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Nuggets turn attention to LeBron James, Lakers even as Kings loss still stings

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Two days afterwards, Nuggets coach Michael Malone was still salty over what transpired in Sacramento on the weekend. Even the turnovers the campaign, the complacency were gnawing at him. Up 87-73 with 6:40 left, the Kings closed the match on a 17-3 run to force overtime, where turnovers and much more stagnant offense snapped Denver’s
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“I can’t thank them enough”: Isaiah Thomas reflects on lone Nuggets season in Wizards defeat

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The Pepsi Center crowd cheered during competition introductions if he was one of their very own, also also Nuggets players took turns for hugs and handshakes pregame. But coach Michael Malone awakened the emotion finest prior to tipoff Tuesday against the Wizards. “Definitely miss . ” Welcome back to the Mile High City, Isaiah Thomas.
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Nuggets stretch winning streak to six, spoil Isaiah Thomas’ homecoming

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Washington’s crime had nothing for the steamrolling Nuggets. Denver won its sixth game in a row — and 10th in their last 11 tries — after beating the Wizards 117-104 on Tuesday night in Pepsi Center. They complete ’ll carry the record from the Western Conference right into an protracted split over Thanksgiving before restarting
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Nuggets rookie Bol Bol recalled but won’t play due to “injury management”

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The Nuggets aren’t even much hiding rookie Bol Bol since they are rescuing that he ’s encouraged to spend in the NBA this season on his contract that was yearlong. After four games from your G League with the Windy City Bulls, the Nuggets remembered Bol last weekend in an effort to reconnect with him
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How James Harden got posterized by Torrey Craig, Nuggets

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AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostTorrey Craig (3) of the Denver Nuggets blocks Russell Westbrook (0) of the Houston Rockets Through the fourth quarter of Denver’s 105-95 win on Wednesday. He’s not just indoors Russell Westbrook&rsquo. Torrey Craig is buried deep in Westbrook’s unconscious today, a burr lodged so far to the buttocks of Beastbrook’s psyche
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Kiszla: These aren’t your grandfather’s run-and-fun Nuggets. Can Denver win NBA championship with defense?

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Is this the tough street Denver must travel to acquire the NBA championship in franchise history? And did the street begin here, with a gritty, we-ain’t-pretty victory against Houston? The boss stood out the locker room Wednesday night, delighted the Nuggets knocked The Beard on his keister and beat the Rockets using take-no-prisoners defense. And
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Nuggets share secrets on containing “unguardable” Rockets star James Harden

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Hardly Anybody in the NBA May alter the geometry of a defense Such as Houston Rockets star James Harden. “What James Harden is doing is on historical-type levels,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said at practice Tuesday. “The man is unguardable. ” Concerning volume, he’s far and away the leading 3-point shot in the league (14.3
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Second-half rally saves Nuggets in comeback win over Nets

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Denver’s depth is only as imposing as its reserves make it. On Thursday, with stars Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray struggling, the Nuggets’ second unit made all the difference in its 101-93 win over a feisty Brooklyn squad. The Nuggets improved to 8-3 on the year. Denver’s reserves poured in 24 during the second-half rally,
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Kiszla: Call these Nuggets the Denver Whatevs, who can’t-be-bothered with consistent championship effort

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They are the Denver Whatevs, the bored and can’ team from the NBA. “I don’t know if our men are coming to home games ‘Hey, we’re likely to win, our fans will carry us and just because we ’ re in your home. ’ I’m not sure what it is,” Nuggets trainer Michael Malone said
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Monte Morris: Nuggets “just weren’t there” vs. Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks

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It wasn’t the dagger. It was the spin. The nadir might’ve include 2:30 left in the third quarter, even when Trae Young chose the ball past the timeline along with shimmied past Nuggets shield Will Barton into receptive real estate along the ideal elbow. Young, the Atlanta Hawks’ supercilious second-year shield, stopped and hauled a
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