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| Warriors welcome Grizzlies to Oakland |
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03/30/2009 |
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| ying out the string on Monday when the Golden State Warriors open up a three-game homestand by welcoming the Memphis Grizzlies to ORACLE Arena. The Warriors are coming off a woeful 0-4 road trip. Carmelo Anthony had a game-best 31 points to lead the Denver Nuggets in a 129-116 rout of Golden State in the finale of the trek on Saturday. Jamal Crawford donated 30 points and Kelenna Azubuike 21 for the Warriors, who are a miserable 6-32 on the road. Anthony Morrow chipped in 18 points and Monta Ellis 17 with sev |
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| Anthony leads Nuggets past Warriors |
NBA Basketball |
03/29/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Carmelo Anthony had a game-best 31 points to lead the Denver Nuggets in a 129-116 rout of the Golden State Warriors at the Pepsi Center. Linas Kleiza added 22 points and Chauncey Billups 14 with six assists for the Nuggets, who have won three straight and eight of nine overall. Kenyon Martin finished with 11 points for Denver, which is tied with Houston for third place in the Western Conference. The Nuggets, though, are 1 1/2 games ahead of Portland for the top spot in the North |
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| Warriors visit Rocky Mountains to take on Nuggets |
NBA Basketball |
03/28/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Denver Nuggets hope to build on to their narrow lead in the Northwest Division tonight when they host the Golden State Warriors at the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets finished a three-game road trip in thrilling fashion in Dallas on Friday when Carmelo Anthony missed his season high by two points, with 43, and added 11 rebounds to help Denver sweep the season series from Dallas for the first time in franchise history. The Nuggets, who went 4-0 against the Mavericks this season, also got 22 p |
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| Knicks host Hornets at MSG |
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03/27/2009 |
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| ll be aiming for a quick rebound when they head to Madison Square Garden tonight to take on a New York Knicks club hoping to avoid its longest losing streak of the season. The Hornets ended a five-game homestand on a down note on Wednesday, when the Denver Nuggets solidified their lead atop the Northwest Division with an impressive 101-88 victory over New Orleans. With San Antonio winning its game on Wednesday, the Hornets fell to 2 1/2 games behind the first-place Spurs in the Southwest Division. New Orleans |
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| Nuggets go for season sweep of Mavs |
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03/27/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Denver Nuggets will conclude a three-game road trip in Dallas Friday hoping to hold on to their narrow lead in the Northwest Division and finish the first season sweep of the playoff-hopeful Mavericks in franchise history. The Nuggets have already beaten Dallas three times this season and have won four straight and six of their last seven meetings against the Mavericks. The Nuggets, who are a game ahead of Portland and 1 1/2 games above Utah in the Northwest, have split the first two g |
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| Nene suspended two games |
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03/25/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Denver Nuggets center/forward Nene was suspended two games without pay on Wednesday for an incident in Monday's loss to Phoenix in which he head-butted the Suns' Louis Amundson and physically confronted and made contact with a game official after his ejection. NBA Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Stu Jackson made the announcement on Wednesday. Nene will sit for tonight's game in New Orleans and miss Friday's game in Dallas. Nene was assessed a flagrant foul pe |
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| Nuggets visit Hornets in key conference clash |
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03/25/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Denver Nuggets hope to hang on to their slim Northwest Division lead on Wednesday, when they resume a tough three-game road trip by visiting the New Orleans Hornets. The Nuggets lost for the first time in six games Monday in Phoenix, where Steve Nash scored 15 points and took over the game down the stretch as the Suns kept their own playoff hopes alive with a 118-115 victory over Denver. Carmelo Anthony poured in 29 points for the Nuggets, while Chauncey Billups added 20 points and eig |
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| NBA fines Nuggets' Kleiza |
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03/24/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Denver Nuggets swingman Linas Kleiza was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for verbally abusing officials after a 116-105 home win over the Washington Wizards last Friday. NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson announced the fine, but didn't disclose what Kleiza said following the contest. Kleiza had two points on 1-of-6 shooting in nearly 16 minutes off the bench that night. He's averaging 9.7 points in 71 games this season. |
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| NBA Northwest: Three-team race heating up division |
NBA Basketball |
03/24/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Utah Jazz have owned the Northwest Division the past two seasons, while the Denver Nuggets have been the bridesmaid over that span. The Portland Trail Blazers are also making a case for their first division title since finishing in the top spot in the Pacific standings during the strike-shortened 1998-1999 campaign. Denver (45-26) is on top in the Northwest, one game ahead of both the Jazz and Trail Blazers, with 11 games left in the regular season. It has one game remaining against Ut |
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| Hornets continue residency vs. Warriors |
NBA Basketball |
03/22/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New Orleans Hornets will continue a five-game homestand Sunday versus the Golden State Warriors in the Big Easy. New Orleans is 2-1 so far on the residency and will also host the Denver Nuggets. It is 25-10 at home this season and currently sits two games behind the San Antonio Spurs for the top spot in the Southwest standings. In a 96-84 victory versus Memphis on Friday, All-Star Chris Paul finished with 32 points, nine assists and five steals to lead the way. David West posted 29 poi |
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