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| Nuggets go for season sweep of Mavs |
NBA Basketball |
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 |
NBA Basketball |
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 |
NBA Basketball |
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 |
NBA Basketball |
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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| Northwest-leading Nuggets to host wayward Wizards |
NBA Basketball |
03/20/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Northwest Division-leading Denver Nuggets shoot for their fifth consecutive win Friday, when they welcome the hapless Washington Wizards to the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets, who lead Portland by a game and Utah by 1 1/2 games in the tightly-packed Northwest, are coming off their first road win in a month on Wednesday. Carmelo Anthony netted 13 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter, including the go-ahead three-point play in the final minute, as Denver overcame a 17-point second-half defi |
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| Anthony rallies Nuggets past Grizzlies |
NBA Basketball |
03/19/2009 |
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| Memphis, TN (MySportsbook) - Carmelo Anthony netted 13 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter, including the go-ahead three-point play in the final minute, and the Denver Nuggets overcame a 17-point second half deficit to upend the reeling Grizzlies, 111-109, in an ugly loss for Memphis at FedEx Forum J.R. Smith hit five three-pointers, on his way to a 21-point effort for Denver, which extended a pair of winning streaks in logging its fourth victory overall and seventh in a row from Memphis. The Nuggets we |
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| Nuggets invade FedEx Forum in Memphis |
NBA Basketball |
03/18/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Denver Nuggets will be attempting to extend a pair of winning streaks when the Northwest Division leaders invade FedEx Forum tonight for a matchup with the Memphis Grizzlies. Denver not only enters this evening's battle having won its last three games, but the club has not lost to the Grizzlies in nearly two years. The Nuggets have taken six straight meetings in this series, including a pair of encounters earlier this season, and have won three times in Memphis over that unbeaten stret |
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| Nets aim to salvage finale of road trip vs. Knicks |
NBA Basketball |
03/18/2009 |
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| e, as the New York Knicks welcome the Atlantic-Division rival New Jersey Nets to Madison Square Garden. New Jersey has lost every test so far on a five-game road trip and five straight as the guest overall, including Monday's 121-96 loss against the Denver Nuggets in the Rocky Mountains. Vince Carter carried the Nets with 32 points on 13-of-23 shooting, but the visitors sorely missed All-Star point guard Devin Harris. Harris suffered a shoulder sprain against the Clippers on Sunday and is listed as doubtful a |
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