The Denver Nuggets have yet another back-to-back on tap following their dominant win over the Philadelphia 76ers, and thus brings another big decision for the team as it pertains to Aaron Gordon's status for tip-off against the Memphis Grizzlies.
With the postseason looming, the Denver Nuggets hold a respectable 42-27 record while scrapping for one of the top seeds in a loaded Western Conference.
The Denver Nuggets managed to blow out the Philadelphia 76ers in their latest home outing, 124-96, behind an all-around effort from the roster in which 13 players within the rotation wound up getting minutes throughout the night–– 11 of them logging at least 10 minutes on the floor.
The Denver Nuggets sit just under a month away from the regular season ending, and this year's playoffs slate finally rolls around to give this group their chance at a trip to the Finals that they've been striving for over the past five months.
The Denver Nuggets will continue jockeying for Western Conference playoff positioning on Wednesday night, visiting a Memphis Grizzlies team on a much different trajectory heading into the final month of the regular season.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
There are nights in the NBA when a basketball game feels like a heavyweight title fight, with two titans trading blows until the final horn. Then there are nights like Tuesday in Denver, where the game feels more like a synchronized swimming routine for one team and a desperate struggle to stay afloat for the other.
From the opening minutes, this never felt like a game that would swing the other way. The Denver Nuggets came out sharp, organized, and completely in control, rolling to a 124-96 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Christian Braun had 22 points, Cameron Johnson scored 18, and the host Denver Nuggets used a big first half to rout the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers, 124-96, on Tuesday night.
The Philadelphia 76ers face the Denver Nuggets tonight with several key players missing the game due to injury or suspension. Denver didn’t use that as an excuse to not execute and they came out early to put Philadelphia away.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
The Denver Nuggets have escaped the most grueling stretch of the schedule, facing nine top-six seeds in their last ten games. In that stretch, they have picked up four wins over expected title contenders, but they also suffered a few crushing losses.
The Denver Nuggets fell victim to another loss to the LA Lakers over the weekend in overtime fashion, coming up short 125-127 due to a heart-wreching Luka Doncic game-winner in the final seconds of extra time.
The Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic haven't had many matchups with Joel Embiid in their limited games against the Philadelphia 76ers in recent years. So much so, that the missed opportunities to see these two face off within the past six seasons have begun to reach an alarming rate.
At 6-foot-8, Luka Doncic can dwarf non-basketball people, but not tennis legend Maria Sharapova. Although Sharapova is several inches shorter than Doncic
The Denver Nuggets stunned Philadelphia in their first meeting, and they go for the season sweep when they host the 76ers on Tuesday night. Denver pulled out an overtime win at Philadelphia on Jan.
The Denver Nuggets are competing in a tightly contested Western Conference, with several teams battling for positioning near the top of the standings and the No.
Have the Denver Nuggets been disappointing thus far in the 2025-26 season? That is a question that many are now posing amid a middling stretch that has them fighting for positioning in the Western Conference standings.
Cameron Johnson admits his first season with the Nuggets has come with its share of adjustments. With about a month left in the regular season, Johnson said he is still working through the process of settling into his role, according to Bennett Durando of the Denver Post.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic drilled a game-winning jumper in a 127-125 home overtime victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, but that wasn't the matchup's best moment.
On Saturday evening, the Denver Nuggets suffered one of their more crushing losses of the season with an overtime road defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon has proven himself as one of the most reliable players on an NBA championship team and an equally influential force in marketing campaigns.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stunned the Denver Nuggets on Monday with a cold step-back 3-pointer in the clutch to give the Oklahoma City Thunder a 129-126 win at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.