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In his NBA Playoffs debut, young Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole went for 30 points on 9/13 from the field and 5/7 from deep. It was a fantastic performance for the rising star, who according to Kevon Looney, has been asking Warriors veterans about the playoffs since his rookie year. That acquired knowledge was …

With the Denver Nuggets facing playoff elimination, league MVP Nikola Jokic was ejected from Sunday night’s game with a flagrant foul 2 after taking a wild swing in frustration at Phoenix Suns guard Cameron Payne. After a lengthy review, Jokic was handed the flagrant 2 and ejected from Game 4 of Denver’s Western Conference semifinal …

The last time the Phoenix Suns were in the postseason, they advanced all the way to the Western Conference finals. It looks like history is going to repeat itself. With a 116-102 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Friday, the Suns took a 3-0 lead in their second-round series and now appear poised to advance …

Game 1 between the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets was truly a tale of two halves. The teams played as competitive of a first half as any fan could have asked for but, then, Chris Paul and the Suns took control during the third quarter and never looked back as they came away with …

A little more than a month ago, Austin Rivers was at home, out of the NBA and waiting on his phone to ring for another chance. On Thursday night, Rivers was at the forefront of a pivotal NBA playoff game, scoring 16 of his 21 points in a supercharged fourth quarter to help power the …

The Denver Nuggets’ first possession was one to forget with a lost ball and a turnover before giving up a quick triple to C.J. McCollum of the Portland Trail Blazers. The two sides traded two-point buckets before Denver took their first lead of the game with a big dunk from Michael Porter Jr. Austin Rivers …

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The Portland Trail Blazers needed a win over the Denver Nuggets in the final game of the regular season to avoid the 7th seed in the Western Conference and an appointment in next week’s NBA Play-In Tournament. With Denver playing for essentially nothing, the Blazers got their wish easily. They opened the game with 11 …

Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone said Jamal Murray is “devastated” after he was diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Speaking Wednesday for the first time since the Nuggets announced they will be without their star point guard indefinitely, Malone said the team could see Murray’s anguish over the season-ending injury. …

Getty Images Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray has suffered a torn ACL of the left knee and will be out indefinitely, the team announced Tuesday. Though no timetable has been set for his return, with an injury like this, it is likely he’ll miss the remainder of the season. Murray suffered the injury in Monday …