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Bennett Durando: David Adelman, Bruce Brown and Jonas Valanciunas spoke to media today after practice. All three were asked by @TroyRenck if Lu Dort's comments to @JoelXLorenzi acknowledging he went "over the limit" mean anything to them. All three said "no" with no further comment.
KJ Simpson played his first meaningful minutes since joining the team on a two-way contract last week. His fast-break flush late in the third quarter capped an 11-0 Nuggets run and sent them to the fourth with a 77-67 lead, the first double-digit margin of the night. That run carried over with a pair of buckets from backup center Jonas Valanciunas. When Jokic was out of the game, Adelman continued to ride a bench unit with Johnson staggering — not that he had a surplus of other options with Murray, Aaron Gordon and Peyton Watson all out. “KJ didn’t show up here thinking he was going to play,” Adelman said. “He warmed up, it seemed like, four hours before the game. That’s his warm-up time. So he’s been sitting around here not doing anything. And then Jamal gets sick. He’s out. I felt like it was appropriate to let him play in the first half out of fairness, so gave him a few minutes there. And I personally thought he looked comfortable.”
Jake Fischer: Was in Denver’s pregame locker room tonight at MSG. Every time Jonas Valanciunas walked back in, he’d grunt “Anybody get traded?” The safe guys laughed. And this week is a spectacle. It is wild, though, when you stop and appreciate someone getting ready to go to work truly might have to pack up their life in a matter of minutes.
Jonas Valanciunas coming to NBA: Coming here, total different league, different culture, different language, different country and I was in Canada, now I got to adjust to Canada and then adjust to the US, so it was not the easiest thing to do but I had some people who helped me big time and I got comfortable slowly, step by step, teammates… I had Linas Kleiza with me at the Raptors. Another Lithuanian guy, he helped me a lot, put me in the right directions, translated for me. So, it was cool.
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Vinny Benedetto: Aaron Gordon is out for tomorrow’s game in Memphis with a right hamstring strain. Nikola Jokic, Christian Braun and Cam Johnson remain out. Jamal Murray, Peyton Watson and Jonas Valanciunas are questionable again.
Vinny Benedetto: Aaron Gordon is good to go. Jamal Murray, Jonas Valanciunas and Peyton Watson are out tonight, the Nuggets announce.
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Vinny Benedetto: Final: Nuggets 107, Wizards 97. Denver avoids the first three-game losing streak of the season behind a career night from Peyton Watson (35-8-3-2-4 on 10-16 FG, 6-8 3PT). Jamal Murray scores 19 of his 24 after halftime. Jonas Valanciunas posts 16 and 8 in 22 minutes in his return.
Vinny Benedetto: Jonas Valanciunas is available to make his return tonight in Washington. Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon and Tim Hardaway Jr. are also available.
