Avalanche needs leader to deliver message to Stars’ Jamie Benn
DALLAS — Jamie Benn needs to “feel” you, as Nuggets coach Michael Malone likes to say. Right between the ears. If the NHL won’t send a message to Benn, the …
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Nikola Jokic’s top 5 moments of third career MVP season
5. Perfect Triple-Doubles Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets works against Jaren Jackson Jr. (13) of the Memphis Grizzlies during the second quarter at Ball Arena in Denver on …
How Nikola Jokic’s 4-year run vs. NBA’s other 3-time MVPs stacks up
Nikola Jokic has been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the third time in four years. He joins an exclusive club of players who won three or more MVPs …
We lost control of our emotions
The Nuggets got too heated and let it spill onto the court. Their offense went to waste. Their coach went nose-to-nose with a referee. Their defense deteriorated. And with one …
Jamal Murray throws heat pack on court, Chris Finch says “inexcusable and dangerous”
Jamal Murray would have received a technical foul but not an ejection if officials had known Murray was responsible for a thrown item on the court during the Nuggets’ loss …
It is a foreign feeling
The basketball robot programmed to troubleshoot and negate any problem with relative ease encountered a worthy brain-teaser Saturday night. How does one center adjust to a team that’s able to …
Nikola Jokic credits Tim Connelly for Rudy Gobert trade
Before taking on Tim Connelly’s Timberwolves in the playoffs for the second time in as many years, Nikola Jokic tipped his cap to the general manager who drafted him. The …
Jamal Murray calf injury update before Nuggets vs. Timberwolves Game 1
Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray has been “in and out” of Denver’s two practices this week leading up to the second round of the NBA playoffs, coach Michael Malone said …
Karl-Anthony Towns stopper Aaron Gordon key to Nuggets-Timberwolves series
They come to bury Joker, not to praise him. The last time a line this long queued up to place wreaths on a defending champion, Winston Churchill lay in state. …
Anthony Edwards on Nuggets’ Jamal Murray being his favorite player to watch: “Without him, they’re not good”
Jamal Murray’s intermittent injury report appearances this season are practically a crash course in human leg anatomy. A hamstring. A knee. Both ankles. His shins. Now, a calf. None of …