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Nuggets G Jamal Murray sprains ankle in loss to Mavs
Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray sprained his right ankle in Monday night's 131-121 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.,Murray tried to play through the third-quarter injury but was not on the bench for the entire fourth quarter, during which the Mavericks outscored Denver 29-17 to erase a two-poin...
Nuggets spread scoring around, blow out Suns
Jamal Murray had 23 points in Denver's home opener, Nikola Jokic notched his second straight triple-double to start the season and the Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 133-111 on Saturday night.,Christian Braun scored 20 points and Aaron Gordon had 17 points two nights after posting a career-high 50 fo...
Report: Nuggets waive C Moses Brown, F Kessler Edwards
The Denver Nuggets have waived center Moses Brown and forward Kessler Edwards, per The Denver Gazette.,The 26-year-old Brown spent time with both the Indiana Pacers and Dallas Mavericks last season. Overall, he averaged 5.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in only 9.2 minutes per game.,He appeared in two pre...
NBA Christmas Day Schedule Grades: The Best and Worst Matchups of 2025
The NBA’s 2025 Christmas Day slate is stacked. We graded every matchup, from Cavs vs. Knicks fireworks to Wemby vs. the defending champs....
Houston Rockets & Denver Nuggets Are Going for It All in Free Agency
Houston added Durant, Capela, and Finney-Smith while Denver traded Michael Porter Jr. and brought back Bruce Brown. The Western Conference just got real....
Report: Nuggets to sign G Reece Beekman
The Denver Nuggets agreed to an exhibit 10 contract with guard Reece Beekman, per The Denver Post.,After four collegiate seasons at Virginia, Beekman went undrafted in the 2024 NBA Draft. He signed a two-way deal with the Golden State Warriors and appeared in two games, playing four total minutes f...
Report: Nuggets G Russell Westbrook declining option
Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook plans to decline his $3.47 million player option for next season, ESPN reported on Friday.,The decision would make the 36-year-old veteran a free agent on June 30. The nine-time All-Star is coming off surgery last month to repair two breaks to his right hand.,W...
Nuggets G Russell Westbrook recovering from hand surgery
Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook underwent surgery on Tuesday to repair two breaks in his right hand.,"I'm grateful for everyone's support all year and I can't wait to be back out there at 100% soon," the veteran said in a statement posted to X by The Athletic. "The comeback is already in moti...
How I Could Defend Nikola Jokic (Seriously)
He’s slow. He can’t jump. And if I were 6-7, I’d lock him down. A former high school basketball player explains why guarding Nikola Jokic isn’t as hard as it looks....
Thunder rally in 4th, knot series with Nuggets at 2-2
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points, and the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from down eight in the fourth quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 92-87 in Game 4 on Sunday to even the Western Conference semifinal series.,Oklahoma City regained home-court advantage in the best-of-seven series...
Thunder need to fix fourth-quarter issues vs. Nuggets
Nikola Jokic struggled to make shots and Denver lost the offensive rebounding battle 18-5, yet the Nuggets won Game 3 over Oklahoma City and have an opportunity to take a commanding lead in their Western Conference semifinal series on Sunday afternoon.,The Nuggets' 113-104 overtime win Friday night ...
2025 NBA Playoffs Round 2: Every Underdog Stole Home Court
Lower seeds flipped the script in Round 2 of the 2025 NBA Playoffs, now it’s all about who’s faking confidence and who really needs to win Games 3 & 4....
Nuggets strut into Game 2 as Thunder chase brighter days
The Oklahoma City Thunder have shown resilience all season.,The Thunder dropped back-to-back games just twice in the regular season, and the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs never lost more than two contests consecutively.,And yet Oklahoma City faces the visiting Denver Nuggets on Wednesd...
Nuggets throttle Clippers, take Game 7 in first-round series
Aaron Gordon scored 22 points, Christian Braun had 21, and the host Denver Nuggets used a big third quarter to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 120-101 in Game 7 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series on Saturday night.,Denver advances to face the top-seeded Thunder in the conference semifinal...
Nuggets host Clippers with everything on the line in Game 7
The Denver Nuggets have been here before and want to avoid the same result. So do the Los Angeles Clippers.,A battle that started two weeks ago comes to an end Saturday night when Denver hosts Los Angeles for Game 7 of their Western Conference quarterfinal. The winner advances to take on No. 1 seed ...
Aaron Gordon's dunk at buzzer lifts Nuggets over Clippers
Aaron Gordon slammed down a dunk as time expired to give the Denver Nuggets a dramatic and much-needed 101-99 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday in Game 4 of their first-round series at Inglewood, Calif.,Nikola Jokic airballed a 3-pointer as the clock wound down and Gordon leaped to c...
2025 NBA Playoff Matchups We Want to See Most
From Thunder-Cavs in the NBA Finals to a Clippers-Thunder grudge match, here are the NBA Playoff series that would light up the 2025 postseason....
Why the Denver Nuggets Are About To Get Bounced From NBA Playoffs
Just a few weeks after firing head coach Mike Malone, the Denver Nuggets have a difficult first-round matchup in the NBA Playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers....
As playoffs near, Nuggets looking to cut back turnovers as they host Pacers
The Denver Nuggets will be desperate to arrest their potentially terminal form slide when they host the surging Indiana Pacers on Sunday.,After spending much of this season vying for the second position in the Western Conference, Denver (47-31) has slipped below the Los Angeles Lakers into the fourt...
Nuggets visit Thunder in battle of MVP candidates
The Denver Nuggets have been where the Oklahoma City Thunder are looking to go.,The Nuggets won the NBA title two seasons ago, and Denver's Nikola Jokic has done what Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a chance to do this season. ,Jokic has not only won the Most Valuable Player award but ha...