Nuggets Lose, Karl Likely to Take Over
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Michael Cooper could only coax 70 points out of the Denver Nuggets in what was likely his last game as the interim head coach.
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(Sports Network) - Earl Boykins scored 18 of his 22 points in the first half and Bryon Russell finished off the Hornets with 12 points in the second as the Denver Nuggets downed New Orleans, 76-67, on Monday at the Pepsi Center.
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Denver Â· This was Western Conference basketball, running, soaring and scoring, and the Denver Nuggets were the latest team from the West to remind the Heat it really isn&#39;t suited for that kind of game.
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DENVER - Denver Nuggets General Manager Kiki Vandeweghe fired coach Jeff Bzdelik in the midst a lackluster season that started with so much promise.
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Denver coach Jeff Bzdelik nearly had Carmelo Anthony come off the bench against Detroit. It's a good thing he didn't. Playing with the kind of aggressiveness and enthusiasm that had been missing, Anthony broke out of his early season slump with 34 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals to help the Nuggets beat Detroit 117-109 on Thursday night.
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Salt Lake City - A star player officially falls into a slump when the opposing team&#39;s fans beg him to shoot. The small forward&#39;s accuracy problems Monday became acute enough at the Delta Center for Utah Jazz fans to taunt him as the Nuggets lost 102-91.
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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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The Nuggets didn't need Carmelo Anthony early, but could've used him late. With their leading scorer starting a 15-game suspension, the Nuggets nearly blew a huge lead but held on to beat the Washington Wizards 117-108 win over the Wizards on Monday night.
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Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony left Saturday&#39;s 82-76 victory over the Houston Rockets after suffering a sprained ankle late in the third quarter.
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When Mount Prospect native Jeff Bzdelik became head coach of the Denver Nuggets in 2002, the team was supposed to be a lost cause - and it was, going 17-65 that first season.
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According to the Denver Post, Spurs assistant coach PJ Carlesimo is on the list of candidates to possibly replace recently fired Nuggets head coach Jeff Bzdelik.
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Phil Johnson was a candidate for the Nuggets&#39; coaching job in 2002, when it went to Jeff Bzdelik. Now that Bzdelik is gone, maybe the Nuggets are having second thoughts.
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Oakland, Calif. - With Carmelo Anthony and Kenyon Martin looking on in street clothes Monday night, the Nuggets came close but couldn&#39;t overcome the loss of their injured stars.
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Basketball once created a barrier between Nuggets Coach George Karl and his son, Coby, now a senior forward at Boise State. But the relationship has been rebuilt and glued tighter by the fright of cancer.
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Jeff Bzdelik&#39;s firing is no surprise. He was in the last year of his contract, and Nuggets management had refused to offer an extension.
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As is invariably the case when an NBA head coach is fired, the media has lined up behind deposed Denver Coach Jeff Bzdelik, who, after months of speculation, was fired yesterday and replaced on an interim basis by assistant Michael Cooper, who joined
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The Nuggets are close to finalizing a deal with former Bucks and Sonics coach George Karl and he could be coaching by the end of the week.