Mar 13, 2013; Denver, CO, USA; New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (7) during the first half against the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets won 117-94.Mandatory Credit: Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports

There’s a lot of good coverage across the Internet around this time of year. Two teams are on the verge of elimination tonight so that means you should be looking for Twitter to explode regardless of the outcome. Here’s what you need to be reading:

Nuggets news:

• 2003: The Year that Changed the Denver Nuggets forever by @jmorton78///DenverStiffs

Jeff Morton gives readers an insightful, enlightening look at how a little lottery luck and drafting Carmelo Anthony changed the Denver Nuggets forever. Really interesting read.

• Andre Iguodala snubbed from All-Defense teams, Masai Ujiri calls it “shocking”///NuggLove

I wrote a little about Ujiri’s comments and how egregious it was to leave a potential Defensive Player of the Year off either All-Defense team. NOTE: Andre Iguodala wasn’t too happy about it either.

• Masai Ujiri about the Nuggets moving forward, from the DenverPost///DenverPost

“This city has been great – we will continue to take this energy into the offseason, get our players better and do whatever we have to do to get better. We are a growing team, and we knew there were going to be pains, and this is part of the process.”

News around the league:

• The Chicago Bulls and Oklahoma City Thunder face elimination tonight in each team’s Game 5.
• @bochurney wrote a great piece on why Al Horford needs to start shooting threes.
• @Cole_Patty on Nic Batum and the second facilitator at PortlandRoundballSociety

March 19, 2012; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Nuggets president Josh Kroenke speaks to the media during a press conference held at the Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Nuggets news:

• Nuggets President Josh Korenke Discusses 2012-13 season///NBA.com

From Josh Kroenke:

“We’re an exciting young team. we’ve got a long way to go, but I did see some growth. There were some positives, but the results speak for themselves. We did lose in the first round again. We had a tough break coming in with some injuries with (Danilo) Gallinari and Kenneth (Faried). We’re still positioned very well going forward and I believe in the guys in that locker room. It’s on us. We have to look at ourselves in the mirror and figure out how we’re going to go about getting to where we want to be.”

• The Denver Nuggets Must Keep Andre Iguodala///NuggLove
• What is great about the city of Denver///Denver Stiffs
• Firing George Karl Not the Answer///RoundballMiningCompany
• Can we blame George Karl for the fact that every George Karl team falls apart in the playoffs?///Grantland

From Bill Simmons:

Of course not. You can’t forgot that (a) the 2013 Nuggets overachieved, and (b) he was probably the biggest reason. And he’s been an inspiring human-interest story, to say the least. I don’t know anyone who isn’t rooting for George Karl.

• Woody Paige: Look who was outcoached in the NBA playoffs again///Denver Post

News around the NBA:

• The second round of the NBA playoffs start today! Here’s your playoff schedule.///NuggLove
• Kevin Durant’s biggest test///SBNation
• Betting on Paul George or the Knicks’ shooting///SBNation

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