The Denver Nuggets were relatively quiet around the NBA trade deadline, making just one deal to send Hunter Tyson to the Brooklyn Nets. This trade not only gave the Nuggets the financial flexibility they needed but it also freed up a roster spot.
The Denver Nuggets are 42–28 and still one of the most dangerous offensive teams in the NBA as of March 19, but their position in the Western Conference tells a different story.
The Denver Nuggets fell 125-118 to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday in what was a shocking upset. After the Nuggets’ ghastly loss to the Grizzlies, there was a sentiment that the Nuggets were not NBA title contenders, according to insider Adam Mares.
Only six of the Denver Nuggets' 28 losses on the season have come against teams not currently in the play-in or playoff picture, but it always stings when a championship contender falls to a lottery team.
The Denver Nuggets probably entered FedExForum on Wednesday thinking that they would get an easy win against the Memphis Grizzlies. The opposite, however, happened, as the Grizzlies upset the Nuggets, 125-118.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
In a surprising upset at this point in the NBA season, the tanking Memphis Grizzlies outplayed the championship-contending Denver Nuggets to pick up their 24th win of the season in a 125-118 final on Wednesday night.
The Denver Nuggets won three of their previous four games before facing the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday, including two wins against top-five seeds in the Western Conference.
With the postseason looming, the Denver Nuggets hold a respectable 42-27 record while scrapping for one of the top seeds in a loaded Western Conference.
The Denver Nuggets have yet another back-to-back on tap following their dominant win over the Philadelphia 76ers, and thus brings another big decision for the team as it pertains to Aaron Gordon's status for tip-off against the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Denver Nuggets managed to blow out the Philadelphia 76ers in their latest home outing, 124-96, behind an all-around effort from the roster in which 13 players within the rotation wound up getting minutes throughout the night–– 11 of them logging at least 10 minutes on the floor.
The Denver Nuggets sit just under a month away from the regular season ending, and this year's playoffs slate finally rolls around to give this group their chance at a trip to the Finals that they've been striving for over the past five months.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
The Denver Nuggets will continue jockeying for Western Conference playoff positioning on Wednesday night, visiting a Memphis Grizzlies team on a much different trajectory heading into the final month of the regular season.
There are nights in the NBA when a basketball game feels like a heavyweight title fight, with two titans trading blows until the final horn. Then there are nights like Tuesday in Denver, where the game feels more like a synchronized swimming routine for one team and a desperate struggle to stay afloat for the other.
From the opening minutes, this never felt like a game that would swing the other way. The Denver Nuggets came out sharp, organized, and completely in control, rolling to a 124-96 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Christian Braun had 22 points, Cameron Johnson scored 18, and the host Denver Nuggets used a big first half to rout the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers, 124-96, on Tuesday night.
The Philadelphia 76ers face the Denver Nuggets tonight with several key players missing the game due to injury or suspension. Denver didn’t use that as an excuse to not execute and they came out early to put Philadelphia away.
At 6-foot-8, Luka Doncic can dwarf non-basketball people, but not tennis legend Maria Sharapova. Although Sharapova is several inches shorter than Doncic
The Denver Nuggets stunned Philadelphia in their first meeting, and they go for the season sweep when they host the 76ers on Tuesday night. Denver pulled out an overtime win at Philadelphia on Jan.
The Denver Nuggets are competing in a tightly contested Western Conference, with several teams battling for positioning near the top of the standings and the No.
Cameron Johnson admits his first season with the Nuggets has come with its share of adjustments. With about a month left in the regular season, Johnson said he is still working through the process of settling into his role, according to Bennett Durando of the Denver Post.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic drilled a game-winning jumper in a 127-125 home overtime victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, but that wasn't the matchup's best moment.
Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon has proven himself as one of the most reliable players on an NBA championship team and an equally influential force in marketing campaigns.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stunned the Denver Nuggets on Monday with a cold step-back 3-pointer in the clutch to give the Oklahoma City Thunder a 129-126 win at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.