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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Rookie Michael Porter Jr. put on a shooting clinic on Thursday, scoring a career-high 25 points to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 124-116 NBA victory over the Indiana Pacers. Porter came off the bench and connected on 11 of 12 shots from the field — a 91.7 percent success rate — as the Nuggets shook off a slow start and rebounded from a New Year’s Eve loss to […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Nikola Jokic nailed his second consecutive game-winning basket just before the final buzzer as the Denver Nuggets outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves 100-98 in overtime on Sunday. Jokic drained a 15-foot fadeaway jump shot with three seconds left in overtime for the Nuggets, who won their fourth straight game. On Friday, Serbia’s Jokic hit a 20 footer with 1.2 seconds left to lift the Nuggets to a 100-97 win over […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — C.J. McCollum scored 20 points as the Portland Trail Blazers held off a late rally from the Denver Nuggets to score a series-leveling victory in their NBA Western Conference playoff duel on Wednesday. McCollum led the scorers in a hard-fought 97-90 victory on the road at Denver’s Pepsi Center to tie the best-of-seven series at 1-1. Portland talisman Damian Lillard had a relatively quiet night, restricted to just 14 […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Denver Nuggets signed veteran guard Nick Young on Monday after being granted an exemption following an escalating injury crisis. Young, who played for the Golden State Warriors last season during their championship-winning campaign, had been a free agent since the offseason. The 33-year-old arrives at the Nuggets with the franchise struggling to plug gaps in their roster following injuries to Will Barton, Gary Harris and Paul Millsap. Young […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for using derogatory and offensive language, the league said. A statement from NBA executive vice president of basketball operations Kiki VanDeWeghe said the 23-year-old Serbian had been sanctioned for comments made after Denver’s 108-107 defeat of the Chicago Bulls on October 31. Footage of Jokic’s post-game remarks showed the Nuggets ace using the slang phrase “no […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — All-star game starter Kawhi Leonard scored 34 points and rookie Dejounte Murray added a career-high 24 as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Denver Nuggets 118-104 on Thursday. Leonard, who earlier in the day was named an NBA all-star starter for the second straight year, posted his fifth consecutive game with at least 30 points while Murray, 20, becomes the youngest player in franchise history to score 24 or […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Former Denver Nuggets coach George Karl is harshly critical of New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony in an unsparing new memoir in which he calls the player a “user of people.” Anthony spent his first seven-and-a-half NBA seasons with the Nuggets, playing six-and-a-half of those campaigns — from 2005 until early 2011 — for Karl. “Carmelo was a true conundrum for me in the six years I had him,” […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The NBA on Wednesday denied the Denver Nuggets’ protest of a 108-107 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies earlier this month despite an error in judgment by a replay official. The Nuggets protested that the replay center, which handles all video reviews of on-court issues, incorrectly awarded possession of the ball to the Grizzlies with 0.7 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of a November 8 game. That call was […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Denver Nuggets defied a 50-point performance from New Orleans forward Anthony Davis to down the Pelicans 107-102 Wednesday in the NBA season-opener for both teams. Davis connected on 17 of 34 shots from the field and 16 of 17 free throws. He also pulled down 16 rebounds, blocked four shots and had seven steals. But his eighth career game of 40 points or more — nine short of […]
