Tag: San Antonio Spurs
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Denver Nuggets’ NBA Cup dreams dashed by shorthanded Spurs
A potential trip to Las Vegas wasn’t enough to get the Nuggets to dial up their defense. With the winner of Friday’s game against San Antonio at Ball Arena winning NBA Cup Group C and moving within a win of the semifinals in Sin City, Denver’s defense didn’t show up for three quarters in a…
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Denver Nuggets drawn into difficult group in NBA Cup
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If it was soccer, the NBA Cup’s West Group C would be called the group of death. The NBA’s in-season competition returns for its third season, and the Nuggets once again share a group with some of the heaviest hitters in the Western Conference. Denver…
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Three winners, three losers from the first round of the NBA draft
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The first round of the NBA draft started with the Dallas Mavericks drafting the future of the franchise, Cooper Flagg, and ended with the Clippers taking Penn State product Yanic Konan Niederhauser. Here are the Denver Gazette’s winners and losers from the first round: Winners 1. Hawks What a couple of days it has been…
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Denver Nuggets drop ball in final minutes, fall to San Antonio Spurs
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Possibly the only person on the planet capable of contesting Nikola Jokic’s signature shot did just that on the most important possession of Friday’s game at Ball Arena. “Of course, he can do it, because he’s a special player,” Jokic said of Victor Wembanyama after San Antonio’s 113-110 win over the Nuggets on Friday at…
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Five games to watch from the Denver Nuggets 2021-22 schedule
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The NBA released the full, 82-game schedule for all teams Friday. The Denver Nuggets are slated to open the season Oct. 20 at the Phoenix Suns, last year’s Western Conference champions, in a rematch of last season’s second-round playoff series. The Nuggets close the regular season at home on April 10 against the Los Angeles…
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NBA mock draft: Denver Nuggets add guard depth at No. 26
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Teams across the NBA will be looking to follow the Milwaukee Bucks’ lead by adding a player capable of bringing a championship to their city in Thursday’s draft. Here’s a shot at predicting the first round, including the Denver Nuggets’ pick at No. 26. 1. Detroit Pistons Cade Cunningham, G, Oklahoma State The hardest part…
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Denver Nuggets drop finale of five-game road trip to San Antonio Spurs behind late turnovers
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The 255 minutes of basketball played by the Denver Nuggets in five games over eight days across a few different time zones proved to be eight minutes too many. After starting the road trip with consecutive overtime wins at Phoenix last week that added an extra 15 minutes to the total, the Nuggets were tied…