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Nuggets grind out home win over OKC to take firm grip on No. 2 spot in Western Conference

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Nikola Jokic put up another staggering offensive line, but it was his defense that catapulted the Nuggets to a riveting, series-clinching win. Up 107-104 with 2:35 remaining, Jokic swiped the ball off Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook’s leg for a crucial turnover before Jamal Murray sunk a dagger 3-pointer, one of his four Tuesday
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Nuggets continue home dominance with resounding win over the Clippers

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Denver’s charge toward the postseason is on. The Nuggets (41-18) discharged the Los Angeles Clippers 123-96 on Sunday at the Pepsi Center with a well-rounded, democratic performance featuring big games from Nikola Jokic and Paul Millsap and cruised to another home win. The victory improved the Nuggets’ home record to 26-4 and bumped them to
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Gary Harris will play Friday, Nuggets coach says, but Trey Lyles is iffy

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The Nuggets tipped from the next half of this season . For about an hour. “We had been healthy for approximately 50 minutes,” coach Michael Malone said Wednesday evening at the Pepsi Center following the franchise&rsquo. “(Forward) Trey Lyles kind of hobbled off the court, so that we all ’ll see what’s happening with him.
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Nuggets Insider: Should Denver pursue Anthony Davis this summer?

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In case you missed it, then Anthony Davis threw a Molotov cocktail to All-Star weekend a few days before, announcing that “all of 29 teams” are on his list of prospective commerce destinations. Apparently, it’s all about winning for your Brow… for today. If such is the situation, the Western Conference’s No. 2 group seems
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How Isaiah Thomas — Joe Pesci with a jump shot — pushed Nuggets to NBA stratosphere

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He’s 5-foot-9 and rsquo & everybody;s big brother, Joe Pesci with a jump shooter. Occasionally it’s a tip. Occasionally it’s a nudge. Occasionally it’s a joke. Occasionally it’s a kick at the crown jewels. “He’s just one who’s definitely planning to mention anything such as, ‘You’re not playing good. You have to step upward,’ or
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How the Nuggets discovered Nikola Jokic and turned Denver into the NBA’s fastest-growing market

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The decision-makers in the Denver Nuggets’ front workplace used to play a home game game regarding franchise pillar Nikola Jokic. Had the Nuggets not chosen Jokic with the No. 41 choice in the 2014 draft, a prescient selection that set the basis for this year ’s surprising success, how large, they believed, could he have gone a year after a breakthrough
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Nuggets Insider: Michael Malone and Denver’s impending minutes crunch

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When it wasn’t readily clear a few weeks ago, it’s jumping-off-the-screen clear now — Malik Beasley is legit. Monte Morris isn’t too bad . Or Torrey Craig. Or Trey Lyles. Or Juan Hernangomez. Or. The Nuggets are filled, and we may not even understand it when it wasn ’ t for the injuries suffered during
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Malik Beasley, Torrey Craig drop career-highs as Nuggets snap losing streak to Rockets

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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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How Malik Beasley, and not Jamal Murray, became Nuggets’ deadliest weapon from downtown

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Actually, the Nuggets’ deadliest stroke was the mother of jobs. It began on the summer, between Malik Beasley’s ears. “Just placing at work, watching movie, believing in myself, simple as that,” the shooting guard explained. “It’s challenging to perform. If you get out there on the court, but if you set in the work, the
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Kenyon Martin: Nuggets deserve at least 3 NBA All-Stars

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Why stop at one? Kenyon Martin believes the Denver Nuggets are deserving of three agents in the NBA All-Star Game following month in Charlotte. “I don’t even know how many All-Stars they would get, but (among) men that take action, they probably might have three, four,” Martin, the Nuggets’ star power ahead and enforcer from
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