Smith, the Lakers will want to avoid the Nuggets in the first round, or they will be headed home early on the season, as he claimed on "First Take." "[If the Lakers] get Denver in the first round ...

The Los Angeles Lakers were part of the biggest NBA trade in years and there is a great deal of excitement around them, but ...

For the Nuggets, a lot has changed in six weeks. On Dec. 8, they woke up in Atlanta after suffering an inexcusable defeat the night before in Washington, where their last lead of the game was 4-2.

The past two games have been overly stressful ones for the Denver Nuggets. Ones where they somehow ... The call should have gone against Nick Smith Jr. "Smith Jr. (CHA) takes a dribble and fumbles ...