The two most recent NBA champions are playing well enough to reach the finals, and as we saw Sunday, it would be a compelling matchup.
The Boston Celtics ended a two-game skid, defeated the Denver Nuggets 110-103 in a potential preview of the NBA Finals. The Celtics move to 43-18 after a wire-to-wire victory over the western juggernaut.
The Denver Nuggets are visiting the Boston Celtics Sunday afternoon for a marquee matchup that many believe could be the NBA Finals matchup. Sunday afternoon's
At the heart of the Denver Nuggets depth chart stands 2023 Finals MVP Nikola Jokic, widely regarded as the NBA’s best player. Jokic's visionary passing, his high basketball IQ and dominant ...
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League Pass Game of the Day: Denver Nuggets vs Sacramento Kings (9 ET)
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Sacramento Kings at Denver Nuggets odds, picks and predictions
Kings can’t hold on to early lead against Denver Nuggets, who snap Sacramento’s streak at 4
The Sacramento Kings will leave Denver wondering what could have been. It might have been their best defensive performance of the season against the NBA’s second-ranked offense. It might have extended their winning streak to five,
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Sporting News on MSNNuggets predicted to acquire $10 million, two-time All-Star center from 76ersOne possible move proposed by Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report has the Nuggets acquiring Philadelphia 76ers center Andre Drummond this offseason. "A plug-and-play option like Drummond would be ideal, and he seems expendable if the Sixers would rather not keep his $5 million player option on the books," Buckley wrote.
That, in all statistical likelihood, will probably be our Finals matchup. But doubt the reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics at your own risk. And even if they have some drawbacks that should give anyone logical pause,
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Shaquille O'Neal marked an era in the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers, while Nikola Jokic has led the Denver Nuggets in recent years. Now, a former NBA champion has drawn an interesting comparison between the two.
If we want to see the best basketball with top star power, a Nuggets-Celtics NBA Finals matchup would be the best-case scenario for the league," Harper writes. "Maybe it won’
Since the 2023 Western Conference Finals, Nikola Jokic dominated Anthony Davis, one of the best defensive players the league has ever seen. Saturday was the first time the Lakers and Nuggets faced off since the Luka Doncic trade happened, meaning Davis was not there to guard the three-time MVP.
If the Denver Nuggets needed any motivation to be at their best this season, they got all the fuel they would need from Kendrick Perkins. Perkins appeared
Cleveland will have home-court advantage in a potential Eastern Conference Finals series against Boston and boasts a 29-4 home record as of March 6. The Celtics did win a ECF Game 7 in Miami in 2022, but they also lost one at home to the Heat in 2023, and a Game 7 in Cleveland seems like a toss-up.
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