Nuggets advance, Hawks win…Howard elbowed out of Game 6…Greinke ends streak DENVER The Denver Nuggets have won a playoff series for the first time since 1994, advancing to the NBA ’s Western Conference semifinals by beating New Orleans 107-86 in Game 5. The game was tied at 62 until the Nuggets closed the third quarter on an 18-4 run.
Being an Allen Iverson fan, watching his career since leaving Philly has been both painful and sad.
Denver Nuggets Kenyon Martin watches Carmelo Anthony take a shot with less than 10 seconds on the clock in the game as New Orleans Hornets Chris Paul and Sean Marks look on in Game 3 of the 2009 NBA Playoffs Saturday, April 25, 2009 at New Orleans Arena.
“I’m OK,” Nene insists, less than 24 hours after an NBA playoff loss to New Orleans in which his ugly line in the boxscore was: six fouls, two points, one scowl.
Now the Nuggets get to find out what this team is made of. The fun, festive feeling following two home blowouts of the Hornets faded into a sea of yellow confetti, streaming down on the winners and their fans at New Orleans Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points for Denver, bu4 missed a jumper tha4 could have put the Nuggets in the lead with under 5 seconds left.
Nuggets vs Hornets. The first favorable match up the Nuggets have gotten in a long time.
As befitting a man weaned on the Dean Smith/North Carolina Tao of Hoops, George Karl happily points out one of the ways the NBA playoffs differ from games played between October and April.
In what was a furious last day of the regular seasons with many OT games featuring teams like the Cavs, Hornets and Spurs… by Bhavik Darji 7 reads Preview/Prediction In what was a furious last day of the regular seasons with many OT games featuring teams like the Cavs, Hornets and Spurs.
Dahntay Jones’ in-your-face defensive style appears to be getting on the nerves of the New Orleans Hornets.
When the Portland Trail Blazers closed the door on the 2008-2009 regular season, and closed the door on years of hitting the links in mid-April, I found myself in a dark tunnel, looking over the shoulder of a bubbly trail cat, watching as players, coaches, and spouses made the short, joyous walk to the team’s locker room.
Chauncey Billups can’t recall any of his other 117 playoff performances being as big as his 36-point outburst in front of his homies.
Chauncey Billups settled down his teammates, then stepped up his game. Billups scored 36 points and made a career-best eight 3-pointers in leading Denver to a 113-84 rout of the New Orleans Hornets, the second-biggest blowout in the Nuggets’ playoff history.
Two of the NBA’s top point guards square off in the Hornets-Nuggets series. Who will come out on top … Chris Paul or Chauncey Billups? Vote HORNETS VS NUGGETS The Hornets won seven games in the 2008 playoffs.
A lot has changed in a year for the Denver Nuggets. Last spring, Allen Iverson was getting ready to hurl 10 to 15 bad shots a game and star forward Carmelo Anthony created a distraction after being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving shortly before George Karl’s team played roadkill with the skill of Academy Award winning actors to the Los …
