The Nuggets beat the San Antonio Spurs in their last regular season, winning their 12th straight game of the regular season. But the Nuggets didn’t stop there. They hosted the Minnesota Timberwolves for game one of their first round series.
On Saturday, the Nuggets beat the Timberwolves 116-105 after a slow start in the first quarter trailing by ten the Nuggets found a rhythm evening up the score heading into the half. By the third quarter they were firing on all cylinders with both Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray leading the charge showing why the pair is nearly unstoppable when in a zone.
When all was said and done, Murray ended the game with 30 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists, while Jokic recorded his first triple double of the post-season with 25 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. Denver Nuggets forward, Aaron Gordon added 17 points with 8 rebounds 3 assists and several crowd-pleasing dunks.
Denver will host the Timberwolves again on Monday night at 8:30 p.m. for game two. The Nuggets look to extend their lead over the Timberwolves heading to Minnesota next Thursday for game three.
In other sports the Colorado Avalanche look to take a 1 game lead over the L.A. Kings on Sunday afternoon (1 p.m.) when they host the Kings at Ball Arena. The Avalanche ended the season winning four of their last five including wins over the Seattle Kraken (2-0), the Calgary Flames (3-1) and the Edmonton Oilers (2-1).
The Avalanche are expected to win their series with the Kings and will likely play the winner of the Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild series. Minnesota took an early lead over the Stars after beating Dallas at home on Saturday afternoon. Game two is scheduled for Tuesday April 21, at 8 p.m.
After a hot start to the season the Colorado Rockies are fizzling quickly into their usual spot in the National League West, last place, 7.5 games behind the division leading L.A. Dodgers. The Dodgers are in Colorado for a four game series that kicked off on Friday with a 7-1 Dodgers win over Colorado. The Rockies got revenge on Saturday beating the Dodgers 4-3.
Although it doesn’t show yet, the Rockies now have Dodgers money after the Walton-Penner Group bought 40% of the Rockies last week in a purchase that caught a lot of people off guard.
The Walton-Penner Group owns the Denver Broncos and although they likely don’t have any real voice about the direction the Rockies are headed, it’s certain that they are interested in helping Colorado teams thrive.
Game three of the Rockies-Dodgers series is scheduled for Sunday at 1:10 p.m. while game four will be played on Monday at 6:40 p.m. to close out the series.
