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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.

Apparently, Friday nights are about erasing the past. A week ago, the Miami Heat snapped a 17-game losing streak in Indiana with a victory at Conseco Fieldhouse.

Miami Heat center Jermaine O'Neal goes up for a shot against Denver Nuggets center Chris Andersen during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Friday, Nov.

When Nuggets guard J.R. Smith returns from suspension Tuesday at Chicago, he will not immediately start, coach George Karl reiterated Wednesday.

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

Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets will try to remain unbeaten on the season when they commence a six-game road trip Tuesday against the Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse.

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

Carmelo Anthony extended his torrid start with 42 points in the Denver Nuggets' 133-123 shootout win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night.

Carmelo Anthony, guarded by the Pacers' Dahntay Jones during a game Oct. 11 in Beijing, says he feels good about the Nuggets' chances this season after they lost to the Lakers in six games in last season's Western Conference finals.

For the first time in more than a decade, the Denver Nuggets are heading into the regular season with high expectations among their own locker room.

How could he not drink the Kool-Aid? It was early 2008, and most of the NBA was guzzling the stuff.

Chauncey Billups scored 25 points against the Jazz on Wednesday night. He and the Nuggets face the Blazers tonight at the Rose Garden.

Carmelo Anthony had a game-high 30 points and rookie Ty Lawson scored seven of his 17 points in a pivotal fourth-quarter run, lifting the Denver Nuggets to a season-opening 114-105 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.

The Denver Nuggets were one of the biggest surprise teams in the NBA last season, finishing with over 50 wins and securing a trip to the Western Conference Finals before they finally bowed out to the eventual champions, the Los Angeles Lakers.

There are 54 ways the Nuggets could wither under the weight of unreasonable expectations and maybe one good reason to believe they could blossom into a legitimate NBA championship contender.

In describing the Jazz's opening-night challenge, Ronnie Price used an adjective as many times as some people do when talking about their pioneer ancestors.

Every TrueHoop Network member site will be posting their season preview today so make sure you check out as many as humanly possible either via the the drop down menu up above or the blogroll along the right sidebar.

Chauncey Billups posts up Nuggets rookie point guard Ty Lawson. Not that Pistons fans need any reminder of the leadership void that occurred when Chauncey Billups was traded, but Billups' might just be the most respected player in the NBA, so says O.J. Mayo of the Grizzlies : "Chauncey Billups, in my mind, is the best leader in our league," Mayo ...

In the high-stakes game of Western Conference poker, George Karl likes the hand he is holding.

There is no honor in the preseason, no revenge in an exhibition win. The Nuggets face the L.A. Lakers in back-to-back games beginning tonight in Anaheim, Calif., and concluding Friday in San Diego.