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Kiszla: As NBA playoffs approach, how great do Nuggets want to be? “I want to be Michael Jordan,” Nikola Jokic insists.

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What do the Nuggets want to be? “You want the real answer? ” Nikola Jokic said. Yes, please. “Michael Jordan,” Jokic said. “That’s who I need to be. ” Hey, we all can dream. But I suggested Jokic may need to jump a bit higher to be like Mike. “No, I need to be Michael
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Nuggets Insider: Michael Malone and Denver’s impending minutes crunch

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When it wasn’t readily clear a few weeks ago, it’s jumping-off-the-screen clear now — Malik Beasley is legit. Monte Morris isn’t too bad . Or Torrey Craig. Or Trey Lyles. Or Juan Hernangomez. Or. The Nuggets are filled, and we may not even understand it when it wasn ’ t for the injuries suffered during
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Malik Beasley, Torrey Craig drop career-highs as Nuggets snap losing streak to Rockets

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There were jams, and there has been a downpour of 3-pointers. But rather than coming out of a Houston side that has tormented Denver the past couple of decades, it had been the Nuggets who flipped the script. Underneath newly-crowned All-Star Nikola Jokic and career-high nights in Malik Beasley and Torrey Craig, the Nuggets snapped
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Nuggets’ Will Barton: If defense matched offense, Denver could put teams away by halftime

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Andy Cross, The Denver PostGolden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) slam dunks over Denver Nuggets forward Paul Millsap (4) and Denver Nuggets Ahead Torrey Craig (3) in first quarter in the Pepsi Center on Jan. 15, 2019. MEMPHIS — Veterans Paul Millsap and Will Barton understand for the Nuggets to reach their potential —
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Nuggets held two shootarounds in wake of Nikola Jokic suspension

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The Nuggets had gone through shootaround Friday morning and installed their strategy for the Suns if they got the news. Nikola Jokic, that hadn’t left the Pepsi Center within his black vest and chilly beanie, was served as a one-game suspension for leaving the bench during Wednesday’s altercation Going up from the worst team at
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Torrey Craig: Nuggets defense feeling “tired, mentally, physically”

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Paraphrasing Freddie Mercury, a scribe recently posed this burning question, Bohemian Rhapsody style, to Denver Nuggets forward Torrey Craig: Was the lockdown defense during the first ten weeks of this season the life? Or was it just dream? “I mean, it’s a tough league,” answered Craig, whose Nuggets (31-15) host Phoenix (11-38) at seven on
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Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic on season-high 39 points: “Poetry in motion”

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The Nuggets have won five in a row overall and ten in a row at the Pepsi Center, however Nikola Jokic is functioning on a different, more poetic streak. For the 2nd consecutive game, Jokic rumbled down to the courtroom at a sleek, comfortable pace before throwing down a rare dip for the 7-foot major
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Nikola Jokic’s triple-double leads Nuggets past Knicks for ninth consecutive home win

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Two starters , one to go. Gary Harris returned by his hip injury Tuesday night in the Pepsi Center, along with the Nuggets fended off a feisty New York Knicks team 115-108 to improve to 24-11. It had been the Nuggets’ ninth successive win in the home along with also the Knicks’ eighth straight loss
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Nuggets icon: “At Christmas, you’re far enough into the season now that it’s not a fluke”

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“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all of the year. I’ll live in the Past, the Present and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I won’t shut out the courses they teach! ” — Ebenezer Scrooge, “A Christmas Carol” STAVE 1: DAN ISSEL The
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How Nuggets F Torrey Craig became Russell Westbrook’s worst nightmare

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Torrey Craig didn’t even ask for weak-side assistance. But Bruce Bowen was happy to provide it. Craig was introduced to Bowen — a member of their NBA’s All-Defensive initial team with all the San Antonio Spurs five times by 2004-08, the godfather of their NBA’s new niche of “3-and-D” wing players — in early October,
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