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| Hornets try to even series with Nuggets |
NBA Basketball |
04/22/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The New Orleans Hornets didn't look like much competition for the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of their Western Conference quarterfinals series, suffering a 113-84 drubbing to George Karl's team at the Pepsi Center on Sunday. The Hornets will try to right the ship tonight and even the series before things shift to the Big Easy. Chauncey Billups' first playoff game as a Nugget was a memorable one, as "Mr. Big Shot" connected on a stunning 8-of-9 from three-point range for a game- high 36 points |
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| Nuggets, Hornets cap first weekend of NBA playoffs |
NBA Basketball |
04/19/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Denver Nuggets, fresh off winning the Northwest Division, meet Chris Paul and New Orleans tonight in the opener of their Western Conference quarterfinals series at the Pepsi Center. A lot has changed in a year for the Nuggets. Last spring, Allen Iverson was getting ready to hurl 10 to 15 bad shots a game and star forward Carmelo Anthony created a distraction after being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving shortly before George Karl's team played roadkill, with the skill of Academy A |
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| NBA Playoff Preview - Denver vs. New Orleans |
NBA Basketball |
04/17/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - A lot has changed in a year for the Denver Nuggets. Last spring, Allen Iverson was getting ready to hurl 10 to 15 bad shots a game and star forward Carmelo Anthony created a distraction after being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving shortly before George Karl's team played roadkill with the skill of Academy Award winning actors to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference quarterfinals. Now, Iverson is in Detroit, being banned from Motor City casinos and Anthony has kept his nos |
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| Personal Fool: What's More Pathetic? |
This Day in Sports |
04/17/2009 |
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| tor Rich Chrismer, the over- officious, uber-official, who has threatened to prosecute the fan according to an arcane law that criminalizes the disclosure of the contents of a ballot? Hey, quick, what's more pathetic? The fact that "good" tickets to Denver Nuggets playoff games are retailing on StubHub for around $180 apiece, OR...that I think that's a mighty reasonable price for playoff tickets? Hey, quick, what's more pathetic? The fact that all first-round NFL draft picks will make more in their first cont |
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| NBA playoffs to begin Saturday |
NBA Basketball |
04/16/2009 |
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| help the cause in the low post. Bynum tore the medial collateral ligament in his right knee at the end of January, but came back nearly a week ago. Utah faced the Lakers in last year's playoffs, losing in six games in the conference semifinals. The Denver Nuggets, fresh off winning the Northwest Division, gained the No. 2 seed and will meet Chris Paul and New Orleans in the first round, starting Sunday at 10:30 p.m. (et). Denver will have home-court advantage in the playoffs for the first time since 1988. Th |
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| Nuggets, Blazers try to improve playoff status in Rose City |
NBA Basketball |
04/15/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - A dizzying number of playoff scenarios are still on the plate as the Northwest Division champion Denver Nuggets finish the regular season in Portland against the playoff-bound Trail Blazers. The Nuggets have already secured home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs for the first time in 21 years and now hope to clinch the second- best record in the Western Conference and set a franchise record with their 55th win tonight. The Blazers, meanwhile, would earn home-court advantag |
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| Nuggets shoot for Northwest title vs. Kings |
NBA Basketball |
04/13/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Denver Nuggets hope to clinch the Northwest Division title and inch closer to the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs tonight when they host the lowly Sacramento Kings at the Pepsi Center The Nuggets will secure their sixth division title with a win over the Kings tonight and can earn the second seed in the West with a triumph tonight and a win at second-place Portland in their season finale on Wednesday. If they stumble against the Kings, Denver could still clinch the divisi |
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| Surging Nuggets face road test with Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
04/09/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The two top teams in the Western Conference clash at Staples Center tonight as the surging Los Angeles Lakers play host to the red- hot Denver Nuggets. The Lakers have already captured the Pacific Division crown and the No. 1 seed in the West but still have plenty to play for. Los Angeles is just one game behind idle Cleveland for the NBA's best record. LA owns the tiebreaker over the Cavaliers and will secure home-court advantage throughout the playoffs if it can catch the Central Divisio |
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| Nuggets win eighth straight, top Thunder |
NBA Basketball |
04/09/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (Sportsbooks) - Carmelo Anthony posted 31 points to pace the red-hot Denver Nuggets in a 122-112 final against Oklahoma City for their eighth consecutive win and ninth straight at the Pepsi Center. Nene had 23 points and 10 rebounds while Chauncey Billups scored 18 and handed out nine assists. Linas Kleiza and J.R. Smith came off the bench to score 17 and 14 points, respectively as the Nuggets moved one step closer to securing a division title and the Western Conference's No. 2 seed. Denver mai |
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| Former NBA player Webster dies |
NBA Basketball |
04/08/2009 |
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| s of hepatitis, and that a preliminary cause of death might be coronary artery disease. The paper also quotes Tulsa police, who have ruled that the death was not the result of anything suspicious. Webster, a center, began his career in 1975 with the Denver Nuggets, then of the ABA, and spent two seasons with the club. He moved on to Seattle for the 1977-78 campaign and helped the Sonics to the NBA championship with 14 points and 12.6 boards per game, but Seattle lost to Washington. Following that season, Webs |
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