The NBA’s player representatives have voted to support the notion of starting this coming season on Dec. 22, the date that the league has been targeting in its talks about how and when to get teams back on the floor for a planned 72-game season. The player vote is just […]
SEACAUCUS, N.J.-Per a Monday announcement, the NBA confirmed it will allow in-person draft workouts. In news from ESPN draft expert Jonathan Givony, each team will get 10 live workouts with draft-eligible players. These include former BYU power forward Yoeli Childs and former Utah State star shooting guard Sam Merrill. From […]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Nikola Jokic made the tiebreaking basket with 27 seconds left and the Denver Nuggets advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs by the slimmest of margins. Denver beating the Utah Jazz 80-78 in Game 7 on Tuesday night when Mike Conley’s 3-pointer […]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — For Utah and Denver, Game 7 awaits. For Toronto, so may a Game 7 approach. The brilliant Western Conference first-round series between Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell and Nuggets guard Jamal Murray — the two leading scorers in the NBA playoffs, averaging a combined 72.7 […]
Utah Jazz (44-28, sixth in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Denver Nuggets (46-27, third in the Western Conference during the regular season) Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Series tied 3-3 BOTTOM LINE: The Utah Jazz take on the Denver Nuggets […]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Jamal Murray-Donovan Mitchell duel will be settled in the first Game 7 in the bubble. Murray extended his torrid run with 50 more points, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 119-107 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night. Murray had his second […]
Denver Nuggets (46-27, third in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Utah Jazz (44-28, sixth in the Western Conference during the regular season) Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Thursday, 4 p.m. EDT LINE: Jazz -2.5; over/under is 219.5 WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Utah leads series 3-2 BOTTOM LINE: The […]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 33 of his 42 points in a second half where he played every minute and the Denver Nuggets avoided elimination by beating the Utah Jazz 117-107 in Game 5. The Nuggets trail the sixth-seeded Jazz 3-2 with Game 6 on Thursday. […]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo has been voted NBA Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the fifth player to win that award and MVP in a career. The Milwaukee Bucks All-Star was MVP last year and is the favorite to repeat this season. He ended the two-year […]
The Denver Nuggets are struggling to find a way to slow down Utah sharpshooter Donovan Mitchell. The Los Angeles Clippers can’t seem to find a way to contain Dallas playmaker Luka Doncic. Both Doncic and Mitchell are accomplishing rarely seen postseason feats inside the NBA bubble. Mitchell and the Jazz […]
