Tag: Anthony Edwards
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Nuggets vs. Timberwolves | 3 takeaways from Denver’s best win of season
The nights of the Timberwolves bullying the Nuggets at Target Center appear to have ended. Here are three takeaways from Denver’s 123-112 win Saturday in Minneapolis. 1. The win streak sits at seven after the most impressive win of the stretch. The Nuggets played their first game without Christian Braun and Cam Johnson in the…
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Despite 61 points from Jokic, Minnesota Timberwolves take advantage of late call and win in double OT
The third time was a charm for the Timberwolves on Tuesday night at Ball Arena. Minnesota had chances to win the game at the buzzer in regulation and the first overtime, but it took a second overtime and a chaotic final 15 seconds to the Timberwolves to leave Denver with a 140-139 victory. “Tough break,”…
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Denver Nuggets again fail to fend off Minnesota Timberwolves at home
Wolves continued to expand their territory in Colorado to include Ball Arena on Wednesday. The Timberwolves’ 115-95 win was their fifth in a row over the Nuggets dating back to last postseason, which includes Minnesota’s 20-point comeback in Game 7 of the second-round series. Minnesota has held the Nuggets under 105 points in four of…
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Nuggets vs. Timberwolves: 3 takeaways from Denver’s tough defeat in Minnesota
Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards led all scorers with 34 points, while Nikola Jokic saw his five-game streak of triple-doubles come to an end as Denver’s four-game win streak ended in Minnesota
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Nuggets vs. Timberwolves: 3 takeaways from Denver’s loss in rematch of last season’s playoffs
The first rematch between the Nuggets and Timberwolves after last season’s seven-game series in the second round lived up to the hype. Here are three takeaways from Denver’s dramatic 119-116 loss Friday in Minnesota. 1. Friday’s game feels like another prominent chapter in one of the NBA’s budding rivalries. The dislike was most obvious after…
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s quest for defensive honors continues vs. Rockets | Holiday brothers reunite in Houston
Houston is the next stop on Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s award tour. The Nuggets shooting guard’s defensive assignments during Denver’s 8-1 start to the season have ranged from young stars like Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards to some of the game’s greats like Golden State’s Stephen Curry and Dallas’s Luka Doncic. He’s a big…
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Air Force coach Joe Scott shares what makes Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards special; Minnesota hands Denver Nuggets first loss
Anthony Edwards has been ahead of schedule for as long as Joe Scott has known the young NBA star. Scott, in his second stint as coach of the Air Force men’s basketball program, first laid eyes on Edwards early in a two-year run as an assistant coach to Tom Crean at Georgia. “The first time…
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Aaron Gordon’s award tour takes Nuggets forward from China to Serbia to Boulder
No Nugget deserved a globe-spinning vacation more than Aaron Gordon. The assignments Gordon was responsible for during Denver’s playoffs ranged from the explosivity of Anthony Edwards to the size and skill of Karl-Anthony Towns and Kevin Durant and finished with the brute force of LeBron James and Jimmy Butler. All of that came after a…
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NBA Insider | One question for every Denver Nuggets starter
Every week during the offseason, Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto will take you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets: The Denver Nuggets’ starting five is set, but there’s still some interesting questions to answer ahead of the start of the season. Jamal Murray: Can the regular season look like your postseasons? The highest-scoring…
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NBA awards: Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic early favorite for third MVP in four years
Last season, Nuggets star Nikola Jokic narrowly missed out on being the fourth player in NBA history to win three consecutive Most Valuable Player awards. The list remains a short one – Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird – after 76ers center Joel Embiid won last season’s award. This season, Jokic can join another short…