The Denver Nuggets have lost four of their last six games with their most recent loss coming at Ball Arena against the Indiana Pacers. The Nuggets lost on the road last Friday in the Bay to the Golden State Warriors and last Wednesday to the San Antonio Spurs at Ball Arena.
In all of those losses point guard Jamal Murray was not in the lineup. Murray has been out with a lingering hamstring injury, which in recent days has been reported as worse than initially thought. The Nuggets were hopeful for Murray’s return before the playoffs however the reality is that he may miss the start of the playoffs and with the Nuggets recent losses there is a good possibility that the Nuggets will end up in the play-in-tournament after reaching a seeded spot just last week.
The Nuggets have three remaining games and must win all in order to keep their playoff hopes alive. The three remaining games are against the Sacramento Kings, the Memphis Grizzlies and the Houston Rockets. The Grizzlies are currently tied with the Nuggets and hoping to knock them further down the seeding chart and the Kings aren’t far behind looking for a chance to move up the Western Conference, while the Rockets are sitting pretty at number two in the conference. Whatever happens now, their playoff hopes are in their own hands.
In other sports the Colorado Avalanche have clinched a spot in the playoffs and have won three of their last six with losses to the Calgary Flames and the St. Louis Blues, twice. The Avalanche have four games remaining until Sunday with their last two on the road. The Avs will face the Las Vegas Golden Knights (results of this game not available at the time of this writing) and the Vancouver Canucks (Thur., Apr., @ 7 p.m.), before heading to L.A. to face the Kings (Sat., Apr. 12, @ 2 p.m.) and then on to Anaheim to face the Ducks (Sun., Apr. 13, @ 8 p.m.).
The Avs are currently in third place in the Central Division and likely unable to catch the Dallas Stars and Winnipeg Jets who 7 and 12 points ahead. The Avs do have a chance to catch the Golden Knights for the number three spot in the Western Conference by wining out the remainder of their games.
The Colorado Rockies matched their worst start (8-games) in team history after losing to the Athletics on Saturday 7-4. The Rockies bats woke up in game three of their three-game series with the Athletics beating them 12-5. This week the Rockies are at home to host the Brewers in a three-game series. Currently the Rockies are in dead last (2-7) in the National League West six games behind the division leading San Diego Padres (9-2).
We are currently just over two weeks away from the 2025 NFL Draft and the speculation of who the Denver Broncos will draft is on full display. Denver’s biggest needs are running back, wide receiver, and corner back. The Broncos recently signed a ‘joker,’ in tight end Evan Engram in free agency added to Bo Nix’ arsenal of weapons. The Broncos haven’t had a sound tight end Noah Fant who was shipped to Seattle for a deal that brought quarterback Russell Wilson to Denver. The Broncos are hopeful they will have a good draft with 7 picks lined up for this years draft.
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Breaking: The Denver Nuggets announced Tuesday morning that they have relieved Head Coach Michael Malone of his duties and will not be extending General Manager Calvin Booth’s contract.
David Adelman will be assuming the head coaching role for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.
