Nuggets hold off pesky Jazz, 110-102, to open season 4-0
If a championship hangover is in the offing for the Nuggets, it hasn’t shown up yet. While their 110-102 victory over Utah Monday night wasn’t always pretty, the Nuggets took …
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It was actually really perfect
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The convention-defying acts of Nikola Jokic have grown so routine, so nonchalant, that even both local broadcasts of a game can overlook them. The Nuggets center lofted …
Nuggets’ championship ring shines with love of 55-year quest by a father and son
Every championship ring tells a story, and this one was a 55-year quest by a father who never got to the top of the NBA heap until his son took …
It’s kind of like National Treasure
The Nuggets locker room looked like a high school science class 30 minutes after their season opener. The lab assignment was a dissection, but nobody could could seem to figure …
Nikola Jokic triple-double leads Nuggets past Lakers on ring night
After the first, Nikola Jokic let out an emphatic cry directed toward the rafters and the fresh championship banner hanging there. Only one quarter and one 3-point attempt into Denver’s …
Why Denver Nuggets will, and won’t, repeat as NBA champions
A new NBA season means a new cycle of opining eight months into the future from basketball fans and talking heads. There are 82 games to play, but the question …
Only Nuggets can keep themselves from repeating
Chauncey Billups knows: The cliche is crapola. The harder part is faking it after you’ve made it. “The biggest thing, and me being in that position and having been there …