Tag: Cam Johnson
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Cam Johnson unbothered by inclusion on Jaden McDaniels list of ‘bad’ Denver Nuggets defenders
At least one person in the series thinks Cam Johnson is a bad defender. Timberwolves wing Jaden McDaniels started his list of Denver’s subpar defenders with Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. He continued with Tim Hardaway, Johnson and Aaron Gordon. McDaniels doubled down when given a chance to clarify after Minnesota’s Game 2 win. Johnson…
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Nuggets vs. Timberwolves | 3 keys to another Denver win in Game 2
The Nuggets are halfway to protecting their home-court advantage. Here are three keys to Denver taking a 2-0 series lead Monday at Ball Arena. The Nuggets did a good job of making Anthony Edwards work on the defensive end in Game 1. Continuing to do so in Game 2 will go a long way to…
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What’s the key to the Nuggets making a deep playoff run? | Friday Faceoff
Question: What’s the key to the Nuggets making a deep playoff run? Mark Kiszla, sports columnist: Aaron Gordon’s health Watching the Nuggets play basketball is a guilty pleasure. I love the thrill of Nikola Jokic’s magic tricks, especially when Jamal Murray and Tim Hardaway Jr. stick 3-point jumpers. But I hate the maddening lack of…
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How Minnesota Timberwolves might guard Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic after another record-breaking season
The way Nikola Jokic likes it isn’t necessarily the way David Adelman likes it. Questions about the Most Valuable Player race or any other individual honor typically elicit short responses from Denver’s three-time MVP and one-time Finals MVP. His coach had a little bit more to say, as the race has all but been won…
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Stars resting sets up Nuggets’ Julian Strawther, Jonas Valanciunas with another opportunity
Two players on the fringe of the Nuggets’ rotation will have one more chance to make their case for postseason consideration. Nikola Jokic, who must play 15 minutes in Sunday’s regular-season finale at San Antonio to be eligible for end-of-season awards, is listed as questionable with right wrist injury management. The other four starters –…
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Nuggets rest starters, rout Thunder to secure top-four playoff seed
The process was peculiar, but the Nuggets ensured they will start the playoffs at home. With two games left in the regular season, and home-court advantage in the first round still up for grabs, the Nuggets elected to sit their starting five against a Thunder squad that earned its rest. The risk worked out, as…
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Former Nuggets coach Michael Malone embraces big changes as new coach of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina basketball family has a new adopted son thanks in part to his father, Brendan, and youngest daughter, Bridget. “My father, who passed about two years ago, was a huge Carolina fan and a huge Dean Smith fan,” Michael Malone, new coach of the Tar Heels, shared at his introductory press…
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Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray one win away from another milestone | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider For all the things Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray have accomplished in Denver, a 10-game win streak has been elusive. Murray and Jokic led the Nuggets to nine consecutive wins in January of the 2022-23 season…
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Nikola Jokic’s floater, Christian Braun’s 3 ball come up big | Nuggets notebook
Somehow Nikola Jokic calculated the limit of Victor Wembanyama’s reach. There were three seconds separating the shot clock and game clock in the final seconds of overtime with the Nuggets nursing a two-point lead. Denver looked content to hold the ball to see if the Spurs were going to foul before Jokic wound up wide…
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Denver Nuggets still searching for steady rotation to close regular season
The revolving door of available players continues to turn for the Nuggets with only two weeks left in the regular season. Bruce Brown is the only player who has appeared in all 76 of Denver’s games. Tim Hardaway Jr. (75), Jamal Murray (71) and Spencer Jones (64) are the only others who have played more…