Nuggets Beat Magic In Overtime, Win Streak Stretches To 7 Games
The Denver Nuggets took sole possession of first place in the Western Conference with a 124-118 overtime victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.
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The Denver Nuggets took sole possession of first place in the Western Conference with a 124-118 overtime victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.
In a packed hall at the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, the portrait of a hometown hero was unveiled Tuesday evening -- Chauncey Billups, "Mr. Big Shot", "The King of Park Hill."
Nikola Jokic got his second triple-double of the season to help the injury-riddled Denver Nuggets overcome another key absence.
Paul Millsap of the Denver Nuggets has been named NBA Western Conference Player of the Week.
JaVale McGee caught a mother and her baby daughter sitting near the entrance to the Los Angeles locker room and ended up signing the front of the baby's Lakers shirt.
The Denver Nuggets overcame significant odds to pull out a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday.
The best athletes in the world play in the National Football League. Winning 100 percent of one's matchups, regardless of the position one plays, is impossible.
Paul Millsap had 25 points, Jamal Murray added 18 and the Denver Nuggets used a 35-point third quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 103-101 on Wednesday night.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 29 points and Eric Bledsoe added 22, including two late 3-pointers, as the Milwaukee Bucks overcame a 17-point, first-half deficit to down the Denver Nuggets 104-98 on Monday night.
The Pelicans made 31 of 34 free throws and the Nuggets made 8 of 13.
Denver Nuggets president of basketball operations Tim Connelly announced a new addition to the front office on Friday. Current WNBA champion Sue Bird will join Denver as a basketball operations associate.
Juancho Hernangomez scored a season-high 25 points to lead seven Nuggets in double figures and Denver set the tone for a runaway victory with a big first quarter Thursday night, beating the Atlanta Hawks 138-93.
James Harden scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half and the Houston Rockets pulled away to beat Denver 109-99 on Tuesday night, sending the Nuggets to a fourth straight loss.
Nuggets coach Michael Malone kept the mood light at practice Monday and the lectures to a minimum.
All five Bucks starters scored in double figures and four of them had 20 or more points in Milwaukee's first win at the Pepsi Center since 2010.
