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Kiszla: Gritty, little underdog Nuggets remind Phoenix who’s real team to beat in the West

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:27:32 GMT

Maybe it’s time the NBA power-brokers and pundits woke up, got off their lazy rumps, grabbed an old-fashioned road atlas and took a little trip to discover a team from our dusty old cowtown in the lost time zone.Don’t know about you. But for championship frauds, the gritty, little Nuggets look for real to me.The Nuggets burned hotter than the Suns in a dominant 125-107 victory that opened this best-of-seven playoff series with a revelation.“Nobody’s picking us to win,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said Saturday. “All the pressure’s on them.”When the playoffs began, Las Vegas oddsmakers made Phoenix the favorite to come out of the Western Conference. Although it doesn’t happen often, it appears that perhaps those wise guys in Vegas were wrong.Let anybody and everybody suggest Denver is a fraud as a No. 1 seed. Milwaukee and Memphis are already gone from the championship hunt. The Nuggets know they’re legit contenders.“...

Rockies’ Noah Davis rocked by D-backs as Colorado loses seventh straight at Coors Field

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:27:32 GMT

Noah Davis dodged his inevitable baptism by fire, until Saturday night.The Rockies’ rookie right-hander, so good in his first two big-league starts, was roasted by the Diamondbacks, who ripped Colorado, 11-4, in front of 34,399 fans at Coors Field.“The first couple of starts went well and I felt like I was competing,” Davis said. “All you can really ask for is to go out there and compete and see what the results are. But you have to take your lumps when they come. It’s going to be a learning process.”Davis, 25, entered the game with an 0.93 ERA, the lowest in Rockies history for a pitcher’s first two career starts. Davis was also the only Rockies pitcher to not allow an extra-base hit through his first two starts. But it took Arizona just two innings to teach Davis some big-league lessons. He departed having given up seven runs on seven hits with an ERA of 6.17.“He threw strikes for the most part, although there were some walks in ther...

Jamal Murray, Nuggets strike first with commanding Game 1 rout over Suns

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:27:32 GMT

Jamal Murray was helpless the last time Denver met Phoenix in the postseason. Forgive him for soaking in the moment.As Murray rained in 3-pointers and converted on preposterous finishes at the rim, the Nuggets’ emotional heartbeat beckoned to the home fans to get louder. Even if he got a taste of that feeling again in the first round of the playoffs, Murray wasn’t about to let the moment pass.Led by Murray, the Nuggets pummeled the Suns, 125-107, in Saturday night’s Game 1 Western Conference semifinal at Ball Arena, sending the first missive in this tantalizing matchup. Murray finished with 34 points and six 3-pointers, quieting those who suggested Phoenix’s superstars might overshadow Denver’s.According to Nuggets coach Michael Malone, Murray “just continues to add to the legend of playoff Jamal Murray.”Nikola Jokic assembled a 24-point, 19-rebound performance that had to leave the Suns wondering how they’d contend with his size heading into Monday’s Game 2. The Nuggets outrebounde...

Nuggets 3-pointers: Jamal Murray’s playoff legend grows after epic Game 1 vs. Phoenix Suns

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:27:32 GMT

Initial thoughts from the Nuggets’ 125-107 win over the Phoenix Suns in the second round of their Western Conference playoff series:Related ArticlesDenver Nuggets | Jamal Murray, Nuggets strike first with commanding Game 1 rout over Suns Denver Nuggets | Kevin Durant heaps praise on Nuggets: MPJ is an X-factor, Nikola Jokic a future Hall of Famer Denver Nuggets | Why Nuggets’ Jamal Murray is “built for” the NBA playoff stage Denver Nuggets | Keeler: Nuggets star Nikola Jokic doesn’t “need” NBA title to confirm GOAT status. Pressure? Pressure in this series is all on Kevin Durant and NBA’s favorite Suns. Denver Nuggets | Denver Nuggets vs. Phoenix Suns: Who has the edge, five things to watch and predictions 1. Playoff Murray = Legend Murray? After his trey off transition with 6:57 left in the game pushed the Nuggets lead to 112-95, when the Suns called timeout to ...

1 killed, 9 hospitalized in Santa Monica crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:27:32 GMT

One person was killed and nine others were hospitalized after a crash in Santa Monica on Saturday.The deadly collision happened on Pacific Coast Highway around 3:10 p.m., according to Santa Monica police.The two-vehicle crash left one person dead. Six adults and two small children were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. Their ages and identities have not been released.One person was killed and nine others were hospitalized after a crash in Santa Monica on April 29, 2023. (Citizen)One person was killed and nine others were hospitalized after a crash in Santa Monica on April 29, 2023. (Citizen)One person was killed and nine others were hospitalized after a crash in Santa Monica on April 29, 2023. (Citizen)One person was killed and nine others were hospitalized after a crash in Santa Monica on April 29, 2023. (Citizen)One person was killed and nine others were hospitalized after a crash in Santa Monica on April 29, 2023. (Citizen)One person was killed and nine others were...

Berkeley grocery store worker charged with following 11-year-old girl around store and taking her picture

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:27:32 GMT

BERKELEY — A 53-year-old Richmond man has been charged with secretly taking pictures of children and “upskirt” photos of adults, including at the East Bay grocery store where he worked, court records show.Anthony Calica was charged April 20 with five misdemeanors, including two counts of invading privacy and three counts of annoying or molesting a minor. He remains out of custody while the charges are pending.The case started last November, at the The Natural Grocery Company in Berkeley where Calica worked, when authorities say the mother of an 11-year-old girl notified police that Calica had been following her daughter around the store and appeared to be taking her picture. When confronted, he allegedly admitted to “sometimes” photographing customers without their consent, and had 40 such photos on his phone from the same day.The Berkeley Scanner reported that police combed through 60,000 images from Calica’s digital storage device, and found evi...

CHP officer injured in motorcycle crash with fellow officer in SF

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:27:32 GMT

Editor's note: A previous version of this article incorrectly identified the agency involved in the collision. The article has been updated to reflect the latest and most accurate information.SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer was injured after a collision with another CHP motorcycle Saturday. It happened on 3rd and Stillman Street around 3:20 p.m.The CHP officer fell off his motorcycle and suffered unknown injuries. He was lying on the ground for about 30 minutes as other officers were tending to him. It is unknown at this time if the officer in the other involved motorcycle was injured.The injured officer was taken to SF General Hospital, a CHP spokesperson told KRON4. The extent of his injuries is unknown at this time.Video from the scene can be viewed in the player above. Photos taken from the incident can be viewed below. One dead after residential fire in SF’s Ingleside neighborhood As of 4 p.m., the scene was cleared, and the streets were no l...

Driussi helps Austin earn 2-2 draw with Earthquakes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:27:32 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Sebastián Driussi scored late in the second half to help Austin FC rally for a 2-2 draw with the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.Jackson Yueill gave San Jose (4-3-3) a 1-0 lead when he took a pass from Carlos Akapo and scored in the 21st minute.Emiliano Rigoni scored in the 40th minute — with an assist from Rodney Redes — to pull Austin (2-4-3) even at halftime. San Jose regained the lead on a goal by Jeremy Ebobisse in the 75th minute. Cristian Espinoza and Carlos Gruezo had assists on Ebobisse’s fifth goal of the season.Driussi again pulled San Jose even just three minutes later when he scored unassisted for his first goal since scoring in the season opener. Austin had a 16-11 advantage in shots and a 4-3 edge in shots on target. Brad Stuver had one save for Austin. JT Marcinkowski saved two shots for San Jose.The Earthquakes improve to 2-0-4 all-time in the series. San Jose has outscored Austin 11-2 in the second half of play.Austin falls to 0-3-...

Diamondbacks’ Corbin Carroll exits with apparent leg injury

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:27:32 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks left fielder Corbin Carroll left Saturday night’s game at Colorado with an apparent left leg injury after he smashed into the outfield wall in a leaping attempt to catch Ryan McMahon’s run-scoring double in the bottom of the sixth inning.Carroll, who singled in the first inning to extend his career-best hitting streak to eight games, raced toward the wall to try to track down McMahon’s drive, which glanced off the wall as Carroll jumped to try to snag it. The ball eluded Carroll’s glove as he hit the wall, and he fell to the to the ground awkwardly.Teammates, trainers and coaches came to tend to him and Carroll walked gingerly off the field. He was replaced by Lourdes Gurriel Jr.The Diamondbacks provided no immediate details about the injury.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Kreider helps Rangers beat Devils 5-2 to force Game 7

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:27:32 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider had another power-play goal and two assists as the New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Saturday night to force a deciding Game 7 in their first-round series.Mika Zibanejad and Vladimir Tarasenko each had a goal and an assist for New York, which had totaled just two goals while losing the previous three games. Barclay Goodrow and Braden Schneider also scored, and Adam Fox added two assists. Igor Shesterkin stopped 34 shots.Curtis Lazar and Dawson Mercer scored for New Jersey. Akira Schmid, who had stopped 80 of 82 shots over the previous three games, was pulled after giving up five goals on 29 shots.Trailing 3-1, the Devils had 14 consecutive shots on goal. But the Rangers closed it out after that stretch.Game 7 is Monday night at New Jersey.New York opened a 4-1 lead on Goodrow’s first goal since March 12. Jimmy Vesey fired a shot off Schmid’s pad and glove and Goodrow knocked the puck out of the air and in at 7:23 of the third peri...