The Denver Nuggets looked like the hottest team in the NBA entering the NBA playoffs, but injuries and bad coaching took away all momentum from them. Meanwhile, the Golden State Warriors featured the best player in the series, Stephen Curry, while Mark Jackson might be whiny and slightly homophobic, but he knew how to bring the best of his players while rallying around Andre Bogut to come through with the upset, taking the series 4-2. More
The Denver Nuggets playing the Golden State Warriors is turning into quite the entertaining series, quite as predicted, although not just for pure basketball reasons. The physicality and dirtiness of the series has probably been the most notable aspect of it, and after Mark Jackson complained about Stephen Curry being handled roughly by Nuggets players, George Karl does his own retaliation by calling Festus Ezeli an asshole. More
It was always going to take a return to an ultra physical and athletics style of basketball for the Denver Nuggets to ensure they find themselves back in the series. Facing elimination, at home, they simply went to work on Stephen Curry from the get go, while Andre Iguodala, along with an improving Kenneth Faried, put on their best performance of the postseason so far to live and fight another day. More
Despite all of their offensive talent that includes Andre Iguodala, Ty Lawson, Wilson Chandler and Corey Brewer, the Denver Nuggets needed Andre Miller to lead them all through the game and especially in the fourth quarter, paving the way for a game winning layup with less than two seconds left on the clock to give his team the 1-0 lead in first round playoff series against the surprisingly stubborn Golden State Warriors. More
No one shoots the three-ball better than Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, but that’s pretty much the only advantage they have going for them against the highly favored Denver Nuggets in a first round NBA playoffs series that threatens to set a few scoring record and provide the highest entertainment value during the first couple of weeks. More
In a season that threatens to be the highest scoring we’ve seen in quite some time, the Denver Nuggets will try to overcome losing their second best scorer to a season ending injury, while the Golden State Warriors are hoping that the Stephen Curry magical shooting tour doesn’t end in the first round. More
Entering the final day of the 2012-2013 NBA Season, there is still one ticket to the playoffs up for grabs, going to either the Los Angeles Lakers or the Utah Jazz, while the Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies have positional battles in the West; the Atlanta Hawks and the Chicago are the only teams left interested in the finish out East. More
During his evolution as an NBA player, Andre Iguodala turned from an athletic, electrifying scorer into a defensive stopped and someone who can do pretty much anything on the court. But with Kenneth Faried twisting his ankle while Wilson Chandler and Corey Brewer weren’t really in the kind of shooting zone they’ve been recently, it was up to Iggy to revert to his old form and lead the Denver Nuggets to another franchise record. More
While there is only one more place up for grabs in the NBA playoffs that hasn’t been decided yet, the positional battles in the East and West are alive and well, with the games between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks, the Denver Nuggets vs the Portland Trail Blazers, the Sacramento Kings and the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers being the ones that bare extreme significance heading into the final nights of the season. More
There are quite a few differences to the 2013 version of the Denver Nuggets that make them likely to do better than in recent seasons, one of them being the arrival of Andre Iguodala, doing pretty much anything that’s required of him on both ends of the floor. The other is the depth assembled, still showing despite the injuries, led once again by Corey Brewer. More