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21 March 2023

• Is Nuggets forward Zeke Nnaji, back from shoulder injury, the answer to Denver’s bench unit?
  Zeke Nnaji’s return on Sunday could’ve been a significant step in solving the riddle of how the Denver Nuggets will utilize their bench.
• Michael Porter Jr., Nikola Jokic’s triple-double lead Nuggets over Nets
  Michael Porter Jr. buried a game-high 28 points on five 3-pointers, Nikola Jokic registered his 28th triple-double of the season, and Jamal Murray, after a scorching start, poured in 25 points.
• Nuggets Journal: Jamal Murray and the “daily conversation” surrounding him
  For Malone, his constant challenge to Murray is on the defensive end. Prior to Thursday’s win over Detroit, Malone reinforced that side of the ball to his star point guard.
• Jalen Brunson, Knicks stymie visiting Nuggets on the road
  Despite superstar showings from Nikola Jokic (24 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists) and Jamal Murray (25 points, five 3-pointers), the Nuggets’ defense faltered late in the fourth quarter, and Denver fell to 47-24 and just 17-18 on the road.
• Inside Nuggets’ team meeting that set stakes for Denver’s stretch run: “Who do we want to be?”
  DeAndre Jordan has been in the NBA long enough to know what to divulge and what to keep behind closed doors.
• Nuggets’ Christian Braun becoming hard to “keep off the floor” in Denver’s second unit
  According to Malone, Braun’s become “a hard kid to keep off the floor because he just makes winning play after winning play.”
• Nuggets snap season-long four-game losing streak, clinch playoff spot with win
  Christian Braun, a national champion last season at Kansas, loves playing in March.
• NBA suspends Grizzlies guard Ja Morant 8 games for having gun at Glendale club in video
  The NBA suspended Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant eight games without pay on Wednesday after determining that his displaying a firearm at a club in suburban Denver earlier this month was "conduct detrimental to the league."
• Nuggets Podcast: Denver’s struggles, MPJ’s benching and the Nikola Jokic MVP debate
  In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Mike Singer and deputy sports editor Matt Schubert reconvene with the Nuggets struggling through a losing streak during the dog days of the NBA schedule.
• Nuggets lose fourth straight, 125-110, to Raptors after season-worst first quarter in Toronto: “We’re just in chill mode”
  Michael Porter Jr. was benched for most of the second half in Denver's third consecutive loss. In the fourth, he was the one leading a near-comeback from down 24.