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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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Jokic Leads his Denver Nuggets Past Houston Rockets, 105-95

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Denver Nuggets defeated Houston Rockets in the highly anticipated matchup between the two Western Conference divisional leaders. The result was 105-95 for the Nuggets, who snapped the stretch of Houston’s plays. Mike D’Antoni’s team dropped for the first time. “I believe our guys really bought into the game plan,” said Denver’s head trainer Michael Malone.
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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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Hawks’ Trae Young erupts for 42, Atlanta snaps Denver’s four-game winning streak

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The Nuggets understood what they had been in for, however they looked helpless to prevent the Atlanta Hawks’ firecracker point protector. Trae Young toyed with the Nuggets’ shield Tuesday night at the Pepsi Center as part of a gorgeous functionality. Snapped the Nuggets’ streak since the Hawks prevailed 125-121. The loss, which was all the
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Jokic Drills a Game-Winner, Denver Nuggets Erase 21-Point Deficit vs. 76ers, 100-97

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Nikola Jokic’s jumper with 1.2 seconds left attracted a massive triumph due to his Denver Nuggets over the Philadelphia 76ers. The fans at the Pepsi Center watched their favorites after monitoring 21 points in the final time coming back, to reach a victory. This was the biggest comeback for the hosts at Pepsi Center at
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Kiszla: How soon can Jerami Grant replace Paul Millsap as Nuggets’ starter at power forward?

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The chants of “M-V-P, M-V-P!” bounced off the Pepsi Center walls from the first time Nuggets center Nikola Jokic stepped to the foul line, less than two minutes into the first quarter of the home-opener in the most anticipated season in franchise history. “I’d much rather clean up and teach after a win than a
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How the Nuggets will fare in 2019-20, according to the national media

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Expectations couldn’t be higher for the Denver Nuggets this year. The general consensus: The Nuggets are going to be great, but just not good enough to win an NBA title. It doesn’t require a comprehensive look of national media outlets to locate predictions with the Nuggets as the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference.
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Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray could climb several of Nuggets’ franchise career lists

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The Broncos are fighting however there so lots of hype over at the Pepsi Center. The Avs have started their season along with the Nuggets will begin their campaign on Wednesday with fantasies of a championship. In other words, when they can get beyond the barbarous West. This Nuggets squad is gifted and young, and
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Why Paul Millsap and Jerami Grant bring needed balance to Nuggets frontcourt

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Paul Millsap cashed in a pull-up jumper from behind the arc. Jerami Grant, seated under the scorer’s table inside the Pepsi Center prepared to check, flashed three fingers on each hand. Seconds later from the quarter of the Nuggets’ preseason finale Thursday night against the Blazers, there was a frontcourt substitution emblematic of a larger
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