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Brendan Vogt: Tim Hardaway Jr. on the Sixth Man of the Year award: If I was sitting here saying I wasn’t thinking about that - I’d be lying. I do think about that. When I came here, it was one of my goals. But also it comes with team success.
Ex-Knicks coach David Fizdale says team brass told him to tank during the 2018-19 season to try to get Zion Williamson or Ja Morant, while assuring him that Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were coming to the Knicks the following summer. The Knicks went 17-65 that season with a roster that featured Tim Hardaway Jr. and Enes Kanter. “The plan that we came up with, I was all in on that, and I was like this is the deal and this is the way to go about it. It just didn’t come to fruition,” Fizdale said in an interview with @RunItBackFDTV. “...Losing all them damn games, donating my record to get Zion Williamson or Ja.”
Farbod Esnaashari: The NBA's last two minute report stated there was only one mistake in the Clippers vs Nuggets game: Tim Hardaway Jr should have been called for a foul when trapping Bennedict Mathurin in the final 17 seconds.
Vinny Benedetto: Jonas Valanciunas is available to make his return tonight in Washington. Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon and Tim Hardaway Jr. are also available.
Dave McMenamin: Nuggets coach David Adelman says Murray and Hardaway are probable tonight. Gordon sounds more like a gametime decision. No Joker, Valanciunas or Braun.
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The Hawks, taking advantage of 19 Denver turnovers on the night, used a fourth-quarter surge to run away with an 110-87 victory. It was Atlanta’s first win in Denver since 2019. An eight-point surge, sparked by 3-pointers by Tim Hardaway Jr. and Hunter Tyson, gave the Nuggets a 75-71 lead late in the third quarter, and the fans were blowing the lid off Ball Arena. But Onyeka Okongwu canned a 27-foot, 3-point, momentum-changing jumpshot to cut Denver’s lead to 75-74. That was the beginning of the end. Atlanta outscored the Nuggets 36-12 in the final 12 minutes. Plus, the Nuggets’ scrappiness from earlier in the game evaporated, in part because they are a tired team after a long, seven-game road trip. “I saw a really, really tired group,” coach David Adelman said. “That’s going to happen in the NBA, (coming back) from a seven-game road trip. They gave it everything they had in the third quarter to get back into it. But it does happen in the NBA. We know that. No excuses, ‘Blah, blah, blah,’ but it does happen.”
Austin Krell: In addition to Nikola Jokic and Cam Johnson being out, the Nuggets have ruled out Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun, and Tim Hardaway Jr. for tonight’s game in Philly. Jokic’s backup, Jonas Valanciunas, is also out.
Bennett Durando: David Adelman said Nuggets "have to take a serious look at tomorrow" when I asked if they plan to sit anyone in Philly, said he has to be careful with Jamal Murray (who played 40 min), Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun (on minutes restrictions). Also mentioned Hardaway's workload.
Grant Afseth: Final: Mavericks 131, Nuggets 130 Cooper Flagg: 33 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST Anthony Davis: 31 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST Naji Marshall: 15 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST Jamal Murray: 31 PTS, 7 REB, 14 AST Nikola Jokić: 29 PTS, 7 REB, 14 AST Tim Hardaway Jr.: 23 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST Dallas (21-7) faces the Warriors on the road on Thursday as part of the NBA's Christmas Day slate.
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Vinny Benedetto: Tim Hardaway Jr. is available tonight’s game against Orlando. Peyton Watson is out.
Vinny Benedetto: Final: Nuggets 115, Hornets 106. Denver's road win streak reaches 10 games. Nikola Jokic: 28-9-11 on the night he passes Michael Jordan and Chauncey Billups on the career assists list. Jamal Murray leads all scorers with 34. Tim Hardaway Jr (14) and Payton Watson (10) also in double figures.
Vinny Benedetto: Final: Nuggets 134, Hawks 133. Jamal Murray with a clutch block in the final seconds. The road win streak is nine after a dominant second half. Joker 40-9-8 on 13-26 FG. Murray 23-5-12 with two steals and the block. Hardaway (17) and Brown (13) in double figures off the bench.
After matching a season-high with 12 assists to just two turnovers in Monday night’s 140-123 blowout win against the Los Angeles Clippers at Kaseya Center, Mitchell owns an excellent assist-to-turnover ratio of 5.1 this season. Among the 276 players around the NBA who entered Tuesday with 10 or more games played and averaging 15 or more minutes per appearance, only Indiana Pacers guard T.J. McConnell and Denver Nuggets guard Tim Hardaway Jr. have a better assist-to-turnover ratio than Mitchell this season. “I try not to think about it as much,” Mitchell, 27, said of his ratio. “Because the more you think about not turning the ball over, the more you turn the ball over. So I just kind of just go in there and try to draw the other team in, and my teammates do a good job of just getting open.”
