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What are the top NBA stories this week?
welcome to the saturday slam and jam here on the athletic nba daily on today's show we are bringing you the moments of the week the slammies are here once again and mike richmond of lockdown blazers joins us to talk about the portland trailblazers but to start al tell me about the top stories this week
Well, Andrew, the top story this week was the Denver Nuggets, who made firing Taylor Jenkins with nine games left in the season look pretty reasonable because on Tuesday, with only three games left in the season, the Nuggets fired both head coach Michael Malone and GM Calvin Booth. Now, Malone ends his 10-season run with Denver as the franchise's winningest coach, leading them to the 2023 championship. Calvin Booth, he traded for KCP. He drafted Christian Brown. Two important moves for the Nuggets title run, but things had gotten rockier since then with Booth and Malone butting heads over team building philosophy and roster decisions. Things came to a head after the Nuggets lost four in a row and looked at risk to fall into the play-in. has taken over as the Nuggets head coach for the rest of the season and got his first win as head coach against Sacramento on Wednesday night. Adelman started Jalen Pickett in the game and only played Russell Westbrook 16 minutes, his lowest minute total since early December.
Reports suggest that Westbrook's playing time and preferential treatment had been one of the issues this season for the Nuggets. Now, after a rocky week, the good news for Nuggets fans is that Jamal Murray, is likely to return on Friday night for a huge matchup with the Memphis Grizzlies. As of now, the Nuggets sit in fourth in the West, one game behind the Lakers, who also had an eventful week. On Sunday, the Lakers got a dominant 126-99 win over the No. 1 seed Thunder in OKC, a game in which they made 15 three-pointers in the first half, tying a franchise record for most threes in a half. Two days later... It was Groundhog Day because the Lakers were once again playing the Thunder in OKC and once again hit 15 threes in the first half, tying a franchise record for most threes and a half.
Now, the game was much closer this time, however, with Luka hitting a shot with 742 left in the game to put the Lakers up by one. Unfortunately, while trying to shout a couple expletives at a fan after the maid basket, ref JT Orr was in his sightline and assumed that Luka was yelling at him. Luka was assessed a second technical of the game and ejected, leading to a 29-12 finish for OKC, who picked up their 65th win of the season. The Lakers next game was one of the more anticipated games of the season with Luca returning to Dallas for the first time since Nico Harrison decided his Wikipedia entry needed an update. The Mavericks played a pregame tribute video for Luca, which left him visibly emotional as the game started. The tears didn't slow him down, however, as he dropped 45 in his return, leading the Lakers to the 112-97 win.
At the end of the game, Mavericks fans could be heard loudly chanting, fire Nico, with a courtside video showing former owner and guy who thought he would still get to run the team after selling it, Mark Cuban, in significant distress as the chants continued. In an article this week on ESPN, Tim McMahon reported that team sources told him the decision to trade Luka will probably cost the franchise nine figures over the next several years as they are projected to lose revenue due to dwindling crowds, plummeting merchandise sales, and sponsors severing ties with the team. Now, I wanted to end this part with some good news, but I couldn't really find anything for the Mavs. However... i did google the nhl standings and the dallas stars are second in the west now they are on a four game losing streak and they did get shut out by those damn winnipeg jets in their last game but when you've got miko the moose rontanen signed through 2033 and wyatt johnson at only 21 you gotta be feeling good now also this week we had several teams finishing their season strong three teams currently are on a six game winning streak
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the top NBA stories this week?
0:12–15:42
2
What are the highlights of the Slammies awards?
15:42–30:47
3
How has Denny Avdia performed for the Blazers?
30:47–51:55
4
Why are the Houston Rockets a pleasant surprise?
51:55–55:59
5
What was the worst in-season decision made this year?
55:59–1:11:26
6
What bold playoff prediction can we make?
1:11:26–1:27:32