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Kiszla: At doorstep of their first NBA Finals, Nuggets ready to kick it down and make history

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:18:02 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Pinch yourself, Nuggets Nation. The dream is real. For the first time in their NBA history, the Nuggets are on the doorstep of the Finals.Knock politely? No way. No how.After rocking the L.A. Lakers 119-108 here Saturday night, the Nuggets are going to kick that freakin’ door down.Eddie Murphy was here, with his feet on the floor near midcourt, wearing sunglasses. Indoors. At night. In an arena painted with Hollywood glitz, Jake Gyllenhaal turned the head of every lady in the house. And at 86 years old, Jack Nicholson is still so cool he doesn’t even feel the need to comb his hair.So many stars.But on this Saturday night, Nuggets guard Jamal Murray outshined them all.Murray scored 37 points. And every shot by the Blue Arrow drove home a point straight through the doubt surrounding Denver as a legit championship contender. To the shock and dismay of the crowd in L.A., the Nuggets put Game 3 away with a 13-0 run in the fourth quarter.With a commanding 3...

Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic push Nuggets to brink of NBA Finals, take commanding 3-0 lead over Lakers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:18:02 GMT

LOS ANGELES – This wasn’t what Hollywood had in mind.As the Lakers’ season all-but hung in the balance Saturday evening, Denver bulldozed into the City of Angels and re-wrote the script. Ugly, scrappy and united, the Nuggets took a commanding 3-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals with a stunning 119-108 victory.The crowd, dotted with A-list celebrities like Denzel and Jack, sat dumbstruck. With 2:13 left in the fourth quarter, and the Nuggets sitting on a double-digit lead, Lakers fans started heading for the exits.It was an ignominious ending to an ignominious showing from the Lakers, who prior to Saturday night, hadn’t lost at home during the playoffs.By virtue of Jamal Murray’s 37-point showing, 30 of which came in the first half, and a collective effort so overwhelming L.A. couldn’t compete, Denver inched ever so close to its first trip to the NBA Finals.“You need 16 wins to win a championship,” Murray said. “We’ve got five more to go.”They can ...

Nuggets 3-pointers: Nikola Jokic’s fourth quarter of Game 3 proves he can survive any slog or slump

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:18:02 GMT

Initial observations from Los Angeles after Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals between the Nuggets and Lakers.1. Joker escapes slog: What’s even crazier than Jamal Murray’s historic run? In the same 24-minute span when Murray amassed 40 points — the fourth quarter of Game 2 and the first quarter of Game 3 — Nikola Jokic did not score a single point. The Nuggets outscored the Lakers 64-44 during that consequential stretch anyway, picking up their two-time MVP as he suddenly went into an extended cold stretch. When the Lakers sliced Denver’s long-gone 14-point lead to 66-63 and forced a timeout in the third quarter, Jokic had just back-rimmed a 6-foot floater that’s usually automatic for him. He was 3 for 11 from the field in the game at that point, and he picked up his fourth foul moments later. When Jokic missed his first two shots of the fourth quarter, he was 7 for his last 27 dating back to Game 2. Then he proceeded to deliver a 15-point f...

L.A. tech CEO found dead under mysterious circumstances, family seeking answers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:18:02 GMT

A vigil was held Saturday night for a tech CEO who was found murdered under mysterious circumstances.The body of Beau Mann, 39, was discovered in Santa Monica on May 8, nearly a year and a half after his disappearance.On Nov. 30, 2021, Mann was last seen at a 7-Eleven in Studio City when an Uber picked him up from the store and dropped him off on Berkeley Street in Santa Monica.He had been in contact with his family two days prior, but a text to 911 was the last time anyone heard from him.Mann’s remains were found in the courtyard of an abandoned property on the 2900 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, according to LAPD. The remains were identified by the L.A. County coroner through dental records.The cause of the death, however, has not been released. Many questions remain about the circumstances surrounding Mann’s death and loved ones are still seeking answers.Loved ones of Beau Mann, an L.A. tech CEO found dead under mysterious circumstances in Santa Monica are still searching for a...

Lakers on brink of elimination with Game 3 loss to Denver Nuggets

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:18:02 GMT

Jamal Murray scored 37 points, Nikola Jokic added 24 points and eight assists, and the Denver Nuggets rolled to a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals with a 119-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half against his former team for the top-seeded Nuggets, who have never been this close to the NBA Finals in 47 years in the league.Denver blew a big early lead in Game 3, but made a decisive 13-0 run in the fourth quarter to snap the Lakers' nine-game home winning streak since March 26, including seven straight victories since the regular season ended.No team has rallied from a 3-0 playoff series deficit in NBA history. Game 4 is Monday night in Los Angeles.Anthony Davis had 28 points and 18 rebounds for the seventh-seeded Lakers, who hadn't lost three straight games since early February. Los Angeles' prolonged, desperate surge ever since the trade deadline has finally run out of steam against th...

Sears gives A’s something to smile about after latest loss

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:18:02 GMT

HOUSTON — With the A’s on pace to finish with the second-most losses in major league history, they’ll take any kind of victory they can these days. Even if it happens during another defeat.Such was the case Saturday when A’s rookie pitcher JP Sears bounced back from a rough, 37-pitch first inning to throw five scoreless innings while retiring 16 of his final 17 hitters in Houston’s 3-2 victory.Oakland’s left-hander wasn’t involved in the decision, the loss went to reliever Richard Lovelady (0-2), who gave up Yordan Alvarez’s tiebreaking solo home run in the eighth inning.The loss was Oakland’s 11th in its last 13 games and leaves the A’s at a major league-worst 10-37. They’re on a pace to finish 34-127.HOUSTON, TEXAS – MAY 20: Yordan Alvarez #44 of the Houston Astros hits a sacrifice fly scoring Jose Altuve #27 in the first inning against the Oakland Athletics at Minute Maid Park on May 20, 2023 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) Sears labored so m...

CCS baseball playoffs: Saturday’s first-round results, semifinal matchups

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:18:02 GMT

NEW: PREP SPORTS MAILBAGThe Bay Area News Group is introducing a high school sports mailbag in May. Get your questions in as soon as possible. Our debut edition is an open forum. Got questions about spring sports playoffs, coaching changes, an early peek at football season, etc.? Send them to [email protected]. Please include “mailbag” in the subject line.BaseballDivision ISaturday’s first roundNo. 6 Hollister 6, No. 3 St. Francis 1No. 7 Live Oak 7, No. 2 Archbishop Mitty 2No. 5 St. Ignatius 2, No. 4 Los Gatos 0No. 1 Valley Christian 6, No. 8 Menlo-Atherton 3Wednesday’s semifinalsNo. 7 Live Oak (18-9) at No. 6 Hollister (22-6), TBANo. 5 St. Ignatius (17-11) at No. 1 Valley Christian (27-3), TBADivision IISaturday’s first roundNo. 6 Serra 10, No. 3 Burlingame 4No. 2 Bellarmine 4, No. 7 Santa Cruz 0No. 4 Leigh 11, No. 5 Sacred Heart Cathedral 8No. 1 Aptos 5, No. 8 Pioneer 4Thursday’s semifinalNo. 6 Serra (16-11) at No. 2 Bellarmine (18-12-1), TBANo. 4 Leigh ...

CCS softball playoffs: Saturday’s first-round results, semifinal matchups

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:18:02 GMT

Open Division Saturday’s first roundNo. 3 Hollister 7, No. 6 Capuchino 1No. 2 Archbishop Mitty 3, No. 7 Sequoia 2No. 5 Willow Glen 10, No. 4 Milpitas 1No. 1 St. Francis 14, No. 8 San Lorenzo Valley 0Open Division semifinalsNo. 3 Hollister (25-3) at No. 2 Archbishop Mitty (21-3), TBA p.m.No. 5 Willow Glen (20-6) at No. 1 St. Francis (25-2), TBA p.m.Division ISaturday’s first roundNo. 6 Hillsdale 4, No. 3 Westmont 2No. 2 Sobrato 13, No. 7 Wilcox 12No. 5 Carlmont 14, No. 4 Stevenson 2No. 1 Notre Dame Salinas 1, No. 8 Branham 0Division I Semifinals: No. 6 Hillsdale (16-6) at No. 2 Sobrato (19-3), p.m.No. 5 Carlmont (16-8) at No. 1 Notre Dame Salinas (18-7),  p.mDivision IISaturday’s first roundNo. 6 Los Altos 6, No. 3 Los Gatos 3No. 7 Gilroy (11-12) at No. 2 Salinas (14-11), 12 p.m.No. 5 Leigh 10, No. 4 Fremont-Sunnyvale 0No. 1 Monterey 11, No. 8 Valley Christian 0Division II semifinalsNo. 6 Los Altos (15-9) vs. No. 7 Gilroy (11-12) or No. 2 Salinas (14-11), TBANo. 5 Leigh (19-8) at No....

Planes crashes into Pacific Ocean off coast of Half Moon Bay

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:18:02 GMT

(KRON) -- A plane crash off the coast of Half Moon Bay is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. Puppy missing from Fremont home after residential burglary The plane involved was a Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter, the NTSB said. The plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 40 miles off the Northern California coast around 2:15 p.m. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The plane was flying from Santa Rosa to Honolulu, Hawaii, and initial information shows that two people were on board the flight, the Federal Aviation Administration tells KRON4.

Mexico withdraws prison sentence against of who killed her rapist in self defense

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:18:02 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors announced Saturday night that they are withdrawing a case against a woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for killing a rapist as he attacked her.In a ruling last week that touched off a public outcry, a court in Mexico State said that while it agreed 23-year-old Roxana Ruiz was raped in 2021, it found her guilty of homicide with “excessive use of legitimate defense.” It also ordered Ruiz to pay more than $16,000 in reparations to the family of her attacker.Feminist groups, which have supported Ruiz’s defense, angrily protested, saying the ruling was criminalizing survivors of sexual violence while protecting perpetrators in a country with high levels of gender-based violence and femicides. Protesters in Mexico City carried signs reading “Defending my life isn’t a crime.” Ruiz told reporters after the court’s ruling that she had received death threats because of the case and that she worried for her family’...