Tag: Jonas Valanciunas
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Denver Nuggets dial up defense to defeat Boston Celtics
A battle between the NBA’s best offenses was decided by Denver’s defense. The Nuggets produced their stingiest performance of the season in a 103-84 win over the Celtics on Wednesday at Ball Arena. It marked a new low for Boston’s lowest-scoring game of the season. The Knicks are the only other team that has held…
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Nuggets focused on restarting season with more stops
To get to where they want to go, the Nuggets are going to have to change the company they keep. After the All-Star break, Denver’s defensive rating, or points allowed per 100 possessions, is 116.9. That ranks 24th in the NBA. The only teams with worse defensive ratings are the Bulls, Nets, Pelicans, Kings, Wizards…
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Jonas Valanciunas back to work for Nuggets
It’s good to have Jonas Valanciunas back on the clock after a few weeks of paid time off. The game after the Nuggets lost Nikola Jokic to a bone bruise in his left knee, Valanciunas suffered a strained right calf that cost him the first three weeks of January and left the Nuggets without a…
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Jamal Murray shoulders blame after Detroit Pistons defeat Denver Nuggets
The right guy was at the line with the game on the line, but it went wrong for the Nuggets. “Our best free-throw shooter, one of the best free-throw shooters I’ve ever seen,” Nuggets coach David Adelman said of Jamal Murray after his team’s 109-107 loss to the Pistons on Tuesday at Ball Arena. Denver…
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Nuggets vs. Wizards | Takeaways from another career performance from Peyton Watson
Credit Peyton Watson for the Nuggets’ win Thursday at Capital One Arena. Here are five takeaways from Watson’s career night in Denver’s 107-97 win in Washington, D.C.: 2. Help started to arrive in Washington. Jonas Valanciunas started his first game since suffering a calf strain in Toronto on Dec. 31. It didn’t take long for…
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Denver coach David Adelman discusses his Bills fandom and Peyton Watson’s star turn | Nuggets notebook
There’s going to be one busy member of Bills Mafia at Ball Arena on Saturday. Nuggets coach David Adelman will have one eye on Buffalo’s 2:30 p.m. playoff game against the Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High and one eye on his team’s preparation for a 7 p.m. tipoff against the Wizards at Ball…
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Nuggets vs. Cavaliers | 3 takeaways from Denver’s defeat in Cleveland
The Nuggets ran out of gas in downtown Cleveland on Friday night. Denver led by as many as 11 in the third quarter but lost to the Cavaliers, 113-108, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Here are three takeaways from Denver’s third loss in the last four games: 1. Tired legs make open shots a lot more…
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Nuggets’ Jonas Valanciunas out at least four weeks with calf strain
The Nuggets will be without a true center for the foreseeable future. Jonas Valanciunas will be reevaluated in four weeks after sustaining a right calf strain in Wednesday’s win in Toronto. The injury comes a couple of days after Nikola Jokic suffered a left knee injury in Miami. DaRon Holmes II replaced Valanciunas, and the…
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Nuggets vs. Raptors | 3 takeaways from Denver’s determined win without Nikola Jokic
After further review, the Nuggets ended 2025 on a high note. It looked like Raptors wing Brandon Ingram tied the game at the buzzer to force overtime before a review determined the ball was still on his fingertips as the clock struck zeros. Here are three takeaways from Denver’s 106-103 win Wednesday at Scotiabank Arena:…
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Nikola Jokic leaves Nuggets’ game in Miami with injury
Denver’s worst-case scenario potentially struck Monday in Miami. Nikola Jokic was marked questionable to return at halftime of a 147-123 loss to the Heat and was later ruled out for the second half with a left knee injury. The injury occurred when Spencer Jones inadvertently stepped on Jokic’s left foot in the final seconds of…