Tag: Basketball
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Former Denver Nuggets guard and current Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups arrested in federal gambling probe
Former Denver Nuggets guard and current Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into sports betting, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. The exact charge or charges they face were not immediately known. Two people…
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Nuggets’ offseason pitch sounded just right to Justin Holiday
Justin Holiday has just about heard it all. The Nuggets are Holiday’s 10th team in 11 seasons, and he’s had two different stints with the Hawks and Bulls before signing with Denver this summer. He started his professional career in Belgium before getting his first NBA experience with the 76ers in 2013. He didn’t quite…
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NBA Insider | One question for every Denver Nuggets starter
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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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Colorado athletes well represented for 2023 ESPY nominations
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ESPN announced Thursday its nominees for the 2023 ESPYS awards, and Colorado sports athletes are well represented this year. Basketball and ski racing became the two sports Coloradans needed to watch in the 2022-23 seasons, respectively. Records feel like dominoes from two 28-year-olds — one a ski racer phenom from the Vail Valley, and the…
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RTD offers extra capacity for Nuggets NBA Finals games at Ball Arena
Denver Nuggets fans headed for the NBA Finals between the Nuggets and the Miami Heat at Ball Arena can use the Regional Transportation District’s light rail and bus systems, as transportation officials said they are adding train cars to accommodate riders. The additional train cars will be added to the regularly-scheduled A (Sunday games) and…
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Jamal Murray leads Denver Nuggets to close out of Minnesota Timberwolves
The rain dousing Denver Tuesday night turned into Murray flurries after halftime. Jamal Murray’s scoring surge to start the third quarter kept the Nuggets in the game while Nikola Jokic and Michael Porter Jr. struggled to make shots early in Game 5 on Tuesday at Ball Arena. Murray finished with a game-high 35 points, making…
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Nikola Jokic laments late misses despite matching playoff high in points as Denver Nuggets drop Game 4 in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — A few uncharacteristic misses bothered Nikola Jokic more than a series of promising makes excited the Nuggets’ star after the Nuggets saw their chance to sweep the Timberwolves slip away, 114-108, in overtime Sunday night at Target Center. The costliest of the misses came at the free throw line late in regulation. With…
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Denver Nuggets assistant Ryan Saunders returns to Minnesota with chance to get last laugh
Ryan Saunders and the Nuggets could leave the series against Minnesota with the last laugh. Saunders is the son of the late Flip Saunders, who tops the Timberwolves franchise chart for wins by a coach with 427. Minnesota’s current coach, Chris Finch, is second on that list with 104 wins heading into Sunday’s Game 4…
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No free throws, no problem for NIkola Jokic as Denver Nuggets put Timberwolves on brink of elimination
MINNEAPOLIS • The gestures said it all. After Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets to a 120-111 win over Minnesota with a 20-point, 11-rebound, 12-assist triple-double, Denver coach Michael Malone made a circle with his right hand and placed it over his eye, signifying the number of free throws Nikola Jokic needed to record the seventh…