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10:39 PM ET DENVER — CJ McCollum stood on the Denver Nuggets logo at midcourt and stared directly at a deflated Pepsi Center crowd trying to process how Game 7 had slipped out of its team’s hands. In a back-and-forth Game 7 that mirrored this highly competitive second-round series, McCollum buried midrange jumpers from near
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9:13 PM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close SportsCenter anchor Behind The Bets podcast host The Golden State Warriors provided a potential sneak peek into next season with an impressive Game 6 closeout win over the Houston Rockets — without injured superstar Kevin Durant. The two-time reigning NBA Finals MVP is expected to opt out of his
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8:26 PM ET DENVER — Portland Trail Blazers guard Rodney Hood exited their 100-96 series-clinching Game 7 win over the Denver Nuggets midway through the third quarter with what the team termed a hyperextended left knee. Hood went down awkwardly after taking a back screen from Nuggets guard Torrey Craig. Hood immediately grabbed at his
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4:36 PM ET Dallas Mavericks power forward Kristaps Porzingis was involved in a bloody altercation over the weekend at a club in his hometown of Liepaja, Latvia. “It is our understanding that Kristaps was jumped and assaulted outside of a club in Latvia. We will provide an update when one is available,” the team said
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10:14 PM ET DENVER — Nuggets coach Michael Malone dismissed the notion that a shoving match between Denver’s Will Barton and Portland’s Seth Curry in Game 6 might carry over into Game 7 on Sunday at Pepsi Center, especially after the Trail Blazers guard called the Nuggets “sassy.” “To me, that’s weak,” Malone said Saturday,
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6:37 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Cleveland Cavaliers moved closer Saturday to completing a first round of candidate interviews for the franchise’s head-coaching job, league sources told ESPN. Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman and members of his front office met separately with several assistant coaches in Denver on the eve of Game 7 between the
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