Comment on Smith's last-second free throws lift Nuggets

The 10th overall pick in the NBA Draft this past summer didn’t do it. Neither did anyone in the 2021 recruiting class, ranked as the highest in the history of Colorado men’s basketball. Same with three of the freshmen to make their Buffaloes debut in the opener of the 2017-18 season, all of whom went on to become 1,000-point scorers at CU. No, to find the most recent true freshman who scored as many points in a season opener as the Buffs’ Sebastian Rancik did during Monday’s win against Eastern Washington, Buffs fans have to go back a dozen years. Rancik’s impressive debut was one of several key factors in the Buffs’ second half rally, turning Eastern Washington’s upset bid into a 76-56 victory, the ninth consecutive opening-game win for CU.

As if the Nuggets needed their depth to be even more exposed, Aaron Gordon walked in the opposite direction of their huddle when Michael Malone called a timeout on Monday night. Gordon was stable on his feet but definitive. He marched off the court toward the home team’s locker room and didn’t return.

NEW YORK — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was suspended by the NBA on Tuesday for three games without pay for shoving a member of the media. Embiid’s suspension will begin with the next regular-season game for which he is eligible and able to play. The 2023 NBA MVP has yet to play this season because of what the 76ers call left knee management. The Sixers begin a road trip in Los Angeles against the Clippers on Wednesday night. Embiid shouted at and eventually shoved a newspaper columnist in a locker room altercation Saturday night. “Mutual respect is paramount to the relationship between players and media in the NBA,” league executive Joe Dumars said in a statement announcing the suspension.

The Nuggets had Aaron Gordon for all of four minutes in Monday night’s win over the Toronto Raptors before he left with a right calf strain. They’ll have to get used to not having him in the rotation even longer. Denver’s starting power forward is expected to miss multiple weeks due to the injury, a league source told The Denver Post, confirming a report from ESPN’s Shams Charania.

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