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 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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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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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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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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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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When it was finally over, and the Nuggets had won a playoff series for the first time in a decade by beating San Antonio 90-86 Saturday night, center Nikola Jokic was so tired he could not take another step. Too pooped to raise a fist much less pump it, Joker put hands on his knees
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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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Denver Post staffers make their predictions for the Avalanche and Sharks in the Western Conference semifinals. Game 1 is 8 p.m. Friday at San Jose. Mike Chambers, beat reporter Avs in 6 Due to the Sharks’ injuries and the Avalanche’s recent surge in each aspect of the game, Colorado is poised to advance to the
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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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