Nuggets’ Michael Malone expects NBA will investigate Joel Embiid scratch
As the Nuggets finished warming up, not all of them knew yet. In their minds, they were minutes away from their rematch with the defending MVP. “I was trying to …
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Nikola Jokic on Dejan Milojevic’s death: “I love him”
INDIANAPOLIS — Nikola Jokic’s eyes lit up more than usual when the next question was about basketball. In a week of shock and grief, the sport Jokic is widely perceived …
Michael Malone on Michael Porter Jr.’s durability: Never been done
Michael Porter Jr. could barely contain the smile, as if he surprised even himself. Four minutes into a national TV broadcast — the same network where Porter went through an …
Nuggets keep Pacers offense in check in Bruce Brown’s first return to Ball Arena
While sub-zero wind chills strangled the Front Range, the Nuggets’ defense managed to cool down the Pacers just enough. Holding the NBA’s top-scoring offense to its fifth-fewest points this season, …
How Ish Smith almost reunited with Nuggets, but not as a player, before signing with Hornets
As the culminating moment of a career begins to slowly fade into increasingly distant memory, the image that will always endure in the mind of Ish Smith is the one …
Jamal Murray ejected Nuggets lose first home game of season after dramatic comeback
Mercifully for the Nuggets, they don’t have to play the Rockets anymore. Four matchups in the first 23 games of the season? That’s more than enough. Three was enough. But …
Nikola Jokic, Rudy Carey, Jamal Murray deserved SI honors more than Coach Prime
LeBron’s on the fade. Steph Curry’s supporting cast is slipping. Do you hand it to Patrick Mahomes again? Kirby Smart? Ick. In Sports Illustrated’s defense, while 2023 proved to be …
How much will Justin Holiday for Nuggets? Denver has a balancing act
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Justin Holiday experienced the Nuggets’ championship ring ceremony on opening night the same way he received his own ring seven years ago: off to the side. Denver’s …
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 …
Bow to the new king, LeBron James! Nikola Jokic, Nuggets are the Lakers’ daddies. And the world knows it.
Daddy 119, Lakers 107. “Who’s your dad-dy?” the fans cried as a line of LeBron James replica jerseys filed out of Ball Arena early Tuesday night. “Who’s your dad-dy?” The …