No sign of rust for Fernandez as Nuggets extend streak to six

Rudy Fernandez scored a season-high 23 in his return from a sore Achilles as the Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Toronto Raptors 96-81 on Friday night. Danilo Gallinari added 21 points and Nene had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Nuggets in their sixth straight win. They capitalized on a Toronto lineup that was missing leading scorer Andrea Bargnani, out indefinitely after...

Denver Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson says he expects to play against the Los Angeles Clippers Sunday despite an ankle injury.Lawson, who missed the Nuggets’ game with Toronto Friday, practiced Saturday and told reporters that he would definitely play against the Clippers Sunday.Lawson is averaging 15.7 points, 6.5 assists and leads the team with 1.5 steals per game.

Kenyon Martin averaged 8.6 points and 6.2 rebounds for the Nuggets last season.

The end of the game was probably the most exciting part of this one, with Linas Kleiza and Al Harrington getting into an argument that lead pushing, shoving and double technicals. The Raps came up short in this one, falling 96-81 to the Denver Nuggets in the final game of their western road trip. Once again, a slow start buried the Raps. They cut the Denver lead to 6 in the fourth...

The Raptors fell to the Denver Nuggets friday night

Rudy Fernandez scored a season-high 23 in his return from a sore Achilles as the Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Toronto Raptors 96-81 on Friday night. Danilo Gallinari added 21 points and Nene had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Nuggets in their sixth straight win. They capitalized on a Toronto lineup that was missing leading scorer Andrea Bargnani, out indefinitely after aggravating a...

DENVER (AP) Rudy Fernandez provided both the spark and the cushion for the Denver Nuggets on Friday night.

Nuggets starting point guard Ty Lawson missed Friday night's game against the Raptors because of a sprained ankle.

After watching the Denver Nuggets do more work in the paint than Monet on Wednesday night, Kings guard Tyreke Evans said he went home and watched the game before returning to the team's practice facility Thursday morning. "It was just terrible defense," the Kings guard said the day after the Denver Nuggets scored 92 points in the middle in a 122-93 romp over Sacramento...

The Denver Nuggets have been very successful thanks to a young nucleus of talent, led by Danilo Gallinari. However, as much as the trade for Gallinari has paid off, they still express appreciation for Chauncey Billups. Billups returns to Denver on Sunday as the Los Angeles Clippers look to snap the Nuggets' six-game winning streak. When Denver traded Billups and Carmelo Anthony...

The streaking Denver Nuggets aim for a sixth straight win tonight when they host a Toronto team that expects to be without leading scorer Andrea Bargnani.