The Nuggets return to Ball Arena Tuesday night after losing 129-124 to the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night. The Suns tied up the series with Denver on Sunday night getting great production from both Kevin Durant and Devin Booker who both combined for 72 of Phoenix’ points. Landry Shamet added 19 more.
While Phoenix’ production was the deciding factor in Sunday’s game, the Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic had one of his best post-season performances accomplishing a 53 point night with 11 rebounds while Jamal Murray added 28 more with both Michael Porter Jr. and Aaron Gordon adding 11 points each in Denver’s loss.
The Nuggets are back in Denver Tuesday night to host the Suns in game 5, which the Nuggets are favored by 5.5 points with the over under set at 227.5. Game six is sched- uled for Thursday in Phoenix at 8 p.m.
In other sports the Colorado Avalanche reported that team captain Gabriel Landeskog will miss the upcoming season due to an upcoming cartilage transplant to his knee. Landeskog was out for the season with his knee injury with many fans expecting him back in rotation for the playoffs.
The Seattle Kraken eliminated the Avs last Sunday when Seattle came to Denver and beat the Avs 2-1 after Colorado forced a game 7 after winning in Seattle the previous Friday night.
The Colorado Rockies have won four of their last six but lost 2-0 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday after- noon in Pittsburgh. The Rockies face the Pirates for two more games this week before returning home to host the Philadelphia Phillies this weekend starting Friday at 6:40 p.m.
The Rockies are currently at the bottom of the National League West 7 games behind the division-leading L.A. Dodgers. The Rockies hold a 7-9 record at home and a 7-13 record on the road (14-22).
This week the Denver Broncos resigned safety Kareem Jackson to a one-year deal worth $2,668,000 bringing him back to the team for his fifth year in Denver.
Last season Denver Broncos running back Javonte Williams was injured when he tore his ACL and LCL in the fourth game. The Broncos went out and picked up veteran running back Latavius Murray to fill the hole left by Williams, however; last week the Buffalo Bills signed Murray (who is a free agent) to a one-year deal leaving an opening in Denver’s back field which has drawn specula- tion that the Broncos may try to sign veteran Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt.
Rookies are set to report to camp between July 18th and the 26th with veterans reporting to camp between July 23rd and the 26th.
