Painful start for Nuggets
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Los Angeles - The Nuggets learned a lesson as blunt as an elbow to the forehead during their season-opening, 89-78 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night at the Staples Center: The Western Conference still is the Western Conference without
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Indiana guard Reggie Miller broke a bone in his left hand in the Pacers&#39; preseason finale Friday night, a 98-79 loss to the Denver Nuggets.
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What a difference a week makes. Eight days ago, the Celtics showed up for practice, but there were too many injuries and not enough bodies to go around. Two days of unproductive workouts begat dreadful losses to the Bobcats and Knicks.
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(Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics found themselves on the wrong end of a 100-99 decision against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday at the FleetCenter.
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In the first, the Syracuse men&#39;s basketball team looked ugly. Ugly shooting. Ugly rebounding. Ugly just trying to hold on to the ball.
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As injured Celtics forward Kevin Garnett was about to depart from practice at the Denver Athletic Club last night, Nuggets fan Tim Schimberg yelled out, "You got one more game to sit out."
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The Nuggets have fired head coach Jeff Bzdelik as head coach, according to the Denver Post. The newspaper says the team will hold a Tuesday press conference to announce the decision and that a replacement has not yet been named.
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Playing in Colorado for the first time since sexual assault charges against him were dropped, Kobe Bryant was expected to have a big night. The Denver Nuggets never gave him much of a chance.
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(Sports Network) - The Denver Nuggets lost to Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers, 89-78, on Wednesday at the Staples Center in the season-opener for both teams.
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Denver Nuggets&#39; Nene Hilario, right, of Brazil, and Houston Rockets&#39; Juwan Howard (5) chase a lose ball during the third quarter of their preseason game Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, in Houston.
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Miami Heat center Shaquille O&#39;Neal, left, loses control of the ball after Denver Nuggets forward Nene of Brazil reached in and swatted the ball away in the first quarter in Denver on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004.
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The firing of Jeff Bzdelik by the Nuggets, with assistant Michael Cooper taking the reins as interim head coach, reminds me of when I became coach of the SuperSonics.
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Nuggets forward Nene missed his second straight game because of a strained left hamstring Saturday night, and the team isn't sure when he will be back.
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Jamal Crawford: out three to six weeks with turf toe. Allan Houston: in the Knicks&#39; starting lineup again still short of 100 percent.
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Isiah Thomas wasnât the only coach at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night putting a personal agenda ahead of his team. Nuggets Coach George Karl shares the blame.
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Grizzlies point guard Jason Williams went on the injured list with a sprained right ankle before Tuesday night&#39;s game against the Knicks.
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Denver fired coach Jeff Bzdelik on Tuesday, one day after the Nuggets lost their sixth straight game and failed again to live up to the high expectations that came with the offseason addition of All-Star forward Kenyon Martin.