Tag: Norman Powell
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Michael Porter Jr. shoulders blame for painful turnover in Denver Nuggets’ Game 2 loss | NBA Insider
With the game tied in the final two minutes, Michael Porter Jr. grabbed his 15th rebound of the game, but he committed the 19th of Denver’s 20 turnovers. The Nuggets trailed the rest of the way after Norman Powell’s clutch 3.
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Jamal Murray leads way in Denver Nuggets’ best defensive game of the season
The most encouraging part of Jamal Murray’s return was rewarded with a big, sparkling chain in the postgame locker room. It took 23 games, but the Nuggets held their opponent to fewer than 100 points for the first time this season in Friday’s 120-98 win over the Clippers at Ball Arena. Murray scored a game-high…
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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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Nuggets notebook: Defending Portland’s great group of guards, Denver duo among award finalists, injury update ahead of Game 1
The Denver Nuggets’ path past Portland in the first round of the playoffs starts with defense. “The thing that scares me the most is the 3-point line,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said Thursday ahead of Saturday’s Game 1 at Ball Arena. “They take 42 (3-pointers) a game. They were second or third in both makes…
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Hungry Portland Trail Blazers beat Denver Nuggets to end regular season, set up playoff rematch
Portland had plenty to play for — the Nuggets not so much — and it showed Sunday in Portland. That won’t be the case next time the two teams meet, in a first-round playoff series that will likely start next weekend. The Trail Blazers scored the game’s first 11 points, hit nine 3-pointers in the first quarter,…