Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum was asked about his 37 points in his group ’s 100-96 win over the Nuggets on Sunday, propelling them to the Western Conference final for the first time in 19 years. However, McCollum’s face only really lit up when he was asked about his lone shot in the Blazers’
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If Damian Lillard doesn’t want to look at Torrey Craig’s crooked headband-wearing mug ever again, there’s not a soul across the NBA who could blame the guy. Not after what he went through Sunday. The screens didn’t work. Being quick off the dribble didn’t work. It wasn’t Dame time. Wherever Lillard turned Sunday afternoon, Craig
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Simple math says you crowd Damian Lillard every dang time down the floor, from about the logo on. But if 2 < 3 isn’t a sexy enough case for why the Denver Nuggets were doing what they do heading into Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals, there’s also this: When the Blazers’ sharpshooter
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Question: Why does Nikola Jokic have to be so mean to Enes Kanter? Kiz: Among all of the developments I witnessed in the Nuggets’ crucial victory at Portland in Game 4 of their NBA playoff series, possibly the most surprising to me was the sound of 20,000 Blazers fans booing Nikola Jokic each time he
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PORTLAND, Ore. — A season as riveting as the one the Nuggets are riding could just reach its pinnacle with another huge challenge: Game 7, the Nuggets’ second in their rollicking postseason run. With their season on the line, Damian Lillard and the Trail Blazers didn’t balk. Unwilling to go home early, the Blazers pulled
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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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The Nuggets fought through a nose and a woeful but the Trail Blazers didn’t balk. Portland stole Game 2 on Wednesday night 97-90 as feelings flared on both sides in the Pepsi Center and the playoff series was evened up at a game apiece. The Nuggets tried to mount a comeback, getting as close a
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SAN ANTONIO — About 20 minutes after the Nuggets had seized control of their first-round series against the Spurs, Jamal Murray stood outside of the interview room Saturday spinning a basketball on his finger and tossing bounce passes off the wall in the corridors of the AT&T Center. Evidently, he hadn’t feasted enough during the
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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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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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