Ty Lawson News

When Paul Stastny scored the game winner in overtime the Pepsi Center to give the Colorado Avalanche a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, the whole arena erupted, which included Denver Nuggets star point guard Ty Lawson.

The Denver Nuggets' season is over, and man was it eventful. The first losing record in a decade, on-court blowups, midseason trades, winning streaks, losing streaks, being forced to hear George Karl's sour grapes all year, what a season it was.

So you want to label the Nuggets 2013-14, ending with their first missed playoffs in 10 years, as a "terrible" season? "People can talk about the fact that we didn't make the playoffs.

Crawford beat his previous career high of 39 points set against Miami on March, 30, 2011, when he was with Washington.

Jordan Crawford scored a career-high 41 points and Harrison Barnes added 30 as a squad of Golden State backups beat the Denver Nuggets 116-112 Wednesday night.

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The Los Angeles Clippers are two games away from wrapping up another fantastic regular season and will try to set a franchise record for wins when they conclude a five-game homestand Tuesday versus the Denver Nuggets.

Jim Gillen, checking on Ty Lawson after Lawson injured his ankle, has been the team's trainer for 23 years.

VS. DENVER When: 7:30. Where: Staples Center. On the air: TV: Prime Ticket, TNT ; Radio: 980, 1330.

The NBA regular season is just about done in a week. Before closing time, some NBA players thrill fans with unforgettable and outrageous "ankle-breakers", before the much awaited playoffs.

Kenneth Faried scored 24 points and pulled down 21 rebounds Saturday night in the short-handed Denver Nuggets' 101-94 come-from-behind win over the Utah Jazz.

Kenneth Faried scored 24 points and pulled down 21 rebounds Saturday night in the short-handed Denver Nuggets' 101-94 come-from-behind win over the Utah Jazz.

Most NBA fans know who the top point guards are, the Chris Pauls and Russell Westbrooks of the league.

The Denver Nuggets are 34-44 and will finish with a losing record, for the first time since the 2002-2003 season.

The Golden State Warriors are getting closer to a postseason berth and will conclude a three-game homestand Thursday versus the Denver Nuggets at Oracle Arena.

Denver Nuggets head coach Brian Shaw looks to the ref for an explanation about his technical foul he got at the end of the third quarter against the Boston Celtics Jan. 7, 2014 at Pepsi Center.

At this point in the season, if you have a slightly banged up star on a team not headed for the playoffs, what's the point? Why play him? With that in mind we bring you these two bits of news: Denver's Ty Lawson and New Orleans' Eric Gordon appear to be done for the year.

The Nuggets traded the young forward to Houston in exchange for Aaron Brooks at the trade deadline.

The playoff-bound Houston Rockets look to stay sharp when they host the Denver Nuggets Sunday at the Toyota Center.

Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson was held out of the Nuggets starting lineup Friday at Memphis after the point guard missed a morning breakfast meeting.