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The Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Sacramento Kings and Brooklyn Nets are all exceeding expectations over halfway through the NBA season.
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The Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Sacramento Kings and Brooklyn Nets are all exceeding expectations over halfway through the NBA season.
We've now had a few days to digest the NBA Draft. What teams are the winners and losers?
Jamal Murray had 22 points to lead six Denver players in double figures, Nikola Jokic sealed the game with a late tip-in and the Nuggets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 100-96 on Thursday night in a pivotal matchup between teams vying for a playoff spot.
With the NBA trade deadline looming next month, teams look to add players or draft picks. These 5 trades would be a win for both sides.
NBA teams always have room for improvement. Here are 2017 New Year's resolutions for the Western Conference.
The Minnesota Timberwolves will play an exhibition game against the Denver Nuggets in Lincoln, Neb., next season.
Danilo Gallinari had 20 points, seven rebounds and four assists to help the Denver Nuggets snap a six-game losing streak with a 78-74 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
Randy Foye scored 19 points, and the Denver Nuggets picked up their sixth win in seven games with a 112-100 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.
The Denver Nuggets were down by a lot and playing without their starting point guard early in the third quarter. Instead of folding, they rallied and got a much-needed home victory.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 points and 14 rebounds for his second straight double-double and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Denver Nuggets 95-78 on Friday night.
Kenneth Faried had 18 points and 14 rebounds to help the Denver Nuggets win their second straight since firing coach Brian Shaw, 100-85 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
If the eyes are the windows to the soul, tattoos are the windows to the heart, intellect and sanity. The National Basketball Association has produced and nurtured some of the most tatted-out human canvases on earth. Here are just some of the best among current players. Oh, and by "best," we mean the oddest dang tatts currently on healthy epidermal tissue!
Andrew Wiggins scored a career-high 31 points and Robbie Hummel had two big tip-in baskets in the fourth quarter, helping the Minnesota Timberwolves hold off the Denver Nuggets 113-105 on Saturday night. The rookie out of Kansas was 11 of 17 from the floor, including four 3-pointers, as Minnesota improved to 4-16 on the road this season.
Kenneth Faried had a career-high 25 rebounds to go along with 26 points, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 106-102 on Friday night.
Minnesota Timberwolves President Flip Saunders says his phone hasn't stopped ringing as the NBA draft approaches. Saunders is a popular man because it is well known that star forward Kevin Love is available for the right offer. Saunders says trade talks in general, not just for Love, are "at a feeding frenzy" two days before Thursday night's draft.
Kevin Love scored 33 points and tied a season high with 19 rebounds for his NBA-best 50th double-double this season, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the skidding Denver Nuggets 132-128 on Monday night for their third win in a row.
Ty Lawson scored 23 points, reserve Nate Robinson added 15 and the Denver Nuggets held off the Minnesota Timberwolves 117-110 on Wednesday night.
Ty Lawson matched his season high with 32 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, and the Denver Nuggets beat the injury-depleted Minnesota Timberwolves 111-88 Saturday night to stretch their home winning streak to 13 games, their longest in 14 years.
Nikola Pekovic had 22 points and 11 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves used a big advantage at the free throw line to overcome Kevin Love's shooting struggles in a 108-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night.
The Timberwolves acquired forward Anthony Randolph, center Eddy Curry, cash considerations from the New York Knicks and a 2015 second-round draft pick from the Denver Nuggets, in a three-team deal Tuesday.
Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points and J.R. Smith scored 10 of his 14 points in the final seven minutes to help the Denver Nuggets to a 113-100 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
Kevin Love was cleaning up on the boards and hitting one shot after another on a career night. His only problem, as it turned out, was that he didn't have eyes in the back of his head.
