Tag: Nba Playoffs
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Mark Kiszla: Why Nuggets’ chronic injury woes are desperate cry for help
If it hurts the broken-down Nuggets to watch the NBA Finals from the sofa as much as it torments them to play basketball on the court, then shouldn’t Job 1 for Denver be painfully obvious? Heal thyself. Too often, this team’s starting five is in no shape to make a championship run. That’s more than…
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What the Thunder and Spurs have that the Nuggets lack | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider Whether it’s Oklahoma City or San Antonio, the Western Conference is going to be represented in the Finals by a team that does some things much better than the Nuggets. Here are the three biggest things…
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Mark Kiszla: The Avs have what the Nuggets don’t — a championship mentality
The Avs and Nuggets are neighbors who live under the same arena roof, but their definitions of success seem to have been discovered on different planets. For the hockey team, winning is all that matters. “It’s like Cup or bust, Cup or bust. Well, we’ve got one Cup. It’s hard to win, OK? But I…
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Breaking down Nikola Jokic’s expected contract extension | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider Nikola Jokic can put action behind his words this summer. “I still want to be a Nugget forever,” Jokic said after the Nuggets’ season ended in Minneapolis. The three-time Most Valuable Player repeated his statement when…
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Jamal Murray’s accountability, David Adelman’s support, Cam Johnson’s desire to stay in Denver | Nuggets notebook
MINNEAPOLIS – The best regular season of Jamal Murray’s career was followed by his worst and shortest playoff performance. “I feel like if I would’ve played a little better, we would’ve had that game,” Murray said after the Nuggets were eliminated Thursday at Target Center. “It’s just frustrating on my part. I’ll take accountability for…
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Mark Kiszla: Big Nuggets’ error that mars Jokic Era on painful display in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — The Nuggets’ championship window didn’t close. It shattered. And losing to the team that broke Denver was as painful as chewing glass. With chants of “M-V-P!” rattling the rafters of the Target Center for Jaden McDaniels, the Minnesota Timberwolves eliminated Nikola Jokic and his disconsolate teammates Thursday with a 110-98 loss that left…
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Nuggets’ season ends with ‘complete disappointment’ after Timberwolves take Game 6
MINNEAPOLIS – The time of death for the Nuggets’ season came at 11:22 Central Daylight Time. After a regular season that started with championship potential and ended with unprecedented promise, the postseason run lasted all of six games. Minnesota, without Anthony Edwards, Donte DiVincenzo, Ayo Dosunmu and Kyle Anderson, eliminated the Nuggets in the first…
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Nuggets eliminated by Timberwolves in Game 6 | 3 takeaways from Denver’s season-ending loss
Jaden McDaniels got the last laugh. Minnesota’s smack-talking forward hit the biggest shot Thursday as the shorthanded Timberwolves took the fight to the Nuggets and prevented a Game 7 with a 110-98 win that sent Denver home for a long offseason. It was the first time the Nuggets have lost in the first round of…
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Mark Kiszla: Why Nuggets coach David Adelman can’t ignore the noise and claps back at criticism
MINNEAPOLIS – All the noise drenched with foul negativity that coaches preach to ignore, David Adelman absorbs and wrings into a stinking bucket he feels obligated to carry. “I understand that people want me to crush our guys after losses,” Adelman said Wednesday. “But I’m not going to do that, when I know the temperament…
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Timberwolves trio hoping to avoid blowing another 3-1 series lead to Nikola Jokic, Nuggets
The Nuggets are two wins away from NBA history. No franchise in the history of the league has overcome a 3-1 deficit in a playoff series three times. It’s only happened on 13 occasions overall, with Denver owning the most recent two — both in the 2020 bubble playoffs in Orlando. The Timberwolves being a…