Simple math says you crowd Damian Lillard every dang time down the floor, from about the logo on. But if 2 < 3 isn’t a sexy enough case for why the Denver Nuggets were doing what they do heading into Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals, there’s also this: When the Blazers’ sharpshooter
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DENVER — Captain Gabriel Landeskog scored 2:32 into overtime after Colorado squandered a late lead in law and the Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Monday night to force a decisive Game 7 in their Western Conference semifinal series. Landeskog dumped the puck into the zone, turned into a big hit along the
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The Denver Nuggets look to increase their series lead Wednesday facing the Portland Trail Blazers as home betting favorites for their Game 2 matchup. The Denver Nuggets are 7-1 straight up and 6-1-1 against the spread in their last eight games against the Portland Trail Blazers after beating them 121-113 in Game 1 of this
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#AbuseTheArrow? #MugMurray? #JamJamal? Even if it isn’t trending on Twitter, it’s sure as hell trending in the throes of this Nuggets-Blazers series. And Jamal Murray has the sorry we’re up to plurals to prove it. “(Those displays ) hurt. It’s what it is,” the Nuggets’ point guard said after a painful 15-point, seven-rebound campaign against
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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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While Gary Harris was in street clothes, DeMar DeRozan averaged 22.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in the first two meetings between the Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs during the regular season. In both tilts that watched Harris active and in the scrum, the All-Star wing’s averages dipped to 17.5 and 3.5, respectively. Coincidence? Not
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The Nuggets needed a face-saving rally to avoid slogging into the postseason on a three-game losing streak. A loss to Minnesota, which had nothing to play for and rested numerous rotation players – including their star – would’ve been quite the sour note to begin their postseason journey. Instead, the Nuggets reeled off an improbable
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It took the blankety-blank Golden State Warriors to Create Ben Ouaglal a Denver Nuggets season-ticket holder. Seriously. Quick backstory: Ouaglal, a native of Paris, and Anne Schulte, who hails from Evergreen, lived in the Bay Area for a half-dozen years before moving to Denver last October. While in California, the pair fell in love with
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It was early Sunday morning before Jamal Murray walked through the Nuggets locker room, his exit delayed after reliving the jumper that might’ve given Denver Game 1. While his teammates showered and addressed the media after their grueling Game 1 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday, Murray was up on the second floor
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Honestly? Derrick White was almost as stunned as you were that not a single Denver Nugget attempted to get the heck. At least, not until it was too stinking late. “I was just pushing it and nobody stopped the ball,” White, the former Legend High, ex-Colorado Buffaloes star and San Antonio Spurs point guard explained
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