Anthony misses victory
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The Nuggets needed a record-breaking defensive night to make up for a rim- breaking offensive one Monday night in their 76-67 win over the down and depleted New Orleans Hornets at the Pepsi Center.
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Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points to 2,000 career points and the Denver Nuggets double-teamed Shaquille O&#39;Neal to defeat the Miami Heat 104-95.
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LOS ANGELES - After his right hamstring felt tight yesterday morning, Celtics guard Rajon Rondo missed last night's 110-91 victory over the the Lakers.
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NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony was suspended for 15 games, drawing the heaviest punishment among seven players banned on Monday after a brawl between the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets on Saturday.
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Carmelo Anthony scored 33 points after being involved in a minor car accident to help the Denver Nuggets end a four-game losing streak with a 114-107 overtime victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday.
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With Carmelo Anthony back at full strength, the United States had little trouble with Lithuania. Anthony, who hyperextended his knee and left in the second quarter of a win over Brazil last week, scored 19 points Sunday as the United States cruised to a 111-88 win over Lithuania in a tuneup for the world championships.
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Injury, illness and irritability deprived the Denver Nuggets of three of their big men Friday night. None of it mattered thanks to J.R. Smith and Carmelo Anthony, the top-scoring tandem in the NBA.
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The Knicks lost Jamal Crawford, but did not lose his personality Wednesday night. They were every bit as streaky, unpredictable and maddeningly erratic as their injured starting guard.
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Andrew Bogut was no problem for the United States. Next up: Dirk Nowitzki. Carmelo Anthony scored 20 points, and the Americans smothered Australia in the second quarter and ran away to a 113-73 victory Sunday in the second round of the world basketball championships.
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The NBA came down hard on the New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets, and none of the brawlers was spared. Not Carmelo Anthony, the NBA's leading scorer, who got the harshest punishment, a 15-game suspension. And not the teams themselves, who were fined an unprecedented half-million dollars each Monday.
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Hours after prosecutors dropped a drug charge against him, Anthony scored 30 points to help Denver hold off the Toronto Raptors 112-106 Wednesday night.
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With one close-fisted punch Saturday night, Carmelo Anthony might have undone all the good he had created earlier this season.
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Anthony&#39;s 15-foot jumper with 3.6 seconds remaining gave the Nuggets a 100-99 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night, the fifth stop on Denver&#39;s seven-game road trip.
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The New York Knicks handed the reeling Miami Heat a 13th straight defeat on Saturday, Jamal Crawford sparking the 88-84 victory with a 22-point haul for the visitors.
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Forward Carmelo Anthony walked - albeit with a limp - without crutches after Monday morning&#39;s shootaround. But the Nuggets&#39; leading scorer doesn&#39;t expect to play until next week.
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Carmelo Anthony scores 32 points and Allen Iverson adds 22 points and 11 assists as Denver dumps New Orleans, 105-99, despite 30 points from Chris Paul.
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Jamal Crawford scored 30 points in a game otherwise defined by offensive ineptitude &#151; such as the New York Knicks holding the New Jersey Nets without a basket for 15 minutes &#151; in an 87-79 victory Tuesday night.