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The Oklahoma City Thunder are rolling since a season-opening four-game losing streak, but a hot streak still does not prevent coach Billy Donovan from making adjustments. One adjustment he made was pairing Dennis Schroder with Russell Westbrook in the starting backcourt for the first time this season, and it succeeded. Schroder and Westbrook may be the starting backcourt again Saturday night when the Thunder host the Denver Nuggets in the first of four meetings between the Northwest Division teams. Continue to Article

November 24, 2018 2:12:am EST

Mason Plumlee does a little of everything for Denver - including a pretty good Nikola Jokic impersonation. Plumlee had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and wowed the home crowd with his Jokic-like, no-look pass to Trey Lyles in the Nuggets' 112-87 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday night. Plumlee had four assists, the most impressive coming when he flipped a pass over his right shoulder to a cutting Lyles for a layup. Continue to Article

November 24, 2018 12:27:am EST

Paul Millsap left the game to get stitches, then came back in time to help the Denver Nuggets stop the bleeding and get a big win. Millsap had 25 points, five rebounds and five steals, Jamal Murray added 18 and the Nuggets had a 35-point third quarter in a 103-101 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 22 points, and Derrick Rose added 20 off the bench. Continue to Article

November 22, 2018 12:00:am EST

Despite the Milwaukee Bucks' impressive start, the first few weeks of the Mike Budenholzer era have led to some uncertain moments for Thon Maker. Milwaukee's first-round pick -- No. 10 overall -- had played sparingly through the Bucks' first 14 games this season. You never know when your number's going to be called," Maker told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel of Budenholzer's message. Continue to Article

November 18, 2018 10:10:pm EST

The buzziest news of this weekend is no doubt the ESPN report that the Cleveland Browns are considering former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to be the NFL team’s next head coach. The Browns have denied the report, but if true, she’d be the first woman to interview for an NFL head coach job. Rice, who served in the George W. Bush administration, is known to be a passionate sports fan and is a lifelong Browns supporter, having inherited an allegiance to the notoriously woeful team from her father. Continue to Article

November 18, 2018 3:35:pm EST