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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 3d

Nuggets up 94-88 after three. Christian Braun is now 8-8 with 19 points. Denver's up to 21 turnovers.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, yes, the Brown/Braun/Johnson/Watson/Jones lineup.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 3d

Nuggets up 64-56 at the half. Jamal Murray leads the Nuggets with 15 points. Braun and Murray with 14 apiece. Denver has *16* turnovers for 17 Raptors points. Joker with five of those turnovers; Bruce Brown has 3.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 3d

Nuggets up 34-26 after one. Braun has 12 points on 5-5 FG, 2-2 3PT. Jamal Murray with 10 points on 4-6 FG. Denver’s 5-10 from 3.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 3d

CB hooping early. He’s hit a couple 3s and finished around the rim. Nuggets up 24-14 in the middle of the first.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 3d

Peyton Watson replaces Aaron Gordon in the Nuggets’ starting five tonight alongside Jamal Murray, Christian, Cam Johnson and Nikola Jokic. Doesn’t sound like anything serious for AG.

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Tyler King @kingtylerb.bsky.social · 5d

Deion Sanders said after the game that he believes he has more blood clots in his leg. He was seen without his left shoe at one point tonight and has mentioned recently his feet have been hurting him more. He says he has a doctor's appointment scheduled for Monday. #CUBuffs

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

If Peyton Watson looked a little different tonight, there's good reason for that. I chatted with P-Wat about his approach to an important year before the Nuggets played their first preseason game in San Diego: www.denvergazette.com/2025/10/04/p...

Peyton Watson prioritizing progress over payday from Denver Nuggets: ‘P-Wat is moving different’

LA JOLLA, Calif. — An offseason gamble has paid off for Peyton Watson at training camp. Whether it’s rewarded with a payday will be determined. Watson and others in the NBA’s 2022 draft class became e...

www.denvergazette.com

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Nuggets drop the preseason opener, 125-116, to a Timberwolves squad without Anthony Edwards, Julius Randle or Mike Conley.
Jokic and Gordon with 14 points. Pickett (13), Murray (12) and Watson (10) also in double figures.
Bones Hyland with 18 for Minnesota.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Thought Denver's second unit played with some juice early in 3Q, can't say the same for the third unit. Minnesota up 96-80 after three.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

This means something to Bones

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Looks like Denver’s starters are done for the night. Nuggets play again Monday in Vancouver.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Timberwolves lead 72-63 at halftime. Minnesota has 14 points off 9 Denver TOs. Nuggets force just one turnover. Old friend/foe Bones Hyland leads Minnesota with 12 points.
Jokic (14), Gordon (14) and Murray (12) in double figures for the Nuggets.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

The Spencer Jones momentum throughout camp was palpable… interesting to see him get some run ahead of Holmes/Nnaji/Tyson.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

That’ll play, JV

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Minnesota hits 6-11 3s in the first quarter. Denver goes 0-3. Wolves lead 40-28. Jokic (10 pts) and Murray (7 pts) are the only Nuggets with multiple FGM.
Naz Reid with 10 for Minnesota.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Tim Hardaway Jr. and Peyton Watson are the first Nuggets off the bench.
Minnesota, without Anthony Edwards, Mike Conley or Julius Randle, lead the Nuggets' starters 30-20.
T'Wolves are 12-18 from the field.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 8d

Asked David Adelman about DaRon Holmes II’s first two days of camp after the Nuggets kept the Brown/Strawther/Hardaway/Watson/Valanciunas second unit together for a second straight day. Here’s DA’s full answer:

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 8d

DaRon Holmes II, Zeke Nnaji and Spencer Jones getting shots up after the Nuggets’ second training camp practice at UC San Diego.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 8d

Nikola Jokic again has an ice pack wrapped around his right wrist after practice. He also alerted the team the first bus leaves in 10 minutes.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 9d

Bruce Brown said the Nuggets' second unit consisted of him, Julian Strawther, Tim Hardaway Jr., Peyton Watson and Jonas Valanciunas after Denver's first training camp practice.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 9d

Also sounds like Spencer Jones got some stitches after a collision with Julian Strawther early in today’s practice.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 9d

Nikola Jokic did media after the Nuggets’ first training camp practice with a bag of ice wrapped around his right wrist. He said it’s the same issue he’s dealt with for a handful of years. Some days it’s fine, others a little more bothersome. He wasn’t concerned.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 10d

Christian Braun said he’s not frustrated a contract extension hasn’t gotten done yet. He says it will take care of itself in time.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 10d

"His release is really pretty. I want to shoot like that," Nikola Jokic says of Cam Johnson. Joker goes on to praise Cam's versatility.

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