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The Denver Nuggets’ path to the first seed in the Western Conference was laid out perfectly. With a monster win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on April 10th, all the Nuggets had to do was win their final two games of the season against the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies and the first seed would […]

The end of the 2023-24 regular season is approaching, and before long, eligible media members will be voting for who they think is deserving of winning the Most Valuable Player award — the greatest regular-season individual acclaim there is. Now, the standards for what makes one deserving an MVP varies from voter to voter. Nonetheless, […]

The Denver Nuggets are in the driver’s seat for the one-seed in the Western Conference; following their 116-107 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night, they have a much-needed one-game cushion. However, nothing is sealed quite yet for the Nuggets. There is a chance that they could fall as far as the third seed […]

After missing Wednesday’s game at Chet Holmgren and the Oklahoma City Thunder, it appears there’s a decent chance that San Antonio Spurs superstar rookie Victor Wembanyama may miss Friday’s game vs. Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. “We don’t have a plan yet. Just see how his ankle is and we’ll go from there,” Gregg […]

Wednesday night was a Western Conference showdown between the top two teams. The roaring Minnesota Timberwolves flew into Colorado to take on the Denver Nuggets with a shot to lock up the top seed in the conference. As both teams played the night before, it was a war of attrition at Ball Arena. Minnesota owned […]

Wednesday’s primetime NBA slate featured a faceoff between two Western Conference powerhouses in the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves. The matchup had serious playoff seeding implications, with the winner sliding into first place in the West. The Nuggets were looking for revenge because in the last game between the two, the Timberwolves embarrassed the Nuggets […]

The 2023-2024 NBA season is headed for its inevitable conclusion with spirited debate arising in recent days about who should be the 2024 league MVP. The Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic is the odds-on favorite to win the award with Luka Doncic of the Mavericks and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Thunder next in line. Jokic and fellow […]

We are now in the final week of the 2023-24 NBA regular season. That means there are just three or four games left for each of the NBA’s MVP candidates to stake their claim for the award. Throughout the vast portion of the season, it seemed like either Nikola Jokic or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander were going […]

The Denver Nuggets are getting some relatively good news about two of their most impactful players. The Nuggets are expected to have center Nikola Jokic against the Atlanta Hawks Saturday, per the team’s injury report. Guard Jamal Murray is questionable, however, for the contest. Nikola Jokic injury update for Nuggets vs. Hawks Jokic is dealing […]

The Boston Celtics franchise is currently gunning for what would be its 18th title in franchise history, with hopes of securing the number one seed in the Eastern Conference soon. The Celtics’ most outspoken alumni lately have been Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, the dynamic duo who helped the Celtics rule the NBA during their […]

LOS ANGELES, CA – No Kawhi Leonard? No problem. Behind a collective bench effort led by Russell Westbrook and the LA Clippers fended off Nikola Jokic and the defending NBA Champion Denver Nuggets in a thrilling victory. The Clippers defeated the Nuggets in Los Angeles, 102-100. Paul George led the way for LA with 28 […]

On a random Wednesday night in early April, with the NBA season winding down and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic closing in on what will be his third MVP Award in four years, former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas decided to fire off a misguided hot take like it was a heavily contested three-ball way back […]

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic is as tough of a cover as there is in the NBA. There simply isn’t a way to slow him down completely. Load up on him, and he finds an open shooter across the court. Leave him one on one and he feasts in the post. However, on Tuesday night, […]

So incredible are some of Victor Wembanyama’s nightly stat lines that they come with an air of inevitability. In leading the very shorthanded San Antonio Spurs, he was one block and two assists short of a quadruple-double in a close 110-105 loss at the defending champion Denver Nuggets. It’s not the first time in a […]

The Denver Nuggets host the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night, and Denver’s two top dogs in Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray are each on the injury report. Jokic has been dealing with left hip and right wrist problems, whereas Murray has right knee inflammation. Jokic’s issues haven’t stopped him from dominating as usual, though, […]

Little time remains for those involved in this year’s race for the NBA MVP award to stand out and add to their resume. All season, Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander have been the two frontrunners for the award. It truly seems like the award will go to one of those two players, as Luka Doncic […]

It didn’t take long for the Denver Nuggets to get back in the win column. After losing two straight games, the Nuggets finally looked like themselves again after thrashing the Cleveland Cavaliers, 130-101. In the Nuggets’ two prior losses, they really struggled to knock down 3-point shots. Against the Phoenix Suns, they shot an embarrassing […]

DJ Burns and DJ Horne completely flipped the switch for NC State in their March Madness run. They molly-whopped Duke’s defensive schemes and left Kyle Filpowski to defend the paint for himself. This obviously got the attention of a lot of stars who are keeping an eye on the NCAA Tournament. Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola […]

The Denver Nuggets are on a quest to do something truly incredible. After winning the NBA championship last season, they’re gunning for a second one this year. Winning back-to-back championships is hard, though, for a number of reasons. The biggest factor for that, of course, is injuries. Teams in the NBA finals play the longest […]

The Denver Nuggets went into Friday night’s matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves knowing they needed a win, but things did not go to plan. Michael Malone’s squad lost 111-98 and in the process, dropped into third place in the Western Conference for the time being. While Nikola Jokic did appear to be playing through a […]

The Denver Nuggets seem to be in a bit of a rut right now. The defending NBA champions are on a two-game losing streak, and don’t look like the insanely dominant team that came out of the All-Star break. On Friday night, the Nuggets suffered an embarrassing 111-98 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. This game […]

In the midst of an ownership crisis, the Minnesota Timberwolves traveled to Colorado to take on the reigning champion Denver Nuggets Friday night. With the biggest game of the regular season in front of them, the Wolves did not disappoint. The first half was arguably the best 24-minute stretch of basketball the Timberwolves have played […]

Luka Doncic has recorded jaw-dropping numbers throughout the 2023-24 season. He’s slowly climbed up the NBA MVP rankings over the past few months. The Dallas Mavericks star did not receive nearly enough attention in the conversation early in the season, but that narrative is changing now. In fact, Doncic is second in the rankings according […]

The Phoenix Suns had two starters suffer injuries in their shocking 104-102 loss to the 15th seed in the Western Conference, the San Antonio Spurs, without Victor Wembanyama on Monday. Phoenix center Jusuf Nurkic went down with an ankle injury in the third quarter, and Bradley Beal suffered a right finger sprain. Both of the […]

The top of the Western Conference standings has constantly changed every single night. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves have had their turns residing at the top of the West, but the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets are back in the driver’s seat with limited time remaining this season. Led by Nikola Jokic and […]

Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander continue to be the two favorites for the NBA’s MVP award with very little separation. Around this time last week, it was the Oklahoma City Thunder that led the Western Conference, resulting in Gilgeous-Alexander finding himself ranked at the very top of the NBA MVP rankings. Now, it is Jokic’s […]

The Boston Celtics are on a historic tear, and star Jayson Tatum wants NBA MVP voters to recognize that. Or, at the very least, he wishes the criteria for the award was more clear. At 57-14 overall, the Celtics have clinched the No. 1 spot in the Eastern Conference and already tied their win total […]

The Denver Nuggets will play the Portland Trail Blazers on the road Saturday. Denver currently sits in second place in the Western Conference, trailing the Oklahoma City Thunder by just a half-game. The Nuggets are the favorite against Portland, as the Blazers are 15th in the West, but Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray are among […]

The 2024 NBA MVP conversation is coming down to the wire. Nikola Jokic is currently the favorite, Michael C. Wright writes for NBA.com. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is second, while Giannis Antetokounmpo and Luka Doncic are tied for third. Doncic was ignored to an extent in the NBA MVP discussion early in the season. He is unquestionably […]

Victor Wembanyama is easily the most hyped rookie of the 2023-24 NBA season. After getting selected as the first overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, Wembanyama has immediately made his presence felt. Equipped with skills and his 7-foot-4 frame, Wembanyama has all the tools to become the next face of the NBA. In his […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves faced an uphill climb on Tuesday night. Hosting the reigning champion Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic is a test by itself, but doing so on the second night of a back-to-back with travel is even more challenging. Add in the fact that Minnesota was once again without Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert and […]

This season’s race for the NBA MVP award is perhaps the closest it has been over the last several years. Whether it was Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, or Joel Embiid the last couple of seasons, it always seemed like the MVP award was already determined heading into the final month of the regular season. Between […]

The bank shot is certainly one of the most effective shots in basketball, especially when shooting from certain angles. As a result, it isn’t surprising that even the best basketball players in the world would resort to this type of shot. In fact, some stars have even utilized the bank shot during clutch situations. Let’s […]

Stephen A. Smith of ESPN was asked if Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving or Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray are the “scarier” duo following the Dallas Mavericks’ 107-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets Sunday. Smith chose the Mavs star-studded duo, but there is a catch. “I’m gonna go with Kyrie [Irving] and Luka [Doncic] the […]

Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets saw their five-game undefeated streak painfully come to an end on Sunday, as Kyrie Irving went full Kyrie Irving to deliver the victory for the Dallas Mavericks. With the game tied at 105-105, Irvin got the inbound pass from the sidelines and attracted the attention of Jokic, who gave […]

The Denver Nuggets put on a clinic in a 117-106 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday in Austin, Texas. And while Denver’s best player showed the Silver and Black, including rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama, a thing or two, there is no replicating Nikola Jokic according to Gregg Popovich. “I don’t think anybody can […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is the favorite to win the 2023-24 NBA MVP Award no matter what sportsbook you look at, and that’s for very good reason. Jokic the best player on the best team in the NBA — I can already hear Celtics fans with their thick Boston accents yelling, “Yo kid, what […]

It’s been 11 months since the San Antonio Spurs played in Austin. It hasn’t been quite that long since they last faced the Denver Nuggets, but it has been a while. Friday’s game against the defending NBA champions will mark their first meeting since Thanksgiving weekend. Rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama had the kind of performance […]

While it was a disappointing finish for the Miami Heat Wednesday night as they lost their fourth straight game to the Denver Nuggets, it was a standout game for star big-man Bam Adebayo. It wasn’t an easy challenge as besides being one of the main offensive tools for Miami, he had to guard arguably the […]