Tag: Kyrie Irving
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Peyton Watson, Christian Braun come up with clutch stops on Kyrie Irving to help Denver Nuggets defeat Dallas Mavericks
There weren’t many stops against Kyrie Irving, but the Nuggets got the two that mattered most. The Mavericks’ guard made 17 of his first 20 shots after banking in a fadeaway over Peyton Watson’s outstretched hand with 1:40 left. That gave Irving 43 points and the Mavericks a two-point lead. “That’s just one of those…
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Denver Nuggets beat Brooklyn Nets behind Austin Rivers’ second-half surge
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Austin Rivers stepped up to the second-half challenge in the Nuggets’ 124-118 win over the Nets on Wednesday in Brooklyn. After what Michael Malone described as an “inexcusable,” close to the first half, which saw the Nets leading by 11, Denver’s coach said he challenged his team to turn things around in the second half.…