In a battle between two extremely shorthanded teams, the Denver Nuggets took down the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday for their last home game of the regular season.
Personal records or team, which comes first? While this has been an eternal dilemma, it is now time for the Denver Nuggets to face the uncomfortable truth.
In their penultimate game of the regular season against the OKC Thunder, the Denver Nuggets made an interesting decision to rest all five of their starters in an effort to give added rest and secure the health of some of their most vital players in the rotation, such as three-time MVP Nikola Jokic.
Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama returned on Friday from a one-game absence due to a rib contusion and played 26 minutes in a win over Dallas, ensuring that he has met the requirements for the 65-game rule and will now be eligible for postseason awards, as Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press writes.
Neither the Denver Nuggets nor the Oklahoma City Thunder elected to put their best foot forward on Friday night. The Nuggets rested all of their starters and the Thunder rested basically everyone who plays in their rotation with the exception of Lu Dort.
NBA history is full of players who were perfectly of their era, possessing the right skills and attributes to thrive during their time. There are also plenty of guys whose careers might have played out differently had they been born years later.
The Denver Nuggets didn't care enough about playoff seeding to play any of their starters Friday night. After the Oklahoma City Thunder sat nine rotation players themselves, they came away with their 11th straight game and clinched home-court advantage in the first round.
Typically, a matchup between the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder would be loaded with stars, headlined by an MVP battle of Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Jonas Valanciunas amassed 23 points and 17 rebounds, both season highs, and Julian Strawther added 22 points as the host Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 127-107 in a matchup of benches on Friday night.
With the Western Conference Playoffs looking like a minefield, David Adelman is getting picky. The gravity of the situation is not lost on the first year head coach who got the job because his predecessor was fired mid-playoffs.
Nikola Jokic. The name alone evokes a certain emotion that basketball enthusiasts like myself can’t describe. Probably because Jokic is an unlikely superhero with a hell of an origin story.
LeBron's career can't go on forever, can it? If it were to end tomorrow, it would be the greatest run of sustained excellence the league has ever seen.
The Denver Nuggets are just days away from figuring out where they'll be sitting in the Western Conference playoff picture, as they now have just a couple of games on tap before their long-winded 82-game slate is complete.
The Oklahoma City Thunder secured the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference for the third consecutive season. This should allow plenty of opportunities for the reserves to gain one last confidence booster before the postseason.
While the Denver Nuggets had an off-night on Thursday before taking on their penultimate regular season game vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder, it wouldn't be without some notable action going down around the Western Conference.
The Denver Nuggets have a couple of key injuries to report before taking on their final regular season matchup against the OKC Thunder. Those two injuries just so happen to be revolving around Denver's top two players, Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray.
Nikola Jokic tallied another triple-double for the Denver Nuggets in their last game. The three-time NBA MVP amassed 14 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists, leading Denver to a dominant 136-119 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
It didn’t take much from Aaron Gordon for Tim Hardaway Jr. to sign with the Denver Nuggets this past offseason. Hardaway, according to Gordon, reached out to the Nuggets star shortly before signing with the team.
The Denver Nuggets are building more momentum heading into the playoffs as they notched their 10th straight win on Wednesday, beating the Memphis Grizzlies, 136-119, at Ball Arena.
Michael Malone’s blockbuster $50 million deal with North Carolina has created a surprising financial comparison, placing his salary above several players from the very NBA team he once coached.
The Denver Nuggets pulled another one out of their fire. They rallied from down 18 points to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers 137-132. Here are the main takeaways.
Coming into the season, analysts predicted the Denver Nuggets would win about 54.5 games. Even if the Nuggets win their remaining three games, they will finish 54-28.
Aaron Gordon's clutch outside shooting helped the Denver Nuggets rally from being down by as many as 18 points to top the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 137-132 in overtime Monday.
One key Denver Nuggets player could be getting rerouted after just one season with the team. Nuggets forward Cameron Johnson may potentially be a trade candidate this offseason, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype reported Friday during an appearance on YES Network.
Nuggets guard Peyton Watson is considered week-to-week due to a hamstring injury, coach David Adelman told the media on Friday afternoon, according to DNVR Nuggets (Twitter link).