Vinny Benedetto

Nuggets have a clean injury report ahead of tomorrow’s home-opener. Suns are playing tonight.

Aaron Gordon joins Klay Thompson, Luke Kennard and Ty Lawson as the only players in NBA history to go 10 for 11 from 3 in a game. Lawson made his first 10 attempts in a memorable game at the then Pepsi Center back in 2011.

Final: Warriors 137, Nuggets 131. Aaron Gordon sets a Nuggets record with 50 points in a season debut on 10-11 from 3. Jokic goes 21-13-10 but went 8-23 from the field, 2-13 from 3 with some uncharacteristic misses in the clutch.
Nuggets home-opener against Phoenix on Saturday.

Weird stretch there. Jimmy Butler hits a 3 to put the Warriors up 6. Jokic misses a 3 on the other end and no one gets back to stop Curry from a transition layup. Golden State up 8 with 24 seconds left.

Jokic misses a floater just before the buzzer. David Adelman can't believe there wasn't a foul.
Overtime.

lol the NBA rules so, so hard.

Aaron Gordon hits No. 10 to put the Nuggets back up 3. Just an absurd night for AG, but Denver's still got 25 seconds to finish off.
Joker has his triple-double.

Steph is shimmying. It's knotted at 117 with 1:15 to go.

Cam Johnson picks a good time for his first 3 with the Nuggets and picks off a pass before Jokic's floater puts the Nuggets up 7 with 4 minutes to go.

And Aaron Gordon bullies Will Richard to the basket for a three-point play. That's a career-high 42 points for AG.
Nuggets up 9 with 7 minutes to go.

Impactful minutes from Jonas Valanciunas, whose presence got AG a lob in the dunker's spot, and Gordon's ninth 3 of the night have Denver's lead back up to 6 with eight minutes to go.

Murray gets the friendly bounce on a 3 in the final second of the third. Nuggets and Warriors are tied at 94 to start the fourth.
Gordon has 32 on 10-13 FG. Jokic 16-11-8. Murray 21-3-7.
Curry scores 13 of his 20 in the 3Q.

The Chase Center crowd just erupted when Aaron Gordon missed his first 3.
Denver's lead is down to one with four minutes left in the third.

Aaron Gordon walks into a 3, and he's made a career-high eight triples without a miss.
Nuggets up nine early in the third.

Nuggets up 70-61 at the break. Aaron Gordon has 25 points on 7-7 3PT. Jokic with the casual 14-7-5. Murray adds 12. Jonas Valanciunas has 8 points in 4-4 FG. No other Nugget has more than 4.
Butler leads the Warriors with 11. Curry has 7 pts on 8 FGA.

AG might never miss again.

Jamal Murray looks quite good. He's 6 for 8 from the field and just followed a rare miss with a put-back bucket. He's got 12 points, 6 assists, three steals and no turnovers, and Denver's up 46-39 early in the 2Q.

Nuggets lead 31-27 after one. Gordon (11), Murray (8) and Jokic (6) combine for 25 of Denver's points.
Nuggets lose the first two non-Jokic minutes by five. Jimmy Butler scored his team-high 9 points in the final 1:58.

Happy to be back!

AG's 3-3 from 3, and the Nuggets are on a 27-8 run since Golden State's 10-0 start.
Denver on 10 assists on 11 FGM. Six different players with a dime. Tim Hardaway Jr. and Bruce Brown were first two off Denver's bench.

Aaron Gordon's 3 ball remains pure.

Nikola Jokic finishes through contact off an assist from Jamal Murray to get the 2025-26 Nuggets in the board.
(Golden State scored the first 10 points)

Really great stuff from @vbenedetto.bsky.social in today's Nuggets season preview section in @denvergazette.com. Good look at Jamal Murray's offseason and David Adelman's influence on the Nuggets' practice gym. Plus, I got in on our staff predictions.
www.denvergazette.com/2025/10/21/t...

Join Nuggets media next season, my guy

Personal box score (estimated)
In 4 minutes vs coaches: 0-0 FG, 0-0 3PT, 0-0 FT, 0 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast, 0 stl, 0 blk, 2 TOs, -27
Against rest other media: 3-14 FG, 2-7 3PT, 8 pts. 7 reb, 6 ast, 1 stl, 0 blk, 3 turnovers, -11.
Leaving with only a jammed thumb = massive W

It was closer than it looks.

If you missed it earlier, the Nuggets and Christian Braun agreed to a five-year extension worth $125 million.

The Nuggets and Peyton Watson did not reach a contract extension prior to today's deadline.

The Nuggets and Peyton Watson did not reach a contract extension prior to today's deadline.

Did you know Jalen Pickett is more than a year older than Zeke Nnaji?