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Why the Nuggets can’t wait to wave hello to Damian Lillard

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It didn’t take much to read between the dimples. When a scribe queried if Torrey Craig was stoked for his next boss battle, the Nuggets’ defensive specialist stopped and popped with a smile.

Dame right I am.

“You just can’t let him get into a rhythm,” Craig said of Portland sharpshooter Damian “Dame” Lillard after Denver wrapped up its first NBA Playoffs series victory in a decade — a 4-3 win over San Antonio — late Saturday night at the Pepsi Center. “He’s a great player, he can make tough shots, he can shoot it from deep.