Denver Nuggets

The Phoenix Suns roared into the Western Conference Finals for the first time in 11 years Sunday night with a testy 125-118 victory over Denver that completed a four-game sweep of the Nuggets and included MVP Nikola Jokic’s ejection. Chris Paul scored 37 points and Devin Booker added 34 in a physical game marred by Jokic’s ejection. Jokic was tossed…

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Nikola Jokic recorded his sixth triple-double of the season and the Denver Nuggets beat Los Angeles 122-105 on Sunday night in a game where Lakers forward Anthony Davis hobbled from the court after re-aggravating his sore right Achilles. Davis will have an MRI on Monday. He strained his Achilles late in the first half. “I don’t want to mess...

LeBron James had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, Dennis Schröder added 21 points and the Los Angeles Lakers roared away in the second half for a 114-93 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night. Talen Horton-Tucker scored 12 of his 17 points during that inspired second-half effort by the defending NBA champions, who returned from a strong…

In 2013, Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel had his team one win away from reaching the NBA Finals. Instead, he was thwarted by then-Miami Heat forward LeBron James and never reached his dream of coaching in the Finals. Seven years later, Vogel is now the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, and instead of staying up all night…

Following their Game 3 loss to the Denver Nuggets, the Los Angeles Lakers sent footage from that game to the NBA league office of LeBron James driving to the basket time after time. They believed that James was getting fouled and the referees weren’t calling it. They did on Thursday night. After shooting just two free throws in their Game…

Following the Nuggets heartbreaking loss in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, Nikola Jokic was asked if his team had figured something out when it came to defending the Lakers. “Maybe,” he said, staring directly into the camera that was broadcasting his postgame interview live to reporters across the country. The question was in reference to the Nuggets second…

Anthony Davis has never played in the Western Conference Finals before. So if you thought that the fact that he’s never been on this stage before would lead him to shy away from the moment, you’d be mistaken. Davis drained a three-pointer as time expired and the Los Angeles Lakers crushed the comeback hopes of the Denver Nuggets, 105-103,...

With one comeback after another in the playoffs, the Denver Nuggets showed themselves to be a team that falls down but doesn’t stay down. The Los Angeles Lakers noticed. They watched the Nuggets repeatedly rally from big deficits against Utah and then the Los Angeles Clippers — and, obviously, are aware that the Jazz and the Clippers are no longer…

Dedicate this game to Dwight Howard. After playing just 15 total minutes in the Western Conference Semi Finals against the Houston Rockets, Howard was hungry to take the floor for the Conference Finals matchup with the Denver Nuggets. Needless to say, he made the most of his minutes on the court in Game 1. Howard has his best game inside…

Denver’s dynamic duo of Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic led another stunning turnaround as the Nuggets advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2009. Murray scored 40 points, Jokic had a triple-double by the third quarter and Denver again overcame a double-digit deficit to shock the Los Angeles Clippers 104-89 in Game 7 on Tuesday night….

Flights home from the NBA’s bubble are planned whenever a team is on the cusp of elimination, just in case they’re needed. Denver is in no hurry to board that plane. The never-say-die Nuggets pulled off another season-saving comeback — and, after rallying from 19 points down with 22 minutes remaining, they’ll see the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 7…

Paul Millsap scored 14 of his 17 points in the third quarter, Michael Porter Jr. made a late 3-pointer and the Denver Nuggets overcame a 15-point, second-half deficit to stun the Los Angeles Clippers 111-105 on Friday night in Game 5. Denver — down 16 in the first half — trailed 61-46 with 9:42 remaining in the third before rallying…

Kawhi Leonard finished an assist shy of his first playoff triple-double and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Denver Nuggets 96-85 in Game 4 on Wednesday night to move a step closer to their first Western Conference finals. Leonard filled up the stat sheet with 30 points, 11 rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots. He has scored 30 or…

Paul George scored 32 points, Kawhi Leonard added 23 along with a big late block and the dynamic duo helped the Los Angeles Clippers rally in the fourth quarter for a 113-107 win over the Denver Nuggets in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal series Monday night. Leonard did a little bit of everything as he grabbed 14 rebounds…

Jamal Murray scored 27 points, Nikola Jokic had 26 points and 18 rebounds and the Denver Nuggets never trailed on the way to beating the Los Angeles Clippers 110-101 in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinal series Saturday night. Gary Harris and Paul Millsap each added 13 points to help Denver knot the series at a game apiece. Paul…

Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points and the Los Angeles Clippers rolled past the Denver Nuggets 120-97 on Thursday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. Paul George scored 19 points and Marcus Morris added 18 for the Clippers. Los Angeles shot 57% from the field in an effort that convinced coach Doc Rivers that his team has adjusted…

Paul George scored 27 points, Kawhi Leonard had 26 and the Los Angeles Clippers wrapped up the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs with a 124-111 victory over the third-seeded Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night. The Clippers will face seventh-seeded Dallas when the playoffs get going next week. And Los Angeles coach Doc Rivers likes how his team is…

Kyle Kuzma hit a 3-pointer with .4 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 124-121 Monday night to snap a three-game losing streak. LeBron James threw an inbounds pass to Anthony Davis, who flipped it to Kuzma on the right wing for the game-winner as the clock ran down. The Lakers, outplayed down the stretch by…