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And Gordon and the Nuggets are three wins away from the greatest basketball love of all—an NBA championship. “I’m not here for the credit. I’m here for the wins,” Aaron Gordon said in the post-game presser. “Playing with guys like the guys that are on this team is just a blessing. It’s a beautiful opportunity to play with guys on the team that have so much talent, have so much skill and have so much passion for the game of basketball. “That’s what I’ve always loved is to play the right way of basketball, and we do that here. Читать дальше...

It’s super hard to make it far in the playoffs without star power surrounding you, but it’s not impossible. There are a few instances in NBA history in which big-time players reached the NBA Finals without a single All-Star teammate and you can find all of the cases below.

Brian Windhorst on Adam Silver’s comments on Ja Morant: I’ve never heard anything like it, it was very unusual for him to basically say ‘I know what I’m going to do but I’m not going to announce it now.’ The second part is that he’s working alongside the players’ association on this. He’s obviously bringing them along side by side. Trust me, typically the players’ association isn’t there as the discipline is being decided on and dolled out. So this is a situation that is wide-ranging and quite frankly... Читать дальше...

Sean Cunningham: Went to the Sacramento Zoo today with Kings All-Star Domantas Sabonis. He attended an important event that I’ll share more from later. He got a scan today on his right thumb to see how treatment has helped heal the avulsion fracture. Surgery not yet ruled out, but hopeful. pic.twitter.com/1vvJibeIhZ
Source: Twitter @SeanCunningham

Marc J. Spears: Nuggets guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope tells @andscape he has a sore right tailbone but he expects to be fine by Game 2 of the #NBAFinals2023 on Sunday.
Source: Twitter @MarcJSpears

The Denver Nuggets have beaten the Miami Heat 104-93 in Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Finals.

Lukas Weese: Nuggets take Game 1 104-93. Nikola Jokić gets a triple double in his #NBAFinals debut. 27 pts/14 ast/10 reb
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Ryan Blackburn: Adam Silver on Ja Morant, says that in hindsight, he doesn’t know if a longer suspension would have had a different effect. “I don’t know what it will take to change his behavior.”
Source: Twitter @NBABlackburn

Michael C. Wright: Adam Silver says Ja Morant investigation has “uncovered a fair amount of additional information.” Said it would be unfair to announce results of investigation during Finals. Said outcome will be announced “shortly after conclusion of Finals.”
Source: Twitter @mikecwright

Joe Mussatto: Per Thunder: Aleksej Pokuševski sustained a small right humerus fracture during an off-season workout in Oklahoma City yesterday. He will be re-evaluated in approximately four to six weeks.
Source: Twitter @joe_mussatto

Donovan Mitchell: I just felt that I should have been (All-NBA) First Team. So that’s one of my goals for next year, to be First Team. And I felt like I was good enough, but obviously the media members did not.
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