Jamal Murray will continue getting mugged in the NBA Playoffs

#AbuseTheArrow? #MugMurray? #JamJamal? Even if it isn’t trending on Twitter, it’s sure as hell trending in the throes of this Nuggets-Blazers series. And Jamal Murray has the sorry we’re up to plurals to prove it. “(Those displays ) hurt. It’s what it is,” the Nuggets’ point guard said after a painful 15-point, seven-rebound campaign against
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4 playoff games in 4 nights: How Pepsi Center crews pull off switch from ice to hardwood

DENVER — One can call it the perfect storm: For the first time the Nuggets and Avalanche are both playing in the round of their respective playoffs. Both play under the same roof, which is producing an unbelievable flurry of activity inside the Pepsi Center. “You don’t really have a sleep pattern,” joked Matt Mennona.
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That big hit on Matt Calvert late in Game 2 will force the Avalanche forward to miss Game 3

Avalanche forward Matt Calvert will miss Game 3 Tuesday night against the San Jose Sharks with an upper-body injury, it was learned after Colorado’s morning skate in the Pepsi Center. Related Articles Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose Sharks: Three keys to Game 3 Nuggets and Avalanche are in the next round. Here are their chances
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Avalanche and Nuggets playoff tickets are still available, but why does hockey cost twice as much?

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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For Avalanche rookie sensation Cale Makar, the sky’s the limit

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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Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose Sharks playoff predictions

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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San Antonio Spurs at Denver Nuggets: Game 7 keys to victory

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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Nuggets throttle Spurs in pivotal Game 5, take 3-2 series lead

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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Kiszla: LaMarcus Aldridge finally gives Nuggets fans what a too-polite basketball city needs, a villain to boo

They’re Nuggets to crack, as LaMarcus “Low Blow” Aldridge and those basketball bullies down in San Antonio have found. In this NBA playoff series, have the Spurs come undone? We all know the Nuggets have nowhere close to the championship pedigree of a proud San Antonio franchise and harbor ’t even won a match in
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