Denver Nuggets (54-28, third in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (49-33, sixth in the Western Conference) Minneapolis; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT LINE: Nuggets -1.5; over/under is 229.5 WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Timberwolves lead series 2-1 Advertisement BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Timberwolves host the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference first round with a 2-1…
For the third time in four years, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets are meeting in the NBA playoffs, and that kind of familiarity tends to breed contempt. After Denver cruised in Game 1, the Timberwolves evened the series on Monday night by erasing an early 19-point deficit to come back and win, 119-114. The…
The Denver Nuggets are getting hot at the right time. Nikola Jokic & Co. are on a league-best 10-game winning streak and have beaten those 10 opponents by an average of 9.7 points a game. The streak includes an overtime victory over the Spurs, which ended San Antonio’s 11-game winning streak. With just two games…
Denver’s Jamal Murray scored 53 points and teammate Nikola Jokic added a monster triple-double as the Nuggets topped the Dallas Mavericks 142-135 on Wednesday. Murray posted his second 50-point game of the season and three-time NBA Most Valuable Player Jokic added 23 points, 21 rebounds and 19 assists. Advertisement Denver led by as many as…
Austin Reaves doesn’t practice that shot. But like so many of his athletic exploits, somehow a perfect missed free throw just comes naturally to the Lakers guard. Reaves’ expertly executed missed free throw, offensive rebound and difficult tying floater with 1.9 seconds remaining in regulation spurred the Lakers to a thrilling 127-125 overtime win over…
Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama moves to 2nd in NBA MVP ladder, closes in on SGA originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. A lot of people have narrowed down the NBA MVP discussions to Oklahoma City Thunder‘s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver Nuggets‘ Nikola Jokic. These two…
Nine games highlight Thursday’s NBA schedule, which begins at 7 p.m. ET, with the last tip coming at 10:30 p.m. ET. There are a number of high quality options in the NBA DFS player pool to build your daily Fantasy basketball lineups around. Stars like Cade Cunningham, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Devin Booker and Jamal Murray are scheduled to be…
