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The Denver Nuggets are optimistic Nikola Jokic could return from his knee injury by the All-Star break, offering hope amid critical stretch.

Nuggets get positive injury news as Nikola Jokic trends well, with Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun nearing returns during Denver’s road trip.

You can't win them all, and for the Boston Celtics, that dictum became reality against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday (Jan. 7) night at TD Garden as the Nuggets, down a number of key players, still mustered the poise to outwork the Celtics on their own home court to secure the win.

NEW YORK — When the Denver Nuggets lost Nikola Jokić to a hyperextended knee on Dec. 29, they felt the collective loss of this year’s NBA MVP frontrunner and arguably the best basketball player in the world. But the Nuggets aren’t running from the challenge of what’s behind them this season and what’s still to come — they are embracing it.

These are the stories nine Nuggets bench players and their coach will tell decades from now about a peculiar basketball game in Philadelphia.

Bruce Brown scores 19 points, including the winning bucket in overtime, to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 125-124 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.

Bruce Brown scores 19 points, including the winning bucket in overtime, to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 125-124 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night

Denver has suffered a rash of injuries, including to Nikola Jokić. Luckily, Murray is playing at an All-Star level after a summer of rest.

Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider That wasn’t a road trip. That was an odyssey. The Nuggets left for their epic journey,