Are you not entertained? The Denver Nuggets pulled off an incredible upset, defeating the Philadelphia 76ers 125-124 in overtime despite Denver missing 7 rotation players, including all their starters.
Bruce Brown was credited with the decisive bucket with 5.3 seconds left in overtime as the shorthanded Denver Nuggets topped the host Philadelphia 76ers 125-124 on Monday.
Part of what makes the NBA, or any pro sports league, so compelling to watch is the narratives, especially those centered on rivalries. Throughout the decades, the NBA has fostered a number of rivalries, some long-lasting and others short but sweet.
Two seasons have gone by with the NBA utilizing its new Player Participation Policy, which includes a 65-game minimum for awards and accolades at the end of the season, like the MVP award.
Starting in 2023, the NBA implemented a new set of rules to encourage player participation across the league, and particularly for stars, within the regular season that now prohibits each "star-level" player from resting during a high-profile, nationally televised game in the regular season without a major fine coming their way.
It is no secret that the Denver Nuggets have been dealing with an absurd amount of injuries, most notably to three-time MVP Nikola Jokic, but they have reached a new season-worst ahead of Monday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Michael Porter Jr. started his professional career as the 14th overall pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 2018 NBA draft. He spent the first six seasons of his career in Denver before the Nuggets decided to move on from him this offseason, trading him to the Brooklyn Nets.
The Denver Nuggets have been hit with the injury bug this season, but Sunday's game against the Brooklyn Nets offered some hope of better days to come.
The Denver Nuggets are reeling and navigating a variety of injuries, and things won't get any easier when they visit the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. The Nuggets are coming off Sunday's 127-115 loss to the Brooklyn Nets as they dropped to 1-4 on their seven-game road trip.
The Denver Nuggets took a tough loss on the chin for one of their worst of this season, falling to the now-11-win Brooklyn Nets on the road in a 115-127 loss for their first game with Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun in the lineup from their extended injury absence, dating back to the middle of November.
Denver Nuggets might be 3rd in the Western Conference as we speak but their future in the 2025-26 season looks rather bleak in light of some serious injury concerns.
The Nuggets could get a pair of starters back for Sunday’s contest at Brooklyn, having listed Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun as questionable for the matchup with the Nets (Twitter link).
Jonas Valanciunas is staying put. For now, anyway. The Nuggets center addressed his future recently after it became known that he received serious interest from Panathinaikos last summer, a flirtation that briefly raised eyebrows around the league.
The Cavaliers ran their winning streak to three, but let’s not kid ourselves. This one was messy. Cleveland needed every bit of Donovan Mitchell’s 33 points to escape with a 113-108 win over a Nuggets squad that was missing four of its five opening-night starters.
The Nuggets received some encouraging injury news Friday, even as they continue to operate short-handed. NBA on Prime reporter Cassidy Hubbarth said during
The injury bug has hit the Denver Nuggets in a big way. They have four starters out, and a key bench player is sidelined. With these events transpiring, their approach must change.
The Denver Nuggets already were without star center Nikola Jokic for a minimum of a month, and now his backup will be sidelined for the same period. Jonas Valanciunas strained his right calf on Wednesday, and the team announced a day later that he would be re-evaluated in four weeks.
With the 2025–26 NBA season nearing its midpoint, the league’s MVP race has been thrown into uncertainty. Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic — widely considered the best player in the world — is expected to miss at least four weeks after suffering a hyperextended left knee and bone bruise in Monday’s loss to the Miami Heat.