Tag: Denver Nuggets
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 […]
Even coming into Game 2 with a 1-0 series lead, the Denver Nuggets were still somehow the underdogs. Two-time MVP Nikola Jokic said it’s nothing new for the Nuggets and they won Game 2, 108-103. The Nuggets have yet to lose at home this postseason, but the Lakers are undefeated at home as well. In […]
The Denver Nuggets took a 2-0 series lead vs the LA Lakers after a 108-103 win last night. LeBron James and the Lakers came out with more intensity last night knowing they needed a win. They led at the end of the first half and the third quarter, but the fourth quarter belonged to Denver’s […]
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 […]
The Denver Nuggets took game one in Denver with a close 132-126 victory over the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Lakers. The story of the night however was the matchup between the two star centers in Nikola Jokic and Anthony Davis. After the game, Jokic had high praise for the Los Angeles Lakers superstar. “One of 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 […]
Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets held on late in the fourth last night for a 132-126 victory vs the LA Lakers. That puts Denver up 1-0 in the Western Conference Finals after another monster performance from Nikola Jokic. The two-time MVP had 34/21/14 along with two blocks. He is the first player in NBA […]
