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Nikola Jokić’s 61-point triple-double wasn’t enough to save the undermanned Nuggets against the perfervid Timberwolves.

The Nuggets defeated the Jazz’s skeleton crew in a tuneup game for their 47th win of the season.

Pat Riley watched from his near court side seats Wednesday night as Cade Cunningham spoiled the eve of his 80th birthday with a top-of-the-key, banking triple that gave the Heat its ninth loss in a ro...

Michael Porter Jr.

The Nuggets fell into multiple large deficits and failed to climb out of the last one late in the fourth quarter in Boston.

The Nuggets were outplayed on national TV by the Milwaukee Bucks.

Never discount the voters doing something crazy, but there should be no more than four candidates for the most improved player crown: Cade Cunningham, Tyler Herro, Evan Mobley and Christian Braun.

The Nuggets demolished the opposing backline and got back in the win column with a dub in Indiana over the Pacers.

The Nuggets’ nine-game win streak ended, but the blowout loss to the Lakers highlights a concerning trend: the better teams keep beating them.

The Nuggets got upstaged by the Lakers at Ball Arena and were behind the entire game.

The Nuggets outlasted the Hornets in the first game back from the All-Star break for their ninth win in a row.

The Nuggets are riding an eight-game win streak and sit as the West’s third seed, two games over the fourth-place Houston Rockets and a half-game behind the Memphis Grizzlies.

Wembanyama has a real go-to partner

A flat showing before the All-Star break

The Nuggets cruised to their sixth consecutive win while facing the Suns minus Kevin Durant and Grayson Allen. Even with key absences to Russell Westbrook and Michael Porter Jr., this was still a tune...

The Nets’ defense made the Heat look impotent in the fourth quarter, their second-worst (net rating) of the season, after scoring nine points on 9.5% shooting. It was like a varsity squad whooping on ...

Andrew Wiggins now wears #22 for the Miami Heat after requesting it. This highlights how badly the relationship ended with Jimmy Butler, who wore the same digits since 2019 until the trade on Wednesda...

The Nuggets were missing Jamal Murray (knee), Russell Westbrook (hamstring), and Peyton Watson (sprained knee), but it was no problem for them to dispatch the touring Magic. Michael Porter Jr. went on...

Jimmy Butler finally complained his way out of Miami and ruined his reputation with the help of his agent Bernie Lee. The latter is a bully who even went as far as verbally attacking the ESPN reporter...

Five Heatles scoring in double-figures wasn’t enough to secure the win because the defense lost its edge and gave up 19 trifectas. To make matters worse, the Bulls scored  16.1 percentage points above...

Stephon Castle is on the rise and it’s only the beginning

The Spurs were unable to take care of the ball against Memphis’ suffocating defense.

The Spurs made easy work of the Bucks in the second half

A low bar for Denver law enforcement

The Nuggets fell apart late in New York and squandered an opportunity for a quality win. Jamal Murray carried the team on Nikola Jokić’s down night, but the defense’s failure to cover screen rolls and...

The Nuggets were slain by the Bulls on tour because of their inability to defend the three-point line and could barely hit any treys of their own.   After the game, coach Michael Malone blasted his te...

The Nuggets got schooled by their division foes in Minnesota and were always behind. They let the Timberwolves invade their paint for 72 points, the second-most digits given up to an opponent in that ...

The Spurs dominated in game 1 of Victor Wembanyama’s homecoming.

The Heat disemboweled the Spurs, taking control in the second quarter and delivering the fatal blows in the third. The Bam Adebayo and Kel’el Ware frontcourt pairing blew up actions. And five Heatles ...

Why Wemby is next up, if he isn’t already there.

Jamal Murray had his top game of the season, mowing down the Wild Horses from all spots. He had 45 points on 69% shooting, creating so much separation on the scoreboard Dallas had no chance of coming ...

Podcast Episode · Five On The Floor: Miami Heat/NBA · 01/14/2025 · 44m

Once teammates but forever brothers

The Nuggets went down big multiple times but emerged victorious in Aaron Gordon’s return. They shoot poorly from deep, but got what they wanted at the rim. And Nikola Jokić and Russell Westbrook recor...

Time is on the Spurs’ side

The Heat were massacred by the Utah Jazz and mercy wasn’t even shown in the fourth quarter. Jimmy Butler was absent as he served the first night of his seven-game suspension, but he wouldn’t have prev...

Wemby takes round one over Joker.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are the best team in the NBA. They are 0.3 points behind the Oklahoma City Thunder for the highest point differential in the league, hav

Domination ends the year

Tyler Herro cooked the Rockets so hard that Amen Thompson had to throw him down to make it stop, but the Heat were already too far ahead.  The crew overcame the league’s second-rated defense plus 13 l...

A masterful second half by Tyler Herro wasn’t enough to lift the Heat out of danger. Trae Young and Jalen Johnson went wild against the defense, and the hosts closed the game on a gut-punching 14-5 ru...

Fifth night and win of the season holding a rival under 100 points

The Heat were saved by Tyler Herro and Alec Burks after being down 17 points, giving the Magic its third home loss of the season. The crew was outrebounded by nine and had 20 turnovers, but successful...

Wemby’s big night isn’t enough to put San Antonio over the top in New York

Close losses like this build character