Tag: Shai Gilgeous-alexander
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Why the Nuggets always bring out the best in Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for three seasons now has come to Denver with a purpose. Beat the best, so he can be the best. “These types of games, they just force you to throw your best punch, or else you’ll get embarrassed,” the Oklahoma City star and reigning NBA MVP said Sunday at Ball Arena. “A team…
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Nuggets fall to Thunder in first meeting of season between NBA title favorites
For as many starters as were missing between the Nuggets and Thunder, there were just as many All-Stars on the court. But as Jamal Murray and Chet Holmgren got to relish their first All-Star nods, joining superstars Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in Los Angeles next week, Sunday’s first meeting between the Nuggets and Thunder…
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Nuggets executives, Gilgeous-Alexander headline mid-season award picks | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider The midway point of the NBA season is here. The Nuggets play their 41st game of the season Wednesday in Dallas. Every other team will reach the milestone at some point this week or next. Here…
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Will Jamal Murray make the NBA All-Star Game? Here’s how his case stacks up against international field
There’s no debate whether Jamal Murray’s on track to have the best season of his career, but there’s going to be discourse on whether that’s deserving of an All-Star debut. “I’m happy we’re off to a good start,” Murray said Tuesday, a day after he earned the first Western Conference player of the week award…
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Oklahoma City Thunder set to make quick work of Indiana Pacers in NBA Finals | Vinny’s take
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A dominant regular season doesn’t mean a thing without the ring, and Oklahoma City is going to get sized on June 17. That’s the day after Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Thunder finished the regular season with a league-best 68 wins and the second-best net rating in NBA history. Oklahoma City’s 120.3 offensive…
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Julian Strawther talks ‘biggest summer’ ahead of third season with Denver Nuggets | NBA Insider
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Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider The words “internal development” have been used a lot to start the summer, and that means it’s a big offseason for the Denver Nuggets’ Julian Strawther. “Going from Year 2 to Year 3, I feel like…
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Oklahoma City Thunder poised to end NBA’s parity era | Vinny’s take
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This is supposed to be the NBA’s parity era, but Oklahoma City has other plans. The Thunder are going to be favored over the Pacers in the NBA Finals, which start Thursday in Oklahoma City. Regardless of which team lifts the Larry O’Brien trophy, this year will mark the seventh consecutive season the NBA has…
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Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins NBA MVP over Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic
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The best season of Nikola Jokic’s career wasn’t enough to earn a fourth Most Valuable Player award. Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will be announced as the 2024-25 NBA MVP, according to an ESPN report Wednesday. Gilgeous-Alexander led the league with 32.7 points per game and was the best player on the league’s best team, as…
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Denver Nuggets run out of gas early in Game 7, see season end in Oklahoma City
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OKLAHOMA CITY – The Nuggets had the legs required to pull off an improbable upset for seven minutes of Sunday’s Game 7. Denver walked, albeit gingerly, onto the top-seeded Thunder’s home court and quickly turned a raucous crowd into an anxious one. Christian Braun opened the scoring with a floater and exploded for a dunk…
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Experience favors Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets as MVP frontrunners enter Game 7
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The NBA dictionary’s definition of “valuable” is about to become a lot clearer. This is the debate: —Does Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s scoring title and status as the best player on the league’s best team carry more weight? —Or does Nikola Jokic’s triple-double average for a not-so-stacked roster matter more? The league is yet to announce the…