Denver Nuggets News

Paul Pierce scored 17 of his 29 points in the third quarter and Mirza Teletovic scored 17 off the bench as the Brooklyn Nets beat Miami for the third time in as many games this season, topping the Heat 96-95 Wednesday.

Kenneth Faried scored 26 points and Wilson Chandler added 21 points and 10 rebounds to rally the Denver Nuggets to a 120-112 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.

The Magic allowed a double-digit lead early in the second quarter to evaporate for a second consecutive game and fell to the struggling Denver Nuggets 120-112 Wednesday night at Amway Center.

And with that one impact hiring, the Knickerbockers went from a league laughingstock to an entirely plausible home for the league's best player.

Phil Jackson is reportedly aboard the New York Knicks ' sinking ship. As for Carmelo Anthony , well, he's still unsure.

Caliche junior Shayln Johnson , Akron senior Brady Baer , and Peetz senior Josh Fiscus were all selected on Monday to play in the 14th annual The Show high school basketball all-star game.

The New York Knicks have been playing much better of late and will try to keep the momentum going Wednesday night when they visit the Boston Celtics.

This has not been a fun season for Nuggets fans to say the least. Denver finds themselves with a poor record of 27-36 under first year head coach Brian Shaw, and are going to miss the playoffs for the first time in a decade.

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

In tracing to the roots of the Bulls' success this season, a familiar narrative has taken shape, becoming a form of gospel for some true believers.

If Charles Barkley were the commissioner of the National Basketball Association, he would make an immediate change: No player can enter the NBA draft until the completion of his sophomore year of college.

Honestly, I can not organize the thoughts in my head well enough to transfer them through the nerve endings in my fingertips to the page.

A likely unfixable problem with the NBA's draft is that the top collegiate players often wind up on the worst current pro teams.

The Wizards didn't have enough time or energy to push back after the final, Dwyane Wade-induced run in Miami.

The Atlanta Hawks needed an 8-0 run - with the points coming from former Jazz players Kyle Korver and DeMarre Carroll - to pull out a 112-110 victory Monday night.

The Magic allowed an 18-point lead early in the second quarter to evaporate, and they lost to the Milwaukee Bucks 105-98 in front of an announced crowd of 10,114 people at Bradley Center.

You might think that means coach Mike Woodson and his tyrannical boss cater to those who play better than everyone else.

Losing has become quite the norm for the Philadelphia 76ers and they'll try to stop a 16-game slide Monday against the rival New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

The Bobcats were in Memphis Saturday night and dropped a 111-89 decision to the Grizzlies, as they shot a poor 39.8 percent and struggled from 3-point range to the tune of 5-for-21.

He got the perfect pass right in his kitchen, a little bit of time, and shot the ball in rhythm, resulting in a well-executed play that helped the Wizards leave Milwaukee with a 114-107 victory over the Bucks on Saturday at Bradley Center.