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The Nuggets are immune to the Heat’s Dark Arts
The Miami Heat’s success has been hard to define all postseason. Words like resilience, toughness, and intelligence certainly apply, but that can be said about any team in any sport that makes a deep playoff run. No, Miami has been Jonathan Crane, injecting fear into Gothamites and Bostonians alike. They hang around late, or blitz you early, or muck up the game beyond recognition to the point that teams start believing in Murphy’s Law.
However, when Miami was primed to strike in the fourth quarter of Game 4 with Nikola Jokić on the bench in foul trouble, the Denver Nuggets didn’t blink. Jamal Murray hit a huge three to start things off, sure, yet it was Aaron Gordon, Bruce Brown, Jeff Green, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope facing down the Boogey Man and taking turns twisting the knife in a hostile road environment.
After Jokić and Murray totaled 66, 31, and 20 between them in Game 3, Brown and Gordon combined to shoot 19 of 24 from the field for 38 points — which was the same sum the Nuggets’ star duo tallied on 13 of 36 shooting Friday night. This could not have set up better for Jimmy Butler and Co. to even the series and put the fear of god in Denver’s already abnormally paranoid (and high) supporters.
That never materialized though, and the Nuggets won comfortably, 108-95, and are one game away from hoisting the Larry O’Brien.
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers
I kept waiting for Gordon to hit the side of the backboard, and the moment to buckle the role guys’ collective confidence as was the fate of the Bucks, Knicks, and Celtics. Whether it’s Michael Malone pulling the correct levers, and pushing the right rotations, or the Nuggets shrugging off a zone that’s made mentally weaker teams see ghosts, Miami is scrambling and in search of answers for once.
This was the fourth straight game that they’ve played from behind. Swagger has been a magic elixir for Caleb Martin, Gabe Vincent, Duncan Robinson, and the rest of the overachievers, and while I’m not completely ruling out that bubbling to the surface, the clock is nearing midnight on this don’t-call-it-a-Cinderella run.
The only team in NBA history to overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals was the Cleveland Cavaliers, and they needed a Draymond Green meltdown and subsequent suspension to pull off that feat. So unless Bam Adebayo goads Jokić into going full Eastern Promises, they’re going to have to play flawless basketball.
The Heat have been held under 100 points in every loss this series, and Butler’s Jedi Mind Tricks aren’t working on Denver’s taller, just-as-strong defenders. He’s not making any excuses because Pat Riley 86’d that word from the Heat’s practice facility. Erik Spoelstra said his team’s goal is to get things back to the 305, where they’ve now dropped four in a row dating back to the near collapse against Boston.
Be that as it may, it would still be irresponsible to declare this thing over. Maybe Adebayo morphs into a yeti, or Tyler Herro returns from injury/the dead and goes for 50, or Himmy puts on a Jason mask and hacks off limbs for the next three games — I need to feel the Heat’s pulse stop myself before I call in the coroner.
Denver might not be scared of Miami, and Jokić might not get the Jason reference, but my Fear Gas hasn’t faded yet.
Former Oregon Ducks tight end Terrance Ferguson is taking a visit to the Denver Broncos ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft, per The Denver Gazette. Ferguson is a Littleton, Colorado native and has a rising 2025 NFL Draft stock after an impressive NFL combine and Pro Day in Eugene.
Ferguson and Denver quarterback Bo Nix also have exciting chemistry already, as the duo shined at Oregon. Ferguson was a favorite target of Nix’s during the 2022 and 2023 season – finishing with 74 receptions for 805 yards and 11 touchdowns in those two seasons.
Ferguson turned heads at the combine with the fastest 40-yard dash from a tight end (4.63-seconds) and highest vertical leap (39-inch) from a tight end.
Ferguson and Nix are very close friends, who maintained their relationship through Nix’s rookie season in Denver.
“Yeah, I’ve been able to talk to Bo,” Ferguson told Oregon Ducks on SI reporter Bri Amaranthus during the 2024 season. “He had some things to ask me where to go to eat… It’s really cool to see his career take off. I’m super proud of him. I played with Bo for a couple of years and we were close off the field as well. He’s a great friend, great person off the field. So it was just really cool to see his dreams come true. All my family’s cheering for him as Denver Bronco fans.”
Does Ferguson dream Payton calling him during the 2025 NFL Draft to join the Broncos?
“Honestly, anywhere would be the best team for me. But yeah it’d be cool to play back in front of my family again and reunite with some teammates,” Ferguson told Amaranthus.
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Ferguson is fresh off his best season yet, breaking multiple Oregon records to become the Ducks’ most decorated tight end of all time. The fan-favorite broke the Oregon all-time records for career receptions (134) and receiving touchdowns (16) by a tight end, and finished second all-time in career receiving yards (1,537) by a tight end.
The 6-5, 255-pound Ferguson is grabbing the attention of many NFL Draft scouts, including New York Jets tight ends coach Jeff Blasko, who attended Oregon Ducks Pro Day in Eugene.
Ferguson is a great fit for Denver and coach Sean Payton’s offense. Ferguson is tough, experienced and a mismatch nightmare that has drawn comparisons to NFL legend Travis Kelce .
“It is really a blessing and really cool to be put in the same sentence as that guy,” Ferguson told Amaranthus. “He’s done a lot for the game and a lot for the position as tight ends go. But I’ve definitely watched a lot of his tape. He’s a special, special player and he’s really revolutionized tight end play.”
Denver did sign veteran tight end Evan Engram to a two-year deal in NFL free agency. The 30-year-old Engram is coming off a shoulder surgery, so possibly the Broncos are looking to add depth and options to their tight end room.
Penn State’s Tyler Warren and Michigan Wolverines’ Colston Loveland are expected to be the first tight ends taken off the board in the upcoming NFL Draft while Ferguson has solidified himself as a great third option. Ferguson is projected to be a Day 2 pick (second or third round).
Ferguson has a chance to further etch his name in Oregon history books. When drafted, Ferguson will become the first Oregon tight end taken in the NFL Draft since David Paulson was selected by the Pittsburg Steelers with the 240th pick in the seventh round of the 2012 draft.
The NFL Draft will take place from April 24 to April 26 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
DENVER — The Denver Police Department has lifted a shelter-in-place order for neighbors near the 140 block of Emerson Street following a shooting.
The department said it responded to reports of shots fired around 4:37 p.m. A shelter-in-place order was then issued for the surrounding neighborhood just before 5 p.m.
In an update at 7:24 p.m., Denver PD announced that a suspect was taken into custody and the shelter-in-place order was lifted.
No injuries have been reported at this time. Details about the circumstances that led up to the shelter-in-place have not yet been released.
This is a developing story.
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DENVER, Colo. (KKTV) – An officer with the Denver Police Department’s (DPD) Airport Bureau was arrested for assault in Brighton.
Police said Troy Smith was arrested on March 21 for the investigation of third-degree assault-domestic violence, a class 1 misdemeanor.
Smith was placed in a non-patrol assignment and will remain there until the case moves through the judicial process, police said.
DPD is not involved in the investigation, but the department’s administrative review of this incident will reportedly begin once the criminal case is adjudicated.
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