![]() It conspired to make the place little more than flyover territory - a city with high altitude that the schedule makers often tuck into other teams' itineraries as part of long road trips with more exciting final destinations - LA, New York, Miami.īut Denver? It was a great place to take a night off - or, put more diplomatically, for teams to exercise the 21st-century NBA practice of “load management" for their best players. ![]() Before this week, Denver made the NBA conference finals four times, and lost all four. None ever got too close to that NBA title trophy while here. All those coaches and players spent time in Denver. The Nuggets only trip this close to the title came in 1976 when they lost in the last ABA final to Julius Erving and the Nets.ĭavid Thompson Larry Brown Doug Moe English Issel Anthony George Karl Allen Iverson Chauncey Billups. Even the Colorado Rockies have been to the World Series. The Colorado Avalanche, who share a home (Ball Arena) and an owner (Stan Kroenke) with the Nuggets, have won hockey's Stanley Cup three times, including last year. John Elway brought two Super Bowl titles home and Peyton Manning another. It was good enough to make the Nuggets a no-brainer when the ABA folded in 1976 and the NBA went picking through the wreckage to invite a few teams to join.īetween then and now, the city has seen its share of the spotlight. The Broncos were still a laughingstock but the local basketball team put out a good product right away. Fans see it all as par for the course in a city where the team that debuted in the ABA as the Denver Rockets - not the better-known, better-respected Denver Broncos - really put the town on the national sports map. Jokic, who was 0.2 assists short of averaging a triple-double this season, got beat out for his third straight MVP this season by Philly's Joel Embiid. He recorded his eighth triple-double of the playoffs in Monday night's 113-111 win over LA, surpassing a record for a single postseason held by none other than Lakers great Wilt Chamberlain. With all due respect to Dan Issel, Alex English, Carmelo Anthony and everyone else who ever wore rainbows, Nikola Jokic is the best player to put on a Denver uniform. “You’re just like unsure, like, are you sure we don’t have more time on the clock? Are you sure we don’t have another quarter to play or another game to play?” ![]() The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.“It’s almost like shock a little bit,” Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon said, echoing a sentiment certainly being felt across the franchise's long-suffering fan base. Giants: Logan Webb: day-to-day (back), Ross Stripling: 15-Day IL (back), Joey Bart: 10-Day IL (groin), Heliot Ramos: 60-Day IL (oblique), Joc Pederson: 10-Day IL (hand), Austin Slater: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Roberto Perez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luke Jackson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Thomas Szapucki: 60-Day IL (left arm), Luis Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (back) Bukauskas: 15-Day IL (spine), Wade Miley: 15-Day IL (lat strain), Louis Linwood Voit III: 10-Day IL (neck), Brandon Woodruff: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Garrett Mitchell: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luis Urias: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Matt Bush: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Aaron Ashby: 60-Day IL (labrum), Justin Wilson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jason Alexander: 60-Day IL (shoulder) INJURIES: Brewers: Eric Lauer: 15-Day IL (shoulder), J.B. 230 batting average, 2.86 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs 222 batting average, 5.65 ERA, outscored by 19 runs Michael Conforto is 13-for-40 with two doubles, four home runs and 11 RBI over the past 10 games. ![]() Thairo Estrada has 12 doubles, a triple and six home runs for the Giants. Owen Miller is 15-for-38 with four doubles, three home runs and five RBI over the past 10 games. TOP PERFORMERS: Christian Yelich has six doubles and seven home runs for the Brewers. ![]()
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