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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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Nuggets stars Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray have arrived after thrilling Game 7 victory

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It’s accurate to say Nuggets celebrities Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray aren’t playoff tested. If the strain of Game 7 took off years Nuggets coach Michael Malone, it added those exact years to Denver’s two most precious playoff rookies. Jokic, in another performance for the archives, registered a 21-point, 15-rebound, 10-assist triple-double that served as
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Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic Got This Huge Compliment From Shaquille O’Neal

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Nikola Jokic played with grit in Game 7 for the Denver Nuggets. The Serbian big man messed around and got a triple double in the Nuggets’ 90-86 win over the San Antonio Spurs. Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic messed around 21 points 15 rebounds 10 assists //t.co/Plymee9FwC — Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson 📍 (@ScoopB) April 28,
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“He’s our general”: Jamal Murray rebounds as Nuggets seize control of first-round series

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SAN ANTONIO — About 20 minutes after the Nuggets had seized control of their first-round series against the Spurs, Jamal Murray stood outside of the interview room Saturday spinning a basketball on his finger and tossing bounce passes off the wall in the corridors of the AT&T Center. Evidently, he hadn’t feasted enough during the
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Spurs at Nuggets Game 7 live blog: Real-time updates from the NBA playoffs

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

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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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Kiszla: Can’t ignore big, white elephant in the room. Nikola Jokic among NBA’s five best players in 2019.

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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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Nuggets throttle Spurs in pivotal Game 5, take 3-2 series lead

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The Nuggets know they’re the better team. It only took them until Game 5 to prove it. Sooner or later, their confidence was likely to overwhelm. That flooding came in the form of an 108-90 rout of San Antonio on Tuesday night at the Pepsi Center, giving the Nuggets a commanding 3-2 lead in their
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Grapes on a plane: Nuggets star Paul Millsap opens up on “little brother” Jamal Murray

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SAN ANTONIO — Jamal Murray was brooding when he walked to the Pepsi Center after rushing a possible game-winning shot in Game 1 of the Nuggets playoff series against San Antonio. As Murray trudged in from the players’ parking lot, head down, he heard a familiar voice. “I was just like ‘shake back! ’” Nuggets
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DeRozan leads Spurs past Nuggets in Game 1, 101-96

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DENVER — Nikola Jokic overcame suffocating double teams to become the fourth player in NBA history to record a triple-double in his playoff debut and the first since LeBron James in 2006. What did it mean to him? “To be honest, nothing,” Jokic said. It also mattered little to the San Antonio Spurs, who beat
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