The Portland Trail Blazers started the stretch run of the season on a positive note, storming back in the fourth quarter to beat the Orlando Magic, 112-103, on Thursday night at Amway Center. The Blazers weren’t sharp early, looking a lot like a team playing its first game in eight days, but surged ahead midway through the fourth quarter to win their first game at Orlando in four years.
Category: Jusuf Nurkic
Nuggets News and Notes: Special on Mason Plumlee trade
Nuggets best Blazers in Nurkic-Plumlee swap SI’s Ben Golliver grades how Denver and Portland fare in the deal CSN Northwest’s Jason Quick : Portland trading Plumlee hit the team hard. Denver got a good one – 2/13/17 Chauncey Billups on Plumlee trade and state of the Nuggets: “If you’re going to be a real good team, you got to have a couple super stars, right now Nuggets don’t have one” – 2/13/17 The Nuggets celebrated the Nikola Jokic Show at Madison Square Garden — The Joker scored 40 points on 17-for-23 shooting — by making their second trade of the season.
Nuggets tie NBA mark with 24 3s in 132-110 win over Warriors
Nikola Jokic got his second career triple-double and the Denver Nuggets tied an NBA record with 24 3-pointers while shocking the Golden State Warriors 132-110 on Monday night. The Nuggets tied the 3-point mark set by the Rockets in December against New Orleans.
Thompson, Livingston to miss Monday’s game against Nuggets
The Golden State Warriors will be without guards Klay Thompson and Shaun Livingston for their game Monday night against the Denver Nuggets. Thompson is dealing with a sore right heel, while Livingston heads home for the birth of his daughter.
AP source: Nuggets trade Nurkic to Trail Blazers for Plumlee
The Nuggets won … The Nuggets dealt the bruising big man known as the “Bosnian Beast” to the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday for center Mason Plumlee, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been announced.
Jokic Could Be The MVP Of The Rising Stars Challenge
Dec 28, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Nuggets forward Nikola Jokic shoots the ball over Minnesota Timberwolves forward Gorgui Dieng during the first half at Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and Emmanuel Mudiay will be in the Rising Stars Challenge in this year’s All-Star weekend.
Friday Summit episode of the Locked On Nuggets podcast
In this very special Weekend Summit episode of the Locked on Nuggets podcast, I am joined by three terrific writers, Jake Marsing , Jeff Morton , and TJ McBride. We cover a wide variety of Nuggets topics including what to do with Jusuf Nurkic , the Nuggets odds of winning the 8th seed, and takeaways from this exciting stretch of the season.
Millsapa s free throws lift Hawks over Nuggets, 109-108
Paul Millsap capped a 9-0 run in the final 1:43 with two free throws and the Atlanta Hawks rallied to beat the Denver Nuggets 109-108 on Friday night. The Nuggets led 108-100 but Atlanta scored seven straight points from the line to make it a one-point game with 42.8 seconds left.