Tag: Denver Nuggets

Denver defeats LA 132-126, takes 1-0 lead in West Finals

Brandon King

Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals started off as a game that looked to be preparing to serve its spectators a healthy portion of garbage time , but it ended turning into a contest that had some tense moments but the Denver Nuggets managed to hang on to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 132-126 to take a 1-0 series lead. Falling behind as much as 21 , the Lakers spent most of the game playing uphill but to their credit, continued to fight and trimmed the lead to as…

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NBA fines DeMarcus Cousins $15k for towel kick

Brandon King

Tuesday afternoon the NBA announced the league had fined DenverNuggets center DeMarcus Cousins. The Association relieved the veteran big man of $15,000 for kicking a towel into the stands; the incident occurred in Game 4 of their opening round playoff series against the Golden State. After heading to bench, an unhappy Boogie Morten Andersen’d towel into the stands. It wasn’t a total loss as the Nuggets did win the game 126-121.

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Young and Jokic named NBA POYs

Brandon King

Monday afternoon the NBA announced their Players of the Week for games played March 28-April 3.Trae Young was named Eastern Conference Player f he Week and Nikola Jokic Western Conference Player of the Week. Western Conference POY, Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets It was another stellar week of play for Nuggets, leading his squad to an 3-1 week and averaged 34.8 points, a whopping 17.3 rebounds and an incredible 8.5 assists. With is play this season, Jokic has firmly entrenched himself in the MVP race, averaging 26.8 points, 13.7 rebounds and…

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Euro club passed over “fat” Nikola Jokic

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Check out this interesting read at EuroHoops.net about how a young Nikola Jokic was overlooked by a club in Belgrade for being fat and no one though the future NBA MVP had any game. From the Eurohoops.net team/ info@eurohoops.net Partizan Belgrade’s former legendary coach Dusko Vujosevic talked about how the club ignored Nikola Jokic back when the current NBA MVP was a youngster because he was considered “fat” and because no one believed in his potential at all. Not even Vujosevic, who has an eye for prospects, himself thought that Jokic…

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Nuggets Jamal Murray tears ACL, out for season

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from nba.com: Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray is out indefinitely with a torn ACL in his left knee, the team announced on Tuesday. Murray suffered the injury with 50 seconds remaining in Denver’s loss to Golden State on Monday. An MRI confirmed the diagnosis. Murray had missed the previous four games due to soreness in his other knee. The former seventh overall pick was enjoying a career year for the Nuggets, who had surged up the Western Conference standings since acquiring Aaron Gordon from Orlando at the trade deadline. A fifth-year guard,…

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Michael Porter Jr out for game against Suns

Brandon King

When the Denver Nuggets take the court tonight against the the Phoenix Suns, Michael Porter , Jr. will not be amongst the players taking the court. According to The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania, contact tracing will have MPJ out for several days. The Denver Post’s Mike Singer adds that the team expects Porter Jr. to miss multiple contests. Porter Jr seems poised for a breakout season after really showing some serious flashes in the NBA Bubble, where he averaged 22.0 points and 8.6 rebounds while knocking down 42% of…

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Jerami Grant to opt out of deal and enter free agency

Brandon King

If Otto Porter and Nicholas Batum were obvious opt-ins, then Jerami Grant was just as obvious of an opt-out. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, the Denver Nuggets is opting out of the last year of his current deal, an enter free agency. When Grant was acquired from the Thunder last season, while it didn’t receive the fanfare of other roster moves around the league, it was lauded by knowledgeable basketball people as a quality addition by the Denver Nuggets. The move paid dividends for Denver, as he averaged…

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September 24, 2020 NBA Playoff Recap: Rebounding does in Nuggets in Game 4

Brandon King

Who Got It Done pt rb ast Anthony DavisLAL @ DEN 34 5 3   13-14 ft Jamal MurrayDEN vs. LAL 32 3 8 LeBron JamesLAL @ DEN 26 9 8   11-14 ft Dwight HowardLAL @ DEN 12 11 1 Nikola JokićDEN vs. LAL 16 7 4   2 stl Rajon RondoLAL @ DEN 11 5 7 Monte MorrisDEN vs. LAL 12 2 4 M. PorterDEN vs. LAL 13 8 1 Jerami GrantDEN vs. LAL 17 2 1 K. Caldwell-PopeLAL @ DEN 13 2 1 Yesterday’s Scores Los Angeles Lakers (52-19)  114  Denver…

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September 22, 2020 NBA Playoff Recap: Denver scores a must win in Game 2 of the Western Finals

Brandon King

Who Got it Done pt rb ast Jamal MurrayDEN vs. LAL 28 8 12   2 stl LeBron JamesLAL @ DEN 30 10 11   Triple-double Jerami GrantDEN vs. LAL 26 3 1   10-12 ft Nikola JokićDEN vs. LAL 22 10 5 Anthony DavisLAL @ DEN 27 2 1 Monte MorrisDEN vs. LAL 14 1 1 K. Caldwell-PopeLAL @ DEN 12 3 1 Michael Porter Jr.DEN vs. LAL 9 6 2   2 stl Kyle KuzmaLAL @ DEN 11 1 1 Rajon RondoLAL @ DEN 9 2 8   3 stl Yesterday’s Scores Los…

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Denver sends the Clippers packing 104-89

Brandon King

It has been said that the NBA is a make-or-miss league, and Tuesday night that was amongst many lessons the Los Angeles Clippers learned the hard way. Once again their second half offence let them down, as the scored just 33 points over the final 24 minutes, including missing their first ten field goal attempts of the fourth quarter. The offensive aided a Denver Nuggets team, that frankly didn’t need much help, in defeating them 104-89. The Nuggets’ victory completed an improbable comeback from down 3-1. As the first half…

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