Tag: Guard
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Creighton comes into another second-round matchup with Baylor looking a lot different than 2014 team
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The names of the universities, mascots and coaches are about the only things that remain the same since Baylor beat Creighton in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The Bears brought an unceremonious end to Doug McDermott’s decorated college career by blasting the 2014 National Player of the Year and the Bluejays, 85-55, in the second round…
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Denver’s Restaurante Lempira and security company’s licenses suspended after fatal shooting Monday
The Denver Department of Excise and Licenses suspended the operating licenses of two businesses involved in a fatal shooting early Monday, Executive Director Molly Duplechian announced in a Tuesday news release. The shooting happened at around 12:30 a.m. at 1452 Uinta Street in Denver. According to the Denver Gazette’s news partners 9News, the shooting was…
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Denver Council hears public testimony on proposed city budget
Editor’s note: This story originally reported: “The high demand for public restrooms is compounded by a 4.8% rise in homelessness, Grenaille said.” The actual percentage rise was 12.8%. The story has been updated to correct the two-year rise in homelessness in Denver. The Denver Gazette apologies for the error. Homelessness, public safety and safe streets were…
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Nuggets notebook: Stopping ‘Cerberus,’ Hyland hopes to do more to help bench unit
DENVER • Slowing Golden State’s hot-shooting guards has been a task of mythical proportions for the Denver Nuggets through three games of their first-round playoff series. It’s been so tough, Nuggets coach Michael Malone sent an assistant searching for three-headed monsters in lore. He came back with Cerberus, the three-headed dog tasked with guarding the gates…
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Nuggets rookie Bones Hyland not bothered by playoff environment, hopes to help team be better in Game 2
SAN FRANCISCO – If the playoff debut did feel a little different, Bones Hyland wasn’t ready to admit as much. Prior to Game 1, Hyland doubted he would face the same nerves veteran guard Austin Rivers admitted to dealing with ahead of his playoff debut years ago. Hyland maintained his position, as the Nuggets prepared…
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Jordan Poole’s big night drowns Denver Nuggets in Game 1
SAN FRANCISCO – Jordan Poole started in place of Stephen Curry and did quite the impression in Golden State’s 123-107 win over the Nuggets in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Saturday at Chase Center. With Curry reduced the final six minutes of each quarter as he continues to rehab from a foot injury,…
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Monte Morris credits first coach with selfless approach that helped Denver Nuggets return to playoffs
DENVER – Points never mattered much in the Morris residence. When Monte Morris was learning the game, his first coach made sure he played the right way. “She never really looked at my points, my rebounds,” Morris told The Gazette on Thursday. “She’d look at my body language, how I carry a team as a…
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Denver Nuggets rookie Bones Hyland hoping to make noise during first playoff experience
DENVER – The brighter the lights and bigger the crowd the better, Bones Hyland seems to believe. When asked Thursday how he’s approaching his first playoff series, which starts Saturday in San Francisco, Denver’s lone rookie didn’t blink. “I’ve never experienced it on this level,” Hyland admitted. “But I know I’m more than ready, though.”…
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Denver Nuggets’ bench builds big lead to beat New York Knicks
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DENVER – It was a rare night where the Nuggets bench set the standard that the starters had to match in a 132-115 win over the New York Knicks on Tuesday at Ball Arena. “That unit came in the game in that first quarter and really ignited us,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said of Bones…