuggets and Avalanche keep making history, seats are available. Less good: Those seats won’t come cheap — particularly. Denver’s NBA and NHL franchises advanced into the next round of the respective playoff brackets in precisely the identical spring for the first time late last week,
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Nuggets’ Jamal Murray relishes shot at Blazers’ Damian Lillard: “It’s a respect factor”

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Portland’s megastar Damian Lillard captivated the NBA audience with his first-round performance against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Now, hours before Game 1 of the conference semifinals, Lillard has been the Nuggets’ difficulty. “In this league, right now, you cannot lock someone (such as him up),” stated Nuggets center Nikola Jokic. “Maybe we could keep him
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For Avalanche rookie sensation Cale Makar, the sky’s the limit

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Cale’s strengths are his overall foundational hockey abilities (skating, puck handling, checking, etc.). Cale also has a love and passion for the game. He loves to play and he loves to practice. — Crowchild Pee Wee coach John Smith’s end-of-season report card on Cale Makar, April 2010 It wasn the way Cale Makar toed the
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