Denver Nuggets News

2. San Antonio Spurs : Their health is improving, and they have won five in a row.

Reflecting on his game during a monthlong recovery from a broken left rib has helped Ty Lawson come back strong.

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.

The last time the Nuggets ventured out of Denver for an extended road trip, it resulted in a slew of blowout losses and a group of players who needed a few days apart to clear their heads.

Carmelo Anthony shook off a horrid shooting start and scored 26 points, leading the Knicks to their third straight victory, 107-97 over Cleveland on a Saturday night when LeBron James was back on the Cavaliers' bench.

Washington Wizards power forward Drew Gooden shoots against the Utah Jazz during the second half at Verizon Center.

Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson is taking part in PETA 's latest anti-fur campaign, appearing in a video saying he prefers "ink, not mink."

Rookie Victor Oladipo will miss his second consecutive game and will be held out when the Orlando Magic face the San Antonio Spurs tonight.

It's been a long time since Andre Miller led the Utah men's basketball team to the national championship game against Kentucky in 1998 and earned numerous All-America honors the next year as a senior.

Barnes will be 22 years old by the time next season starts, and he already has the physique of a stud player.

His extra shots with assistant coach Ed Pinckney concluded, Joakim Noah sat on the scorer's table after the Bulls' Friday morning shootaround at the United Center and smiled.

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.

Earlier today I looked at the news that broke that the New York Knicks reportedly talked to Phil Jackson about the head coaching position.

Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks aim for back-to- back wins for the first time in more than a month when they host the Utah Jazz Friday night at Madison Square Garden.

The Lakers suffered the most-lopsided loss in franchise history Thursday night when their co-tenants at Staples Center buried them 142-94 in front of a national television audience.

New York's J.R. Smith knocked the ball away from Kevin Martin during the Wolves' 118-106 loss on Wednesday night.

Mike Woodson called a flagrant tampering foul on the Bulls' Joakim Noah on Thursday amid reports that Chicago's center tried to actively recruit Carmelo Anthony at last month's All-Star weekend to sign with the Bulls this summer.

Cleveland Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, of Lithuania, heads to the bench while facing the Denver Nuggets in the fourth quarter of the Nuggets' 99-97 victory in an NBA basketball game in Denver on Friday, Jan. 8, 2010.

Denver Nuggets guard Nate Robinson has played on six different teams in his nine-year career, so it is no surprise that he wants to stick with a team.

Back when he was the starting power forward for a Cleveland Cavaliers team that advanced to the NBA Finals, Drew Gooden came up with a routine of flickering his fingers - or "making it rain" - after he made a string of jumpers.