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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Looks Good, Jeremy Lin Great Without Scoring
The best news for the Los Angeles Lakers after their first preseason game, in which they beat the Denver Nuggets? No one injured and no other health-related issues. Kobe Bryant looked rusty but dangerous, Steve Nash didn’t breakdown like a porcelain doll while Jeremy Lin, struggling to put the ball in the basket, looked at his finest when trying to make others do the scoring.
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NBA Rumors – Denver Nuggets Can’t Wait For Danilo Gallinari to Return
The last time Danilo Gallinari played an NBA game was April of 2013. Since then he has gone a full-blown reconstructive procedure, which meant missing the entirety of last season. It seems that he’s been ready to go for quite some time, and the Denver Nuggets are hoping that nothing delays his return this season.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Trying to Trade for Timofey Mozgov or Kosta Koufos
The Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t stopping in their attempt to build a team with no weaknesses and with plenty of depth, setting their sights on Timofey Mozgov of the Denver Nuggets and Kosta Koufos of the Memphis Grizzlies to be their backup centers.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Interested in Signing Timofey Mozgov
Building on just the big three and no defense isn’t a smart move, so the Cleveland Cavaliers are trying to make sure they have sufficient depth and rim protection to back up their stars, showing a lot of interest in Timofey Mozgov, who last played for the Denver Nuggets, to be their replacement center.
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NBA Playoffs – Los Angeles Clippers Still Have Something to Play For
Most of the teams in the NBA don’t have too much to play for. The Los Angeles Clippers aren’t like everyone else and their 117-105 win over the Denver Nuggets, getting another fine performance from Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, means that they still have a shot at finishing second in the Western conference, overtaking the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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Golden State Warriors – It’s All Falling Apart
It’s hard to see the Golden State Warriors not making the postseason despite their disappointing form of late, but Kenneth Faried hitting a game winner and cancelling out what would have been one by Stephen Curry led the Denver Nuggets to a 100-99 win and plenty of worries for a team that had bigger expectations than struggling to clinch a playoff spot.
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San Antonio Spurs – The Never Ending Streak
Slowly and always a bit under the radar, the San Antonio Spurs are amassing the longest winning streak we’ve seen this season after a 108-103 victory over the Denver Nuggets, getting the best we’ve seen out of Tim Duncan in a while, joined by the usual partners in crime Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, serving as assistant in this case.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Scary Even When Relaxed
After exploding on the Denver Nuggets in the first quarter, Kevin Durant had luxury of taking it easy for most of the game, including resting in the fourth quarter. Still, his relaxed mode is better than anything most of the league’s players do when they’re at their best, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder o a comfortable 117-96 win.
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Los Angeles Clippers – A Reason to be Concerned
Every loss happens for a reason, and even though the Los Angeles Clippers did win 11 games in a row, their 110-100 defeat after an awful performance from Blake Griffin and the rest of the team on both ends of the floor, Doc Rivers has some things to figure out before we look at the Clippers as championship contenders again.
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Miami Heat – It’s Officially a Crisis
In a long NBA season, there always seems to be time to fix things. But the Miami Heat are in the last stretch of this one, with the playoffs looming around the corner. A fifth loss in six games, this time to the pretty bad Denver Nuggets, shows us all there are quite a few problems with the defending NBA champions, maybe even too much to fix in time for the more serious battles.