Tag: National Basketball Association
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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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Christian Braun willing to do small things to join small club, continue championship history with Denver Nuggets
An ability to adapt from one winning environment to the next has afforded Christian Braun an opportunity to join an exclusive club of champions. Not only is Braun, selected 21st overall in the 2022 draft, the last rookie playing meaningful minutes in the playoffs, but he’s also got a chance to join a short list…
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Jamal Murray leads Denver Nuggets to close out of Minnesota Timberwolves
The rain dousing Denver Tuesday night turned into Murray flurries after halftime. Jamal Murray’s scoring surge to start the third quarter kept the Nuggets in the game while Nikola Jokic and Michael Porter Jr. struggled to make shots early in Game 5 on Tuesday at Ball Arena. Murray finished with a game-high 35 points, making…
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Nikola Jokic laments late misses despite matching playoff high in points as Denver Nuggets drop Game 4 in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — A few uncharacteristic misses bothered Nikola Jokic more than a series of promising makes excited the Nuggets’ star after the Nuggets saw their chance to sweep the Timberwolves slip away, 114-108, in overtime Sunday night at Target Center. The costliest of the misses came at the free throw line late in regulation. With…
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Denver Nuggets assistant Ryan Saunders returns to Minnesota with chance to get last laugh
Ryan Saunders and the Nuggets could leave the series against Minnesota with the last laugh. Saunders is the son of the late Flip Saunders, who tops the Timberwolves franchise chart for wins by a coach with 427. Minnesota’s current coach, Chris Finch, is second on that list with 104 wins heading into Sunday’s Game 4…
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No free throws, no problem for NIkola Jokic as Denver Nuggets put Timberwolves on brink of elimination
MINNEAPOLIS • The gestures said it all. After Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets to a 120-111 win over Minnesota with a 20-point, 11-rebound, 12-assist triple-double, Denver coach Michael Malone made a circle with his right hand and placed it over his eye, signifying the number of free throws Nikola Jokic needed to record the seventh…
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Nikola Jokic’s unwavering approach for Denver Nuggets makes NBA history
The only player in NBA history to average 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists through the first 50 playoff games of his career makes it sound pretty simple. Some players believe there needs to be more intensity or urgency in the postseason. Then there’s Nikola Jokic, who made basketball history Wednesday night, according to…
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Jamal Murray settles down, steps up for Denver Nuggets in return to NBA playoffs
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Once the adrenaline wore off, Jamal Murray was able to enjoy a night nearly 1,000 days in the making. Sunday night at Ball Arena, Murray made his return to the playoffs after 932 days. The last playoff game Murray played was Game 5 against the Lakers back on Sept. 26, 2020, when the NBA was…
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Jamal Murray jokes, but thumb still sore as Denver Nuggets start playoff push
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Jamal Murray joked about his right thumb, but Michael Malone spoke more seriously about the sprained digit. Murray was a full participant in Wednesday’s intense practice, the first as the Nuggets prepared to start their first-round playoff series against the Timberwolves, Thunder or Pelicans on Sunday at Ball Arena. When asked to gauge the health…