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Last year the Denver Nuggets opened their season with a surprisingly easy rout in Houston. They were confident entering their home opener only to fall flat against Minnesota.They want to avoid that same fate this year.The Nuggets survived a 50-point night by Anthony Davis to beat the Pelicans, 107-102, in New Orleans on Wednesday. Now they want to carry that momentum when they start their home schedule Saturday night against Portland.While the win in New Orleans was encouraging, it will be tainted by a poor performance against the Trail Blazers.My hope now is, as we turn our attention to our home opener, we can have a much better showing than we had in our home opener last year, Nuggets coach Michael Malone told The Denver Post. I thought we came out flat on our home floor.The Nuggets face a Portland team that is coming off a 114-106 loss at home to the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night. The Blazers have already played two games, beating Utah 113-104 on Tuesday, and guard Damian Lillard looks to be in midseason form. He had 39 points in Tuesdays game and followed that with 29 points and 10 rebounds against the Clippers.This will be Portlands first road game. The Blazers were 3-1 against Denver last season, splitting the two games at Pepsi Center and sweeping the home games.Portland will have to quickly put Thursdays emotional game in the rearview mirror. The Blazers and the Clippers have a budding rivalry, and it was evident in L.A.s win. Portland upset the Clippers in the first round of the 2016 playoffs and the tensions from that spilled into Thursday.Mason Plumlee and C.J. McCollum both drew flagrant fouls in the loss.Counted with preseason, the season and the playoffs, weve played them, like, 12 or 13 times in the last year, Mason Plumlee told The Oregonian of the Clippers. We feel like theyre related to us.There is no history like that with Denver, but that doesnt diminish the significance of the matchup for the Nuggets. They are trying to get back to the playoffs for the first time in four years, and their collection of young talent is starting to show signs of maturity.Center Jusuf Nurkic, who played just 33 games last year because of injury, looked everything like his nickname, The Bosnian Beast, in the win in New Orleans. He had 23 points and nine rebounds and was a force inside.Malone did come away with something to fix in the win. Denver committed 25 turnovers, which led to 26 points for the Pelicans.It would have been more painful had the Nuggets blown a double-digit lead in the second half but they held on for the win.I just think it was first-game jitters, guard Will Barton told The Denver Post. Preseason is great but it still cant come close to the regular season.Denver is hopeful guard Gary Harris can return to the lineup. 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Getting set to go their separate ways for a short Christmas break, the Raptors coach credited his team for their effort on a seemingly impossible three-game road trip, urging them to build on that success when they get back to work at the end of the week.The Atlanta Falcons, who saw running back Tevin Coleman go down with a hamstring strain on Sunday, added two running backs -- veteran Stevan Ridley and practice-squad player Terron Ward -- to the 53-man roster Tuesday.Coach Dan Quinn did not announce an immediate timetable for Colemans return, but ESPN Insider Adam Schefter reported Coleman is unlikely to play against the Green Bay Packers this weekend.We just have to find out the severity of it and find out when his strength can get back, Quinn said of Colemans strain. Lets face it: He is a guy who can haul. Hell need to have full strength for him to do what he does.Coleman leads the Falcons with six touchdowns and has 564 combined yards. His absence should mean a heavier workload for starter Devonta Freeman, the leagues eighth-leading rusher with 508 yards on 105 carries.Ridley, a former second-round draftt pick of the New England Patriots who rushed for 1,263 yards in 2012, is known as more of a straight-line runner with power.dddddddddddd. He provides another body for added insurance behind Freeman. Ward played in 13 games for the Falcons last season as an undrafted rookie from Oregon State. He knows the offense and can contribute on special teams, if needed.To make room for Ridley and Ward, the Falcons released veteran linebacker and former Packer A.J. Hawk along with last years starting center, Mike Person. The team also signed running back Jhurell Pressley to the practice squad to fill the void left by Ward.The Falcons are 4-3 and have lost two in a row heading into Sundays home matchup with Aaron Rodgers and the 4-2 Packers. ' ' '