Denver Nuggets

JJ Redick highlighted the Los Angeles Lakers’ resilience following their 100-92 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday at Toyota Center. “They’re a really good basketball team and they make you either play hard and match their physicality… or you can lay down. And we didn’t lay down tonight,” Redick said. He emphasized the team’s […] The post JJ Redick praises Lakers’ playoff mentality after win over Rockets appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Several members of the Lakers contributed in key moments down the stretch during Saturday’s thrilling overtime victory over Denver, writes Dave McMenamin of ESPN. Austin Reaves was at the foul line with Los Angeles down three and 5.2 seconds remaining, and after making the first free throw, he intentionally missed the second, grabbed the offensive […]

Have the Denver Nuggets been disappointing thus far in the 2025-26 season? That is a question that many are now posing amid a middling stretch that has them fighting for positioning in the Western Conference standings. A good portion of the NBA fanbase believed that they were the second-best team in the NBA after their […] The post Nuggets’ dream seeding, matchup scenarios for 2026 NBA Playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Josh Giddey had 16 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists for his fourth triple-double in five games, and the Chicago Bulls blew out Memphis 132-107 on Monday night to hand the depleted Grizzlies their eighth straight loss. Giddey is third in the NBA with 12 triple-doubles this season, trailing Nikola Jokic (27) of the Denver Nuggets and Jalen Johnson (13) of the Atlanta Hawks.

Our bi-weekly look at the 15 teams in the Western Conference: DEN and LAL: A fascinating end-game as Denver is hoisted by their own fouling petard GSW: The totally injured Warriors limp towards the 10 seed - 25:20 MIN: They've really struggled in the possession game - 32:27 OKC: Why was Shai able to score 20 so many times when others failed? - 39:01 SAC: Dylan Cardwell has intrigued as a rim protector - 46:21 PHX: Jalen Green is being asked to do too much again - 57:21 SAS: How do the Spurs h...

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doncic was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played on March 9-15, it was announced by the NBA. During the week, Doncic led the Lakers to a 3-0 record with impressive wins over the Minnesota Timberwolves, Chicago Bulls and Denver Nuggets. In the three games, the Slovenian […]

Recently, the Los Angeles Lakers picked up their fifth straight win with an overtime home victory over the Denver Nuggets. This was an epic contest that featured a game-tying shot from Austin Reaves in regulation, and a game-winning jumper from Luka Doncic in the final seconds of the extra period. The Lakers had Doncic, Reaves, […] The post Why Bill Simmons thinks Lakers star LeBron James’ recent injury absence was so ‘timely’ appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves went through a roller coaster of emotions during Saturday night’s win over the Denver Nuggets. With the team trailing by two in the final minute, Reaves got stripped by Nikola Jokic on a drive to the basket and it looked like the Lakers were gonna lose as a result. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers seem to be turning a corner. Saturday night marked L.A.’s fifth straight victory and eighth in nine games. It was another masterful showing from Luka Doncic, who finished with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists and hit the game-winning bucket in overtime. What makes this a truly meaningful win for […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have looked like a completely different team over the last couple of weeks. Since Feb. 28, JJ Redick’s team is 8-1, including their current five-game win streak. They also have massive wins over the New York Knicks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets in that span, temporarily halting the narrative that they […]

Denver Nuggets forward Cameron Johnson says he is still adjusting in his first season with the team. According to Bennett Durando of The Denver Post, the transition hasn’t been completely smooth as the regular season enters its final month. Johnson noted that there is “still an element of figuring it out” as he continues to […] The post Cameron Johnson still figuring things out with Nuggets appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Philadelphia 76ers (37-31, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (41-27, fifth in the Western Conference) Denver; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Philadelphia will try to break its four-game road slide when the 76ers play Denver. The Nuggets are 18-13 on their home court. Denver has a 7-11 record in games decided by less than 4 points. The 76ers are 17-15 on the road. Philadelphia ranks sixth in the Eastern Conference with 16.7 fast break points per game led by Tyrese Maxey a...

The Houston Rockets are about to play the most important two-game slate on their schedule tonight and Wednesday against the Los Angeles Lakers. Houston has lost their season series against the Denver Nuggets, but have chances to win thei season series against the Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves. Houston leads both series 1-0 thanks to wins […]

The NBA ruled that Spencer Jones had a clean strip of Austin Reaves with 9.2 seconds remaining in regulation of Saturday's Nuggets-Lakers game and that Reaves should not have gone to the free throw line.

The officials got a foul call wrong in the contest between the Lakers and Nuggets, which ended up helping Los Angeles.

Austin Reaves executed a perfect missed free throw before sinking the game-tying bucket to force overtime, and Luka Doncic drained the winning jumper in the extra frame to lift the Lakers past the Nuggets on Saturday night.

LeBron James finds himself in an interesting predicament with the Los Angeles Lakers, as he needs to find ways to help out Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. For the first time in his 23-year career, he has not been asked to be a primary on-ball creator, and it takes a lot off his plate. On […]

Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic shone in the Lakers' win over the Nuggets.

Saturday night was another test for LeBron James and Los Angeles Lakers in the Denver Nuggets. Los Angeles’ downside this season has been not beating above .500 teams and they beat both the Minnesota Timberwolves and the New York Knicks in a week span. Denver is battling for playoff seeding themselves, seeking homecourt advantage in […]

JJ Redick offered detailed insight into the Lakers’ 127-125 overtime victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday at Crypto.com Arena. “We set it up for him to miss and when I had kind of relayed instructions, it was to miss to the right side because that was the single side at the time,” Redick said […] The post JJ Redick breaks down Lakers’ clutch moments and team chemistry after OT win appeared first on TalkBasket.net .