Tag: Nba Playoffs
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Denver Nuggets will need four more wins vs. Rockets to have another championship chance | Vinny’s take
Even though there’s only one more scheduled meeting left, the Rockets and Nuggets should plan on seeing plenty more of each other before a champion is crowned. A third of the way through the regular season, the Rockets look like Denver’s stiffest competition in the quest for the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.…
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Why Denver Nuggets’ new front-office partnership might and might not work | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider The organizational chart is closer to complete, but there’s still questions to be answered as to how the Nuggets will operate. Interim general manager Ben Tenzer was retained and in a new role, executive vice president…
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Oklahoma City Thunder set to make quick work of Indiana Pacers in NBA Finals | Vinny’s take
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A dominant regular season doesn’t mean a thing without the ring, and Oklahoma City is going to get sized on June 17. That’s the day after Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Thunder finished the regular season with a league-best 68 wins and the second-best net rating in NBA history. Oklahoma City’s 120.3 offensive…
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Oklahoma City Thunder poised to end NBA’s parity era | Vinny’s take
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This is supposed to be the NBA’s parity era, but Oklahoma City has other plans. The Thunder are going to be favored over the Pacers in the NBA Finals, which start Thursday in Oklahoma City. Regardless of which team lifts the Larry O’Brien trophy, this year will mark the seventh consecutive season the NBA has…
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David Adelman starts shift as Denver Nuggets’ coach with unsettled organizational chart
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The new coach of the Nuggets starts his first full-time gig as head coach without a direct superior and a to-be-determined roster of assistants. David Adelman was formally introduced as the 23rd coach of the Nuggets on Wednesday at Ball Arena. He starts his tenure without a general manager or president of basketball operations above…
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Why new Denver Nuggets coach David Adelman was able to implement defensive changes faster during interim stint
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Offense was the priority for most of David Adelman’s eight years as an assistant on Michael Malone’s staff, but the Nuggets’ new head coach was able to show more of what the future holds on defense during his 17-game stint as Denver interim coach. “Defensively, it was easier, because you can put things out there…
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Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook undergoes hand surgery
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Add Russell Westbrook’s dominant right hand to the list of injuries the Denver Nuggets dealt with in the postseason. The Nuggets said Westbrook underwent surgery Tuesday to repair multiple ligament tears in his right hand. The procedure was performed by Dr. Steven Shin at the Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center in Los Angeles and the team said…
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Just how close were the Denver Nuggets to the NBA’s conference finalists? | NBA Insider
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Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider The Nuggets should have a pretty good idea how they stack up with one of the four teams left in the title hunt. Oklahoma City and Denver split their first 10 matchups of the regular season…
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Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic named All-NBA first team for fifth time
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For the fifth time in Nikola Jokic’s career, Denver’s do-it-all center garnered first-team All-NBA honors. The teams were announced prior to Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals series between the Pacers and Knicks on TNT. It marks the seventh consecutive season Jokic received All-NBA…
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Ex-Nuggets coach Michael Malone refers to Oklahoma City’s as ‘the best fans in the NBA’
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It didn’t take long for Michael Malone to leave his mark on television. The former Nuggets coach looked comfortable and clean in a blue suit during his broadcasting debut during ESPN’s coverage of Game 1 of the Western Conference finals between the Thunder and Timberwolves on Tuesday. Prior to Oklahoma City’s Game 1 victory Malone…