We lost by three-on home court, too, for the first time this postseason. They say the more the merrier, but it seems every time we host anyone outside of our regular crowd, the Nuggets lose. (It’s worked so far, right?) We’ll probably keep the watch party close-knit, if open at all. If the Nuggets win tonight, she’ll want to stay up to see them celebrate, but I won’t mind if she dozes off during a close fourth quarter. With closeout games now a part of the equation, though, some of our superstitions will be tested. I look at my fiancée with a little guilt, partly because I’m unsure whether she knows she’s committed to a lifetime of seasonal sports obsession.Įven now, I look at my fiancée in slight disbelief, unsure of whether this is really real-like we somehow had a hand in it. You subscribe to something bigger than yourself, far removed, often even geographically, and then let it consume you. I guess that’s the beauty of sports and fandom at large. “How dare they care now? Did they even watch them?” I’d ask myself. And still drawing scrutiny from all corners of the NBA media world.Īs I watched ESPN shift its focus from the Lakers or the Celtics to my beloved Nuggets, I became territorial-and defensive of my favorite team, which had kept itself out of headlines as much as others avoided covering them.
Drafted during a Taco Bell commercial in 2014, the Serbian has since risen the ranks of all-time players, earning two MVP awards, two first team All-NBA honors, and the respect of "this era just isn’t the same" greats like Shaquille O’Neal, all while actively avoiding the spotlight at all costs. Then there’s the atypical superstar himself, Nikola Jokic. Or Michael Porter Jr., who was told he’d never play again by a Los Angeles Clippers team doctor in the leadup to draft night. But I see Jamal Murray, a Swiss Army Knife scorer on the rebound from a double-season-ending ACL surgery.
#CARMELO ANTHONY DENVER NUGGETS JERSEY FULL#
To many, this Nuggets team is full of confusing outcasts-fringe players without formidable resumés. Hell, this trip to the finals is the first in the franchise’s history-a feat the likes of Carmelo Anthony, Alex English, A.I., or Mutombo-led teams can’t match.
My team, the video game-loving, Goliath-led Denver Nuggets, are on the cusp of their first-ever Larry O'Brien Trophy. That a battle between chemistry-driven mid-market teams (Miami, mid-market?) wouldn’t draw the same audience as Lakers vs. Just last week, The Media told me no one would care about the NBA Finals. Once, after canceling a dinner with friends that overlapped with a Finals game, she texted, “I can’t believe I’m this girl, but there’s a Nuggets game.” Sometimes, though, she felt ashamed of how invested she’d become. Most times, she understood my ways, and eventually came to accept my diehard status. I’d also DM her clips entirely too often-of Nikola Jokic breaking microphones during post-game pressers, highlights of her celebrity crush, Aaron Gordon, posterizing opposing players, and footage of head coach Michael ( not Mike) Malone saying something spicy in an interview. Each morning, I’d fill her in, going too deep on the details over coffee. My now-fiancée would start most of them with me, indulging in our new shared hobby (she finally caved during the pandemic what else did she have to do?) until she’d fall asleep, inevitably missing the final buzzer. I was on the East Coast for most of them, too, so unless it was one of the 18 games they played in my time zone, I was up as late as 3 a.m. Conservatively, I’d say I watched 72 regular season games-or almost eight full days worth of witnessing Jokic’s heaving hook shots dropping into a 18-inch diameter rim with ease. Though I definitely had better things to do, I tuned in to most Denver Nuggets games this season, whether they were blowouts against bottom-feeders like the Houston Rockets or would-be finals previews against squads like the Miami Heat.
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