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TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors’ best effort came too late and was too little. Nikola Jokic had 31 points and 15 rebounds as the Denver Nuggets held off a late Toronto comeback bid to earn a 113-104 win over the Raptors on Wednesday night. Toronto was down 17 points at …
Read More »Jamal Murray of Denver Nuggets joins elite Canadian company as NBA champion
Canadian guard Jamal Murray scored 14 points while adding another eight assists and eight rebounds to help the Denver Nuggets top the Miami Heat 94-89 to win their first NBA title and put the Kitchener, Ont. in some elite company. “I envisioned this as a young ‘un growing up, so, …
Read More »Miami Heat turn tables on Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of NBA Finals
It was a popular theme before the NBA Finals started – about how the Nuggets, an up-tempo team with fresh legs that could exploit the mile-high altitude in Denver, would have a good chance to wear down the Miami Heat. The combined fourth-quarter score of the first two games: Heat …
Read More »VanVleet powers Raptors past Nuggets 125-110
TORONTO – There was no way the Toronto Raptors were going to let the Denver Nuggets earn a comeback win against them for the second time in eight days. Fred VanVleet scored 36 points including a key three-pointer in the fourth quarter as Toronto withstood a late Denver charge for …
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