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…
LOS ANGELES — It was a near-impossible quest for a star-less Lakers team against the NBA’s Goliath, the Thunder. Los Angeles came out of the gates matching Oklahoma City’s energy with a closer-than-expected first quarter. Advertisement Then, as each quarter and minute went by, the margin slowly separated for the undermanned Lakers, falling to the…
Imagn Images The Los Angeles Lakers entered Thursday’s showdown the Oklahoma City Thunder harboring “statement game” aspirations. After rolling through March as one of the NBA’s hottest teams, the Lakers had a chance to prove themselves as a true contender against the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed. Instead, they were humbled by the defending champions…
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…
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The NBA announced suspensions after an altercation broke out during the Thunder’s 132-111 win against the Wizards on Saturday. The league gave a one-game suspension to Thunder guard Ajay Mitchell and Wizards forward Justin Champagnie for fighting and “escalating an on-court altercation which spilled over into the spectator stands.” In addition to the suspensions, Thunder…
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…
