Will Barton will bring the hammer on Mother’s Day, by Thor, if he has to. But given a choice, rsquo;d & he prefer not to. Heck, they would. “The 1 thing I think I can say is, this time, we don’t want to return here,” Barton, the Nuggets guard, said when asked about the possibility
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It’s do-or-die time for the Avalanche tonight when the team takes on the Sharks in Game 7 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This is the 11th time that the Avs have faced a Game 7 since the franchise moved to Denver in 1995. From the 10 games, Colorado has gone 4-6,
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Tyson Barrie dubbed it the biggest game of the year. Teammate Mikko Rantanen concurred. And said the Avalanche’s power play in Thursday’s Game 4 against the San Jose Sharks will play a big role if Colorado is to tie the Western Conference series 2-2. “We must have our best game of the year tonight, by
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In four games against the Trail Blazers, Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has averaged 26.8 points, 13.3 rebounds and 9.5 assists. But “Big Honey” met his match after the game against a microphone. During the postgame interview Sunday, Denver’s 7-foot superstar had difficulty pulling out a microphone from its stand. After a short struggle, Jokic ripped
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Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog is nearing his franchise’s biggest moment in a decade, just two successive wins shy of a berth in the Western Conference Finals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with zero room for error. Game 6 against the Sharks on Monday night inside Pepsi Center, trailing the series 3-2, helps decide whether the
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Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard arrived as advertised. He just wasn’t Nikola Jokic. Not even a flagrant foul to the face could slow Denver’s franchise center, who barged his way into 37 points in the Nuggets’ 121-113 victory against Portland on Monday night in the Pepsi Center at Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal
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Three keys for Avs Special teams. A functionality to their Game 4 showing in this area is needed. The Avs scored a power play goal Thursday night and went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill. And they committed just two penalties that led to San Jose power plays. Colorado’s discipline and implementation were equally strong in
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Philipp Grubauer was excellent again Saturday night, but opposing goalie Martin Jones of the San Jose Sharks was equally as good and teammate Tomas Hertl made the drama that mattered in Game 5 of the Avalanche-Sharks Western Conference semifinal series at SAP Center. Hertl’s two goals and Jones’ 21 saves spearheaded
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#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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Game 4 keys Power success. The Avalanche is 1-of-9 for the series and has failed to score a power-play goal in its last two matches. The Avs scored five power-play goals in their past three games against Calgary. With the power play units the Avs should take more and crash the internet if the tic-tac-toe
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