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Jokic, Nuggets have a merry time in Friday night win against Kings
DENVER – It was a Srećan Božić, or merry Christmas, for Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Friday at Ball Arena. The Julian calendar is still used in the Serbian Orthodox Church, so Christmas is observed on Jan. 7. The Nuggets and their reigning Most Valuable Player weren’t selected for a Christmas game stateside,…
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Popeye Jones plays it cool after picking up first win as Denver Nuggets’ acting head coach
The celebration might have been a bit much for Popeye Jones. After Jones, acting as head coach Friday with Michael Malone and a few Denver assistants in the NBA’s health and safety protocols, got his first win in the form of a 124-111 victory over the Rockets, the Nuggets loaded up on water bottles and…
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Facundo Campazzo fuels Denver Nuggets’ decisive second-quarter run in win over Houston Rockets
Facundo Campazzo’s second-quarter show erased an early deficit and sparked the Denver Nuggets’ 124-111 win Saturday in Houston. The Rockets led by 11 in the first quarter and took a one-point lead to the second quarter. Reserve forward Vlatko Cancar gave the shorthanded Nuggets their first lead with a 3-pointer – off a Campazzo assist…