If the Denver Nuggets’ slim playoff hopes were to gain any momentum over the final week of the regular season, they needed a win on Wednesday night against the Houston Rockets. James Harden, who because of the flu missed his first game of the season on Sunday, sent those hopes packing with a 31-point performance that…
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The Rockies’ good start has been sparked by two surprise players, which is good because other players like CarGo have started the season slowly. Plus the playoff chances for the Nuggets were pretty close to dead before last night, and now it appears the season may finally be over after the loss to the Rockets.…
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NEW ORLEANS — Emmanuel Mudiay‘s playing time before Sunday had been so rare in the second half of the season that Nuggets coach Michael Malone felt compelled to provide a reminder about the player set to assume heavy backcourt responsibility against the Heat. “He’s a guy who has started a lot of basketball games,” Malone…
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DENVER — The Nuggets’ drive to make the playoffs continued Wednesday night with a convincing 126-113 win over the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers at the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets moved 1 1/2 games in front of the Portland Trail Blazers for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Nuggets have been…
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DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – Nikola Jokic has dazzled teams with his passing ability, but Wednesday he showed he can be tough around the basket with an impressive move on the best player in the world. It was one of many the Denver Nuggets highlights in a rout of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Jokic finished with…
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The Denver Nuggets took the lead over the defending world champion Cleveland Cavaliers with 10:42 remaining in the second quarter on Wednesday night and never looked back. Spurred by a 73-point first half, Denver would cruise to a 126-113 victory over LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and the Cavaliers. Wilson Chandler had 18 points and played…
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For the first time in a long time I was not okay. I was crushed. That one stung like it hasn’t stung since Game 6 of the 2012 NBA playoffs against the Warriors. I’m hooked – all-in once again on Nuggets basketball. When Denver fell to Houston 125-124 on Monday night it felt like a…
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HOUSTON — Nuggets forwards Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler worked off to the side Monday as their team prepared to face the Rockets for the second time in three nights without them. Denver could certainly use two of its leading scorers as it heads down the stretch of a playoff chase that is tightening by…
HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden isn’t necessarily known for his speed. That said, he felt extremely fast on his coast-to-coast drive in the fading seconds Monday night. “I was running so fast,” Harden said. “I felt like I was Usain Bolt.” James Harden of the Houston Rockets shoots the ball during a game against the…
via WATCH: Nuggets’ Nemesis Harden Strikes Again In Loss To Rockets — CBS Denver
The Denver Nuggets might be getting just a little bit nervous about their spot in the playoff race. After holding the Rockets to just five 3-pointers, the Nuggets couldn’t stop James Harden and the Rockets on Saturday night, and face them again in Houston tonight. Nate Lundy and Shawn Drotar of 5280 Sports Network also…
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