Tag: National Basketball Association
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Paul Klee: What Colorado Avalanche must overcome to win Stanley Cup
DENVER — If the nerves and anxiety of another Avalanche playoff run are getting to you, look at it this way. Four years ago the Avs were picked to finish dead last in the NHL. Last! See, sweaty palms and sleepless nights still beat the alternative. Now the pressure’s on — big time. The Avs’…
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Nuggets notebook: Tim Connelly talks offseason priorities, in-season decisions and paying taxes
The top priority on Tim Connelly’s offseason to-do list could be pretty easy to accomplish. “There’s nothing more important organizationally than to make sure Nikola (Jokic) stays here as long as he wants to play the game,” the Nuggets’ president of basketball operations said Friday. After the Nuggets were eliminated from the playoffs in Game…
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Denver Nuggets confident a healthy roster can take step forward in NBA playoffs
SAN FRANCISCO – It didn’t take long for the Nuggets to express excitement about the potential next season holds. After the Golden State Warriors eliminated Denver from the NBA playoffs Wednesday, the Nuggets allowed themselves to look forward to what a fully healthy team could accomplish. “It’s scary to think about that,” Nuggets coach Michael…
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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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Basketball lifts March sports betting to second-highest monthly total
The final weeks of the NBA regular season and the NCAA basketball tournament lifted sports bets in Colorado last month to the second-highest monthly total in the nearly two years since such wagers were legalized. End of NFL season triggers decline in Colorado sports bets Bets on professional and college basketball made up nearly two-thirds…
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Dialed-in Denver Nuggets finish strong to force Game 5 in Golden State
DENVER – Patience prevailed as the Denver Nuggets defeated the Golden State Warriors, 126-121, and avoided elimination Sunday at Ball Arena. Game 4 followed a similar trajectory as Game 3 when the Nuggets led for most of the game before conceding a late lead. After Golden State used a 9-2 run down the stretch to…
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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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Aaron Gordon’s increased output not enough for Denver Nuggets to avoid 3-0 deficit to Golden State
DENVER – Late, likely too late, is still better than never. After posting a combined 15 points and 10 rebounds in the first two games of Denver’s first-round series against Golden State, Aaron Gordon posted 18 points, 12 rebounds and four assists in Thursday’s Game 3. “He was aggressive from the start. He didn’t get…
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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,…