Tag: Nba Playoffs
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Jamal Murray ready to ‘let it rip’ with Denver Nuggets’ season on the line
MINNEAPOLIS – The biggest game of the Nuggets’ season is another opportunity for Jamal Murray. After the best regular season of his 10-year career, Murray has had his fair share of struggles to start another playoff series against the Timberwolves. There’s the 37.5% shooting from the field and a 27.5% mark from 3-point range. He’s…
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Aaron Gordon again questionable for Game 6; Peyton Watson still out for Nuggets
MINNEAPOLIS – The delicate dance with Aaron Gordon’s tricky left calf continues. Denver’s starting power forward is once again listed as questionable for Thursday’s win-or-go-home Game 6 at Target Center. After missing Game 3, Gordon last played in Game 4 but had his minutes cut after halftime. “His mobility, the way he guarded (Julius) Randle…
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Timberwolves’ Jaden McDaniels unfazed by boos from Nuggets fans: ‘They can’t get in my head’
Nuggets fans serenaded Jaden McDaniels with vitriol and boos in Game 5 at Ball Arena on Monday night. “Ja-den sucks! Ja-den sucks!” “(Expletive) McDaniels! (Expletive) McDaniels!” The Timberwolves forward quickly has become the biggest sports villain in the Denver after his comments following Minnesota’s Game 2 win in which he called every member of the…
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Nuggets take big step toward another 3-1 comeback with 125-113 win in Game 5
The chance to be No. 14 is still alive and looking increasingly likely. Denver’s 125-113 win over the Timberwolves on Monday at Ball Arena extended the first-round series to a sixth game. With a win Thursday in Minneapolis, the Nuggets will have a chance to complete the 14th comeback from down 3-1 in NBA history.…
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Mark Kiszla: Nuggets shut yap of Howlin’ Wolf Jaden McDaniels in blowout victory
On a night when their angry home arena was drunk on boos, Nikola Jokic and his Denver teammates finally gave Nuggets Nation a reason to stand up and cheer. They ain’t dead yet, folks. “I have been here before,” Jokic said Monday, “and we know when you play in an elimination game, you need to…
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Injuries persist for Aaron Gordon after missing second game in Nuggets’ series vs. Timberwolves
As the Denver Nuggets fought for their playoff lives, a key piece had to sit and watch from the bench in street clothes. The sight of Aaron Gordon looking on from the sideline has become more common lately. After playing in 75 games in his first full season with the team in 2021-22, Gordon is…
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Nuggets vs. Timberwolves | 3 takeaways from Denver’s Game 5 win that keeps season alive
The season has been saved. The Nuggets avoided elimination and their first opening-round exit in four years with a 125-113 win over the Timberwolves in Game 5 Monday at Ball Arena. Game 6 is Thursday (time/TV TBA) in Minnesota. Here are three takeaways:
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Nikola Jokic ties NBA record for career triple-doubles
Nikola Jokic made history in the third quarter of Monday’s game against Minnesota at Ball Arena. With his 10th rebound, Jokic tied former teammate Russell Westbrook for the most career triple-doubles when regular-season and postseason triple-doubles are combined, with 221. Jokic finished the first half with 13 points, 10 assists and six rebounds. Four rebounds…
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Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, Timberwolves’ Julius Randle fined for Game 4 fracas
The only punishment from the end of Saturday’s Game 4 in Minneapolis came in the form of fines. The NBA announced Nuggets star Nikola Jokic was fined $50,000 for starting the altercation after Jaden McDaniels scored in the final seconds of an already-decided game. Jokic jogged to confront McDaniels after the Timberwolves’ wing made a…
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Christian Braun, Denver Nuggets confident with backs against wall
MINNEAPOLIS — There’s no more space between the Nuggets and the brink. “We put ourselves in a really bad spot,” Christian Braun acknowledged Saturday after the Nuggets took the last step back before the edge that ends their season. “All you can do is fix it. The spot we’re in is not where we wanted…