Tag: Damian Lillard
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Denver Nuggets looking for more ball movement, bodies moving heading into Game 2 vs. Portland
Neither the ball nor the Nuggets seemed to move with typical intensity in Saturday’s Game 1 loss to Portland. While offense wasn’t Denver’s primary problem — that was Portland’s 19 for 40 3-point shooting — the Nuggets scored six fewer points than their season average and recorded nearly five fewer assists. Portland’s plan of playing Nikola Jokic…
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Nuggets notebook: Defending Portland’s great group of guards, Denver duo among award finalists, injury update ahead of Game 1
The Denver Nuggets’ path past Portland in the first round of the playoffs starts with defense. “The thing that scares me the most is the 3-point line,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said Thursday ahead of Saturday’s Game 1 at Ball Arena. “They take 42 (3-pointers) a game. They were second or third in both makes…
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Hungry Portland Trail Blazers beat Denver Nuggets to end regular season, set up playoff rematch
Portland had plenty to play for — the Nuggets not so much — and it showed Sunday in Portland. That won’t be the case next time the two teams meet, in a first-round playoff series that will likely start next weekend. The Trail Blazers scored the game’s first 11 points, hit nine 3-pointers in the first quarter,…