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Bojan Bogdanovic left Detroit to join a now even-more-formidable contender in New York. Gordon Hayward is leaving Charlotte for one of the NBA’s best surprise stories this season in Oklahoma City. Doug McDermott was once traded by Indiana to San Antonio, and now, the Spurs have traded him back to the Pacers.
MIAMI, United States -- The Denver Nuggets' six-game winning streak came to an end on Friday (Saturday, Manila time) with the defending NBA champions failing to a 119-93 loss at home to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
LOS ANGELES, United States -- The Denver Nuggets will be without power forward Aaron Gordon indefinitely as he recovers from dog bite injuries to his face and hand, the NBA team said Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time.)
The PBA has adopted several rules from the NBA playbook but it’s far from a one-way street. When the NBA instituted the play-in system two years ago, it introduced the double-chance system which is actually the twice-to-beat advantage that’s been long in effect in the PBA. And when the NBA rolled out the in-season tournament this year, it brought in the concept of the quotient which has also been an age-old practice in breaking ties in the PBA.
LOS ANGELES – The defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets crashed to their first defeat of the season in an upset 110-89 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time), while Boston extended their unbeaten start with a brutal thrashing of Indiana.
After only four games in the NBA season, it’s too early to declare the defending champion Denver Nuggets the runaway favorites to retain the crown even if they’re unbeaten and crushing the opposition by an average margin of 14.25 points. However, there are clear signs that despite losing Bruce Brown and Jeff Green during the summer, the Nuggets are fierce and formidable.
There are two games in the NBA opening day schedule this morning (Manila time) and the league’s oldest player will be in action for the Los Angeles Lakers against the defending champion Denver Nuggets in one of the contests. LeBron James, 38, was once the youngest NBA player but that was 20 seasons ago. Now, The Chosen One’s the senior statesman and looking to become the first player to score 40,000 career points, a feat that will be accomplished about 50 games into the season if he averages 28 points a game. The other game pits Golden State against Phoenix.