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Carmelo Anthony #15 of the Denver Nuggets takes a shot over James Posey #41 of the New Orleans Hornets in Game Five of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2009 NBA Playoffs at Pepsi Center on April 29, 2009 in Denver, Colorado.

The Nuggets have a lot of tattoos, play emotional, crazy and sometimes rough, and yes, harbor individuals who have had legal troubles.

Sixers forward Thaddeus Young looks for a shot around Nets center Josh Boone. The former Mitchell standout scored eight points Friday night, but part of that was a key free throw down the stretch as Philadelphia won, 97-94. Jason Richardson bounced back from his worst game of the season to score 34 points and grab 10 rebounds, and the Phoenix Suns ...

Jerry Colangelo had nestled into his seat at September's Hall of Fame inductions, when he spot- ted an old friend in the row below.

Jamal Crawford scored 25 points, and Josh Smith had 22 points, nine rebounds, six blocked shots and seven assists in the Atlanta Hawks' 125-100 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.

Dever Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony has just marked his promising career with a weekly MVP on Friday as he spearheaded Nuggets to a 5-0 season opening.

By Henry Abbott "Portland has a problem," David Thorpe said when he called me this morning, after watching Blazers vs.

The Denver Nuggets agreed to a contract extension with forward Renaldo Balkman and also exercised the fourth-year option on the contract of forward Arron Afflalo on Saturday.

Chauncey Billups and Carmelo Anthony woke up the unbeaten Nuggets in a 44-point third quarter and Denver continued its best start since 1985-86 with a 122-94 victory over the winless New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night.

It was memorable for all the wrong reasons. "It's not something that I liked," Billups said.

Carmelo Anthony loses the ball as he is fouled by the Grizzlies' Hamed Haddadi during the Nuggets' wild 133-123 victory Sunday night at the Pepsi Center.

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard and Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony were selected as the NBA's top players for the first week of the 2009-10 season, ending on November 1. Howard was quite simply a force for the season's first seven days, leading the defending Eastern Conference champions to a 3-0 record.

Sure, Denver is only two games into their 2009-10 season and it's so early some could say the games don't matter.

It's the "I love you" of chants. "M-V-P!" It's simple but somehow suitable for the award of awards; the chant wouldn't work well with other honors .

Mark Warkentien has an idea. Consider three seasons ago, when the valiant Hornets won 39 games despite injured starters missing an astounding 133 contests.

Brandon Roy dunks, after sneaking past Shane Battier and Chuck Hayes as the Portland Trail Blazers face the Houston Rockets in their season-opening game at the Rose Garden.

Coming off an emotion-charged opening night win and a sleepless night, the Nuggets wereA perhapsA due for a letdown.

Not only have they been slow, but they seem out of sync. They will certainly pull it all together against the lowly Minnesota Timberwolves tonight.

In what will be a season-long battle for supremacy and first place in the Northwest Division, the Portland Trail Blazers took on the Denver Nuggets in the Rose Garden Thursday night for the first game in the series.

The game ended. The city exhaled. And the Trail Blazers toweled off in the locker room, and reflected, and understood that their fight is just beginning.