Nikola Jokic is directing teammates during timeouts, on switches, through picks, during inbounds plays. He is becoming a maestro with his mouth.

Aaron Gordon is Denver’s hero who doesn’t reach for the cape. It just keeps finding him.

The Nuggets trailed by 14 in the second half and still by nine with three minutes to go, but Nikola Jokic scored 40 and Aaron Gordon buried a late 3-pointer.

Here’s three key takeaways from a thrilling Denver Nuggets win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of their NBA Playoffs series.

No hint of regret lingered on Mark Daigneault’s face, after a victory fell out of his pocket. No tremor shook his hands. No waver crept into his voice.

For the first time in the Nikola Jokic era, the Denver Nuggets will face the Oklahoma City Thunder in a playoff series.

The legend of Aaron Gordon’s buzzer beater dunk grows again.

Russell Westbrook turned up the temperature in Ball Arena to 250 degrees on a memorable Saturday night, eliminating his former team with the same all-out energy he always plays with.

A year around the sun brought Christian Braun back to another Game 7, and a chance to make up for what happened last spring against Minnesota.