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Nuggets athletic trainer Jim Gillen (far left) awarded $7,000 to five Certified Athletic Trainers from high schools in Colorado and Wyoming on Saturday night. Gillen established the Excellence in Athletic Training program in 2003 to help provide supplies and education for student-athletic trainers.
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Chauncey Billups scored 29 points but the Nuggets succumbed to the Bucks in a
102-97 loss at home on Saturday. Carmelo Anthony also had 29 points while J.R. Smith added 11 off the bench. The Nuggets hit the road to next face the Knicks on Tuesday.
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Frustrated by his inability to make a contribution early in the season, Nuggets center Johan Petro made a spontaneous soul-searching trip to Florida back in December. Petro is now making the most of an opportunity created by a knee injury to starting power forward Kenyon Martin.
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Long before they took flight in the NBA, Nuggets forward Joey Graham and his twin brother Stephen of the Charlotte Bobcats dreamed of flying planes for a living. Both have a private pilot's license and hope to operate their own regional airline when their basketball careers are over.
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According to Nuggets play-by-play man, Chris Marlowe, Denver's J.R. Smith is unlike any other player in the NBA. While mesmerizing the crowd with gravity-defying dunks, he gives coaches nightmares because of his three-point shooting . . . both opposing and his own, depending on the night.
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