In the three appearances he's had since returning from his near-two-month-long injury absence, Braun has averaged just 2.7 points and 3.7 rebounds per game while shooting a brutal 21.4% from the field and 20.0% from three, also going 1-2 through the games in which he's played.

Denver Nuggets' coach questions 65-game rule as Nikola Jokic injury threatens season-long durability narrative.

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According to Brendan Vogt of DNVR, there appears to be an illness spreading throughout the Nuggets' locker room, now having struck at least four players on the roster, including Jamal Murray, which was why he was held out for Denver's latest game against the Atlanta Hawks.

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Jaylen Brown slammed the officiating after a controversial no-call against the Nuggets, calling the referees' mistake "unacceptable" and "bullsh*t" in a heated postgame rant.

NEW YORK — When the Denver Nuggets lost Nikola Jokić to a hyperextended knee on Dec. 29, they felt the collective loss of this year’s NBA MVP frontrunner and arguably the best basketball player in the world. But the Nuggets aren’t running from the challenge of what’s behind them this season and what’s still to come — they are embracing it.

I’m just trying to figure out the flow of my minutes, you know?” Gordon said Friday. “It’s a longer halftime for me right now.”

The Denver Nuggets closed out their seven-game road trip with two consecutive wins, but in their first game back home since Christmas, they fell well short. The