Bennett Durando is the Colorado Avalanche beat writer for The Denver Post. Before taking on his first NHL beat, he covered SEC football and other sports for five years, first at his alma mater, Missouri, for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Columbia Missourian, then Auburn for the Montgomery Advertiser.
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, left, is defended by Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving during the first half of an NBA basketball in-season tournament game Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in Denver. While their court cosplayed in Golden State colors, the Nuggets showed up to the in-season tournament shooting like a Steph Curry Warriors team.
The Mavericks are one of the five lucky teams to escape Denver with a win during that stretch, and their scorching start to this season — especially beyond the arc, where they were shooting 41% before Friday night’s game — had them looking like a worthy candidate to repeat as spoilers at altitude. Especially with Luka Doncic averaging close to a 30-point triple-double and with Kyrie Irving back in the lineup after missing the last two games.
Denver turned the ball over on its first two possessions and gave up transition buckets. Then all was well. The first quarter ended with Denver shooting 14-for-20 from the field and 6-for-7 from 3-point range to lead 40-24. All nine rotation players scored in the quarter; none were in double figures.Michael Malone, Nuggets are motivated to make it to Las Vegas in first NBA in-season tournament.
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