Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray whipped the Pepsi Center Audience into a raucous frenzy Sunday night, and the Nuggets continued their dominant Manners. Jokic poured into a season-high 40 points, Murray fell 24 like a crunchtime floater and 2 clutch free throwsand also the Nuggets endured a missed 3-pointer at the buzzer from Damian Lillard
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The Nuggets have won five in a row overall and ten in a row at the Pepsi Center, however Nikola Jokic is functioning on a different, more poetic streak. For the 2nd consecutive game, Jokic rumbled down to the courtroom at a sleek, comfortable pace before throwing down a rare dip for the 7-foot major
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It’s Nuggetsmania. And that celebration will be off the hook. Last I looked inside the Pepsi Center, there was a middle-aged mother shaking her mother jeans onto the large screen, dance like no one was watching, least of all her humiliated son, who slumped into his seat, face buried in his hands. After Nuggets center
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SAN ANTONIO — The Nuggets could still maintain a Christmas lull. The Spurs took it into the Nuggets from the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s match and pulled away to get a 111-103 win. A 15-0 fourth-quarter run, buoyed by 3-pointers along with dunks, secured the Spurs’ success, although Denver made a late run to
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“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all of the year. I’ll live in the Past, the Present and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I won’t shut out the courses they teach! ” — Ebenezer Scrooge, “A Christmas Carol” STAVE 1: DAN ISSEL The
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May Barton, the heart and soul of the Nuggets, had as much fun as anyone amid Jamal Murray’s 48-point explosion on Monday night from Boston. Watching dutifully in the sidelines, Murray’s career-night functioned as both a momentary diversion from the grind of the rehabilitation and a motivational flashpoint. “Oh, it was crazy,” Barton stated. “I’m
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