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New Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers is hoping to pack out the stadium again and bring Champions League football back to the club. The former Liverpool and Swansea manager signed a 12-month rolling contract with his boyhood heroes on Monday.And the 43-year-old is aiming to consolidate Celtics position as top club in Scotland after replacing Ronny Deila as manager. Crowds have fallen away at Celtic Park despite the Hoops stretching their sequence of Scottish Premiership titles to five-in-a-row, with some fans unhappy at the style of football on show and a group of shareholders unsatisfied with the lack of progress into Resolution 12, in which Celtic are seeking answers from the SFA over possible lost revenue from UEFA competition in 2011.But Rodgers believes he will have more chance of fulfilling his aims if he can persuade most of the discontented supporters to return. Celtic supporters put on a show before a Champions League match We want to dominate in Scotland and qualify for the Champions League. We will need the fans to do that, the Northern Irishman said.This is an incredible football club and the support here is phenomenal. I need to get those stands full again.The top tier of the Lisbon Lions stand has been closed or empty and it is my job to get people in here again and inspire the supporters to come back and watch a game of football that inspires and excites them and is about scoring goals and winning. Rodgers believes he is taking over one of the biggest clubs in the world Ultimately that is what we want to do and if we can do that then we will be on the right track.Here is not just about winning. Celtic is brought up to win in a way football, style, identity and that is something that hopefully we can create here and make the supporters proud of their team.Rodgers grew up supporting the Hoops from his home in the north of Ireland, and he recalled some memories of following the clubs fortunes.I have my uncles and cousins here, it was they who started me off on that front, Rodgers said. It was from early years, listening on the radio. Ronny Deila paraded the Scottish Premiership trophy twice in two seasons The first game I went to was 1984, it was a friendly, Celtic versus Finn Harps over in Ireland, that was my first memory.I was 11 years of age and from then I have been in the Celtic family with many relations, brothers, cousins, uncles all throughout the world, huge supporters and it is very much being their life.I am very lucky to be able to step out of the stands and onto the sidelines and manage the team. Win a trip to Kansas City, USA! 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I felt OK, good enough to go out and help the team win, and as a group we didnt have it.The Nuggets limped into the game having lost seven of eight and were coming off Sundays defeat at New York in which they made one field goal in the second quarter.Denver looked like a different team Monday, placing five players in double figures. Leading 90-84, the Nuggets scored eight straight points and went ahead 98-84 on Lawsons layup with 6:01 to play.Nuggets coach Brian Shaw praised his teams effort.I told the guys before the game, were under fire in a lot of different ways, but no matter what, we have to stick together in this room, he said. People are attacking us from everywhere. The only way we can shut everybody up is through our actions on the floor. This was our biggest win of the year so far. It might not have been a big game for them, but it was a big game for us.Cleveland, which hit its first 11 3-pointers Saturday against Atlanta, failed to reach 100 points for the first time in six games despite having four players score 20 or more.While some observers thought the Cavaliers would breeze through games on a nightly basis, James has said since training camp it would take time for them to come together. Cleveland lost three of four to start the season before its winning streak.Weve got to play with our back against the wall every game, he said. I think we felt good about a four-game winning streak. You have a team that hasnt been playing well this year come into your building and think its going to be a cakewalk and thats what happens.James told reporters an hour before the opening tip that Ive been better, but Im walking. He said the cold has been bothering him for a couple of days.dddddddddddd He was 8 for 18 from the field with nine rebounds and five assists.Timofey Mozgov had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Denver. Darrell Arthur scored 14 and Wilson Chandler added 12.Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters each scored 20 points for the Cavs.Clevelands winning streak began with a 110-101 victory in Denver on Nov. 7, but this matchup was a different story. Afflalo was scoreless in 31 minutes in that game and Lawson didnt play because of an ankle injury.When you play a high-profile team, you focus a little more as a group, said Afflalo, who set a season high for points. It wasnt hard to get up for this one.Cavaliers coach David Blatt wasnt surprised the Nuggets put together a strong performance.I knew going into this game that this was a dangerous game, he said. I made that point when we walked in the locker room this morning.Travelling MANNuggets small forward Alonzo Gee played the last four seasons with the Cavaliers before being traded to Charlotte on July 27. He also spent time with New Orleans, Houston and Sacramento in the off-season before signing with Denver. Gee is averaging 3.8 points in eight games.ANOTHER AWARDJames was selected the Eastern Conference player of the week for a record 46th time Monday.It means, first of all, that youre winning, and Im happy to be a part of a team that wins, he said. Any time Im awarded that award its very humbling.Blatt said: It just speaks to the true definition of greatness, which is consistency, things that you over and over do well on a consistent basis.TIP-INSNuggets: Kenneth Faried, who came in averaging 7.9 rebounds, had one. ... F J.J. Hickson (right knee) was inactive. The team is holding him out of back-to-back games following reconstructive surgery on his right anterior cruciate ligament.Cavaliers: Waiters scored 16 points in the final 15 minutes. ... The Cavaliers recalled rookie C Alex Kirk from Canton of the NBA Development League. ... Six of Clevelands next seven games are at home.UP NEXTNuggets: Return home Wednesday to play Oklahoma City.Cavaliers: Complete a three-game homestand Wednesday against NBA champion San Antonio. James will face the Spurs for the first time since they beat Miami in last seasons Finals. ' ' '