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Denver Nuggets small forward Quincy Miller blocks a shot by Dallas Mavericks point guard Devin Harris during the first quarter March 5, 2014 at Pepsi Center.

In the midst of a tough season for the Nuggets, power forward Kenneth Faried is hitting his stride.

The house committee on justice approved Marikina representative Robbie Puno's House Bill 3783, for the naturalization of Brooklyn Nets big man Andray Blatche.

The Bobcats play another Western Conference opponent tonight, but the Denver Nuggets are far from the team that the Memphis Grizzlies are.

As playoff dreams go by the wayside and the losses continue piling up, the Denver Nuggets have to be thinking about one question - what happens next? Even though the offseason was filled with big departures, this team still expected to remain highly competitive in the chase for one of the Western Conference's eight playoff spots.

New Orleans Pelicans small forward Tyreke Evans drives to the hoop during the game between the Milwaukee Bucks and New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center on Friday, March 7, 2014.

Since the return of Ty Lawson a couple of games ago, the Denver Nuggets have been playing at a much higher level than without their point guard, but do they have any playoff hope left? They beat the eighth-place Dallas Mavericks and are set to take on the miserable Lakers tonight.

While NBA players rarely acknowledge tanking, fans are usually able to come to terms with the onerous reality when it's finally time for their favorite team to knock down the remaining dominos and rebuild.

How will the Lake Show come back from the worst loss in franchise history? By playing in a back-to-back in one of the team's worst away arenas, that's how.

Some of the biggest names on the Oprah network show "Mom's Got Game" hail from Flint.

THE House committee on justice on Wednesday approved the naturalization of Brooklyn Nets center Andray Blatche as part of national team's preparation for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup, which will be held in Spain in August.

So for nearly two hours Tuesday, the first-year Denver Nuggets coach had his team work on nothing but defense and defense and more defense.

It's been fun Denver, really it truly has. At times when the regular season has been at a dull point over the past couple years, the Denver Nuggets were able to make yawners actually worth watching, because since Carmelo Anthony left Denver the Nuggets have had this "team over me" mentality.

Preview: The injury-depleted Nuggets are 25-33 and have lost five consecutive games and 10 of their past 11 after Saturday's 102-96 defeat at Portland, a game in which they missed 12 free throws and lost by six points.

The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Denver Nuggets, 102-96, at the Moda Center on Saturday night, improving their record to 41-18.

Now, in his first head-coaching job with the Denver Nuggets, it's tough for Shaw to watch and be unable to inject that grit into his team.

Denver Nuggets at Trail Blazers 7 p.m. Saturday at the Moda Center TV on NBATV, KGW ; radio on KPOJ About the Nuggets: Denver has lost nine of its last 10 games and is 11-17 on the road this season.

The Nuggets, who are in the midst of one of their worst injury seasons in years, will be without the services of starting small forward Wilson Chandler for Thursday night's game against the Brooklyn Nets.

The Trail Blazers took Denver's best shot - and the Nuggets took way too many errant shots thanks to Portland's stifling defense.

A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree.