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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Underneath exactly the exact same basket Nikola Jokic rattled with a thunderous dunk that brought down the house, there sat linebacker Von Miller, wearing a No. 15 Nuggets jersey. In the first row near midcourt, Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon leaned forward in a prime seat, savoring each one of Joker’s 16 points, 11 rebounds and
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The Nuggets know they’re the better team. It only took them until Game 5 to prove it. Sooner or later, their confidence was likely to overwhelm. That flooding came in the form of an 108-90 rout of San Antonio on Tuesday night at the Pepsi Center, giving the Nuggets a commanding 3-2 lead in their
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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 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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SALT LAKE CITY — The Nuggets, at least momentarily, lost control of their own destiny Tuesday night. By falling 118-108 to the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night, the Nuggets (53-28) were made to wait on the result of this Houston-Oklahoma City game to determine whether their postseason seed could be sealed. Happily for Denver, the
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With a playoff spot already protected, the Denver Nuggets are in search of momentum. The Nuggets got the win Tuesday night at the Pepsi Center, 95-92 over the Detroit Pistons, but any momentum might prove elusive. Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray slammed the door closed on Detroit’s magnificent fourth-quarter comeback attempt with several timely buckets
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After hitting a trick shot that would’ve done Larry Bird proud to beat Dallas in the buzzer, Nikola Jokic pulled on his “Baywatch” boxers in the Pepsi Center locker room and acted as if his heroics were as pure dumb luck as purchasing a winning lotto ticket with the last dollar in his pocket. “Lucky
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The Nuggets need to do the right thing and cut ties with Isaiah Thomas, until a proud athlete’s fall from legit MVP candidate to being a sad prop at the end of Denver’s bench becomes any more painfully awkward to watch. Yes, this really is a bummer deal. The Nuggets were hoping for a miracle,
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