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19 January 2026

• Nuggets clobbered by young Hornets, David Adelman calls out ‘hockey sub’ officiating
  Other than a brief controversy over substitutions, the Nuggets' loss to Charlotte on Sunday lacked drama as a four-game winning streak ended.
• Nuggets journal: Here are my 2026 NBA All-Star picks. Should Jamal Murray make the cut?
  Nuggets beat writer Bennett Durando shares his ballot for the "starters" at All-Star weekend, plus his reserve picks.
• Grading The Week: With Nuggets playing this well, is it worth rushing Nikola Jokic back for NBA MVP chase?
  Will the Nuggets have enough basketballs to go around once Nikola Jokic finally gets healthy? It's a heck of a problem to have.
• Christian Braun injury: Nuggets guard hasn’t suffered setback, David Adelman says
  The Nuggets pulled out another win Saturday without three starters, but Christian Braun's fourth consecutive game out continued a concerning trend for the shooting guard who returned from an ankle injury earlier this month.
• How Nikola Jokic has helped Nuggets survive without him: ‘Memorized this league’s playbook’
  Nikola Jokic has assumed the responsibilities of a volunteer assistant coach while recovering from a knee injury. Nuggets reserves are absorbing every word.
• Renck: Calvin Booth, the scout, needed David Adelman, the coach, to execute Nuggets’ vision
  Where Adelman has made his biggest difference is by not politicizing young players like Watson, Pickett and Nnaji. Malone seemed bent on proving to Booth they could not play, and sprinkled in their minutes so sparingly it set them up to fail.
• Nuggets overtake Spurs for second place at season’s halfway point: ‘We’ve got a squad’
  The Nuggets were in third place when Nikola Jokic got hurt. Nine games later, as they arrived at the halfway point of the season, they had somehow found a way to ascend to second without him.
• An apparent AI-generated Facebook post claimed a Broncos reporter died. He doesn’t understand why.
  "For that to happen to me was just really weird," he mused. "Very, very weird."
• Nuggets’ Peyton Watson emerging as breakout star with Nikola Jokic, other starters out
  After scoring a game-winner at the end of a 31-point night in New Orleans, Peyton Watson credited his dad for years-old basketball advice.
• Nuggets’ Peyton Watson scores go-ahead bucket in last minute to hold off Pelicans
  Jamal Murray led all scorers with 35 points after a two-game sick leave, and Peyton Watson added 31 points including the game-winner.