Nikola Jokic had 26 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists to counter his nine turnovers, Jamal Murray finished with 23 points, and the host Denver Nuggets held off the Memphis Grizzlies 122-116 on Wednesday night.
In their final game before the All-Star break, the Nuggets came into the game clearly on fumes. Despite getting Nikola Jokic and Christian Braun back, the team hasn’t played up to their potential after a taxing but impressive January where Murray and mostly bench players were able to hold the Nuggets spot near the top of the Western Conference.
The Denver Nuggets' pairing of Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic has just one game left on their regular season calendar against the Memphis Grizzlies before
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As expected, the NBA trade deadline came and went with the Denver Nuggets remaining largely inactive. Given the circumstances this season, this approach made perfect sense.
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The Denver Nuggets have had a rollercoaster 2025-26 season, with any glimpse of success overshadowed by a mountain of injuries. Still, though, they are sitting in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 34-20 record with just one game left before the All-Star break.
The Denver Nuggets lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-117. Denver led 100-90 with just over ten minutes remaining. Nikola Jokic had seven turnovers. The NBA’s Last Two Minute Report confirmed a missed call.
For the majority of the 2025-26 NBA season, the Denver Nuggets have been viewed as the second-best team in the league, just behind the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Denver Nuggets led by as much as 11 points during Monday's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but they ended up losing 119-117. Denver was even up 100-90 with a little over 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
The Denver Nuggets are stumbling into the All-Star break but they can grab a little momentum when they host the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. Denver has lost four of its last five after letting one slip away against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.
With the Denver Nuggets finally able to get under the luxury tax mark following the NBA trade deadline, it allowed the team a perfect route to sign two-way standout forward Spencer Jones to a new traditional contract in order for him to remain eligible to play on the main roster for the remainder of the 2025-26 campaign.
The Denver Nuggets' latest five-game stretch hasn't gone quite the way they would've hoped, having come up short in four of those five contests with a loss, and now sit just two and a half games back from the Play-In picture in the Western Conference.
At the NBA trade deadline, the Denver Nuggets sent Hunter Tyson and a second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for a second-round pick. Most notably, the Nuggets snuck under the luxury tax line with this move, but it also opened up an extra roster spot for them.
The Denver Nuggets could not be more ready for a break. Battered by injuries all season long, Denver has rarely been able to put a full lineup on the floor.
Random dribbles following the Cavaliers’ thriller of a 119-117 road win over the Denver Nuggets on Monday. 1. That’s how you end a West Coast trip. Loud building.
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is catching some heat for allegedly snubbing some of his countrymen. The Chicago Bulls hosted Serbian Heritage Night on Saturday, with the Nuggets paying a visit to the United Center in Chicago, Ill.
One of the Denver Nuggets’ emergent players, Stanford product Spencer Jones is getting a promotion, his contract being converted from a two-way deal to one of a standard variety.
Denver Nuggets swingman Peyton Watson will be re-evaluated in four weeks as he recovers from a strained right hamstring, the team announced on Friday. Watson, 23, sustained the injury during Denver's 134-127 double-overtime loss to the New York Knicks on Wednesday.
Nuggets forward Peyton Watson has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain and is expected to be sidelined for an extended period, league sources tell Tony Jones of The Athletic (Twitter link).
The Nuggets and Nets have agreed to a trade that will send forward Hunter Tyson to Brooklyn along with a 2032 second-round pick, reports Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).