On Saturday evening, the Denver Nuggets improved to 7-2 with a comfortable home win over the Indiana Pacers. It was a monster game for Nikola Jokic, who scored 32 points to go along with 14 assists and 14 rebounds to boot.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
The Denver Nuggets defeated the Indiana Pacers 117-100 in a game where both teams were missing starters. With Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon out for precautionary reasons on the second night of a back-to-back, the Nuggets handled their business against the injury-stricken Pacers.
With Tyrese Haliburton out this season, thanks to that brutal Achilles injury in the 2025 Game 7 Finals, the Pacers are stumbling, trying to find their groove but looking more lost than a GPS on a road trip!
Nikola Jokic isn’t scoring quite as much and that’s not bothering Denver one bit. He’s averaging 24.4 points on 15.1 shots a night, down from 29.6 and nearly 20 attempts per game last season.
In a 129-104 blowout, Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon slammed another highlight dunk against the Golden State Warriors, which evoked a funny response from All-Star Nikola Jokic.
The Denver Nuggets, through their first segment of the 2025-26 NBA season, have gotten some solid contributions out of their newest backup center addition from this summer, Jonas Valanciunas.
Within the process of the Denver Nuggets' commanding 129-104 NBA Cup win vs. the Golden State Warriors, the night wouldn't end without seeing Aaron Gordon catching a body in a big-time highlight slam.
The air in Ball Arena carried the familiar electric crackle of a big game night, but something was missing. Not from the Denver Nuggets but from the Warriors.
The Golden State Warriors were defeated by the Denver Nuggets 129-104, as the latter continued their perfect run at Ball Arena on Friday night, overwhelming the short-handed and stretching their home record to 5-0.
Nuggets fans had plenty to celebrate at the start of the season when Christian Braun signed a five-year, $125 million extension. The deal effectively locked in Denver’s core four for the Nikola Jokic era alongside Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon.