Tag: jordan poole
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Nuggets vs. Wizards: 3 takeaways from Denver’s disappointing loss in Washington
Nikola Jokic scored a career-high 56 points, but it wasn’t enough to get the Denver Nuggets a win against the NBA’s worst team.
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Denver Nuggets season ends in Game 5 at Golden State
SAN FRANCISCO – Gary Payton II tucked the Nuggets in before Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors put Denver’s season to sleep with a 102-98 win in Wednesday’s Game 5 at Chase Center. “They executed in the end, and that’s why they are a very good team,” Nikola Jokic said. DeMarcus Cousins bringing steadying…
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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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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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Down 2-0, Denver Nuggets return home needing to keep composure, limit Warriors’ scoring runs
SAN FRANCISCO – Big runs and small acts got under the Denver Nuggets’ skin in a Game-2 loss to the Golden State Warriors. It started after Gary Payton II blocked Nikola Jokic’s shot late in the first quarter. At the following timeout, when Jokic was headed back toward the Denver bench, the two crossed paths…
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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,…