Tag: Defensive Player
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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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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…
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Collective defensive effort delivers Denver Nuggets decisive victory over Miami Heat in Game 1 of NBA Finals
Michael Malone faced a good problem after the Nuggets beat the Heat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The Nuggets coach had just one Defensive Player of the Game chain to hand out and a few deserving candidates after Denver downed Miami, 104-93, Thursday at Ball Arena. Aaron Gordon started as the primary defender…
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Austin Rivers’ defense helps Denver Nuggets dam Golden State’s offense down the stretch
DENVER – The only debate regarding Austin Rivers’s defensive performance is the number of steals he recorded in the Nuggets’ Game 4 win. The halftime box score gave him five, and his deflection with just over 30 seconds left and the Nuggets up two would’ve been six if one didn’t disappear along the way. “They…
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Second unit stands strong as Denver Nuggets win showdown with Philadelphia 76ers
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The mystery of managing the Nuggets’ second unit has taken quite a few twists and turns this season before Michael Malone and the front office apparently cracked the case. Injuries clouded the situation earlier in the season, as Malone tinkered with the reserves to inconsistent results. Since the additions of sharpshooter Bryn Forbes and DeMarcus…
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Nikola Jokic puts Denver Nuggets on his back down the stretch of overtime win over New Orleans
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DENVER — Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets ran out of time in regulation but delivered Denver an improbable 138-130 overtime win over the Pelicans on Sunday at Ball Arena. The Nuggets trailed by 11 with 3:15 remaining before Jokic took over, starting with a three-point play and finishing regulation with the tying free throws with 3.2…
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Facundo Campazzo fuels Denver Nuggets’ decisive second-quarter run in win over Houston Rockets
Facundo Campazzo’s second-quarter show erased an early deficit and sparked the Denver Nuggets’ 124-111 win Saturday in Houston. The Rockets led by 11 in the first quarter and took a one-point lead to the second quarter. Reserve forward Vlatko Cancar gave the shorthanded Nuggets their first lead with a 3-pointer – off a Campazzo assist…
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Broncos rookie Pat Surtain II shares moment with father after first pick-six
DENVER — There was no one within 5 yards of Pat Surtain II by the time he crossed into the end zone on Sunday afternoon, breaking out into a wind mill to celebrate his first-career touchdown. Then he paused. He felt the moment called for a dance. It wasn’t planned, even though the rookie has…
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Von Miller’s top 5 greatest moments in a Broncos uniform
The end of an era. According to reports, Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller has been traded to the Los Angeles Rams, ending Miller’s 11-year run with the Broncos. Miller will go down as one of the greatest Broncos of all time, setting a franchise record with 110.5 sacks in his Denver career. Here’s Miller’s top…