Tag: Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets reach their first NBA Finals after winning their 94th playoff game — the most prior to a team’s first NBA Finals appearance, in Monday night’s 113-111 series-clinching win against the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2023 Western Conference Finals. It was also the first time the Nuggets finished with a conference-best record […]
Jayson Tatum scored a Game-7 record 51 points in the Boston Celtics’ 112-88 second-round series win over the Philadelphia 76ers, and sportsbooks now show the four-time All-Star as the betting favorite to score 50 or more points in another game this postseason. Per the BetOnline sportsbook, Tatum (+200) has the best odds of becoming the […]
NBA teams hold a 6-56 series record when trailing 2-0 in conference finals series. Two of the six series wins were by LeBron James teams in 2007 against the Detroit Pistons and 2018 over the Boston Celtics. The 19-time All-Star has a 12-9 series record after losing Game 1. His 12 wins are the most […]
Jamal Murray scored the final 12 points in the Denver Nuggets’ 108-103 win against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals, the second-most consecutive points scored for a team to end a conference finals or NBA Finals win. LeBron James recorded the final 25 points for the Cleveland Cavaliers […]
Tuesday night’s Lakers-Nuggets matchup in Game 1 of the 2023 Western Conference Finals averaged 7.36 million viewers across ESPN, making it the most-watched conference finals opener in five years. Of the 7.36 million viewers, about 7.13 million watched on ESPN and 234,000 viewed the game on ESPN2. That’s a 13% increase in viewership from the […]
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope played with LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers from 2018-21, and this is the first season the 10-year veteran has played alongside Nikola Jokic on the Denver Nuggets. Naturally, Caldwell-Pope was asked how the superstars compare. “I feel like the only difference is that Bron can jump higher than Jokic,” the 2020 NBA […]
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets recorded his fourth career playoff game with at least 30 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists, the most in NBA history, in Tuesday night’s 132-126 win in Game 1 of the 2023 Western Conference Finals. It was his sixth playoff career triple-double, the most all time. The five-time All-Star […]
ESPN’s Mark Jackson, the former Golden State Warriors head coach, has apologized to Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic for leaving the five-time All-Star off his MVP ballot. Jackson, 58, was the only voter to not have the two-time MVP in his top-five selection. Jackon’s decision was leaked Thursday afternoon. The ESPN broadcaster picked Joel Embiid, […]
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets became the second player in NBA history to record 300 points, 100 rebounds, and 75 assists through his first 10 games of a postseason, joining Oscar Robertson in 1963. In Tuesday night’s 118-102 second-round win in Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, the two-time MVP logged 29 points, […]
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets is the fifth player in NBA history to record three or more straight playoff games with at least 20 points, 15 rebounds, and five assists. Tim Duncan logged five such consecutive playoff games from May 10-27 in 2003. Wilt Chamberlain registered four such postseason outings from April 11-17 in […]
