Andre Miller is mobbed by Nuggets faithful after hitting the game-winning bucket with 1.2 seconds left in Game 1. There’s nothing like a lil’ long-in-the-tooth experience and know-how in the playoffs. “Old Man River” ANDRE MILLER, at the ripe young age of 37, showed the Denver Nuggets just how valuable an asset that can be with an outstanding 28-point, 5-assist performance in Denver’s 97-95 Game 1 win over the...

Rising star 4sho: Faried says he wants to have along career in the NBA. Barring serious injury, he definitely will. KYRIE IRVING may have gotten the cool points with his sandman dribble crossover and bucket on BRANDON KNIGHT Friday, but Denver’s human electric grid KENNETH FARIED won the 2013 BBVA Rising Stars Challenge MVP award with 40 points and 10 rebounds as Team Chuck trounced Team Shaq,...

Denver Fun Bunch: Iguodala and Lawson were two of six Nuggets having a really good time Thursday vs. Chicago. Don’t look now but the Denver Nuggets appear to be hitting stride. Winners of eight straight and 13 of 15 at home, the Nuggets (32-18)walloped the Chicago Bulls in classic mile high-scoring fashion at Pepsi Center Thursday night, 128-96 as six players scored double figures. Denver big man JAVALE MCGEE was among them, putting...

Faried’s immediate family includes two moms, Muhassin and biological Waddir, a N.J. same-sex married couple. On the basketball court, KENNETH FARIED is known as “the Manimal,” a ferocious rebounding machine emitting constant energy. Yet, off the court, Faried is energized behind a different cause. On behalf of One Colorado (a LGBT organization) and accompanied by his two married moms, the Denver Nuggets young power...

L.A. Law: Lawson obviously has no fear of the Lakers, gladly providing bulletin board material for the team to use. So TY LAWSON feels he can pop ish now on the Lakers. TMZ cameras recently caught up to the Denver Nuggets point guard hanging out in L.A. and listen to what dude had to say regarding Kobe and the Lakers…and the crosstown Clippers… “I told Kobe, ‘It is what it is and we’re gonna bust they ass and...

Gallinari’s dagger trey off Howard’s block was indicative of Denver’s fortunes and equally the opposite for Lakers. The season from hell continues for the Los Angeles Lakers. After trimming a 10-point deficit with 6:11 remaining to three on a 3-pointer by KOBE BRYANT with 36 seconds left, DWIGHT HOWARD’s block of Andre Miller’s short jumper went straight to DANILO GALLINERI, who drained a dagger trey to send...

Ever the marketing innovator, the NBA has unveiled their new “BIG color” Christmas Day team uniforms that will be worn by various teams participating in this year’s Santa Day extravaganza. Team colors are represented in a solid, simple jersey design. There are five Xmas Day games with the Celtics taking on the Nets in Brooklyn… In an intriguing twist given the latest events, Mike D’Antoni’s Los Angeles...

Back in the saddle: Lawson will be running the mile-high fastbreak for the Nuggets for the next four years. Denver Nuggets point guard TY LAWSON has agreed to a four-year, $48 million extension with the club on Tuesday, according to league sources. Lawson, who turns 25 this week, tweeted his appreciation on the new deal Tuesday afternoon: Lawson averaged a robust 16.4 points and 6.6 assists last season for Denver and will now be among the...

Ferocious rebounder Kenneth Faried shows off the Nuggets new alternate “skyline” yellow unis on Monday. Blending past tradition with a modern look, Denver Nuggets players TY LAWSON, DANILO GALLINARI, JAVALE MCGEE, newcomer ANDRE IGUODALA and second-year forward KENNETH FARIED served as models for the new alternate “Skyline” uniform unveiling on...

Bynum hosted an NBA record-tying block party Sunday at Staples Center. The Denver Nuggets weren’t invited. When last we saw ANDREW BYNUM in the playoffs, the seven foot L.A. Lakers center was flagrantly blocking opposing guards out of bounds, earning himself and eventually his team an automatic ejection from the postseason. On Sunday, the Lakers—Bynum in particular—looked to make amends for last season with an emphatic...